Robbie Coltrane obituary: Actor who could be funny or serious, but always compelling

Robbie Coltrane, who has died at the age of 72, became an international star as the giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.

His parents were both Calvinists. His mother was a teacher, while his father, a doctor, also worked part-time as a police surgeon. "But I'm very lucky because I was a big, strong boy. It's essentially survival of the fittest and I was one of the fittest, so I have no complaints."The experience later led him to call for the banning of all public schools, and fostered his love of left-wing causes, earning the nickname Red Robbie.

There were small parts in films, including appearances in Flash Gordon and Lindsay Anderson's black comedy Britannia Hospital. His personal life was also beginning to achieve some stability. He met an 18-year-old student, Rhona Gemmel, and withdrew to a remote farmhouse near Loch Lomond, where they raised two children. The couple married in 1999.He also managed to get his drinking, which had contributed to his excessive weight, under control.He was JK Rowling's first choice to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter films

Coltrane was nominated for a Bafta for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and went on to play the role throughout the rest of the films.It was while filming the third Harry Potter film that his marriage to Rhona foundered.

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