Rumors about Nick Frost's casting as Hagrid started in late March, when the actor himself shared a selfie with a cryptic ...

School is back in session at Hogwarts as production begins on the new 'Harry Potter' series. HBO shares first looks at two ...

The first Harry Potter film initially depicts the night Harry learns he’s a wizard like a scene from a horror movie. ... But the messenger arrives anyway, in the form of a half-giant named ...

Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter’s Hagrid, dead at 72. ... He played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011.

Robbie Coltrane became known for roles as Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" film series and as Russian spy Zukovsky in the James Bond films of the '90s.

Actor Robbie Coltrane died on Friday at the age of 72. Fans and cast members from the Harry Potter series shared remembrances of Coltrane's portrayal of the lovable half-giant Rubeus Hagrid.

Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish actor who played the lovable half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in all eight “Harry Potter” films, has died at age 72. Coltrane — who also played a crime boss in two ...