Tributes Have Flooded In Following The Sad News Of Harry Potter Star Robbie Coltrane s Death At The Age Of 72

Tributes have flooded in following the sad news of Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane's death at the age of 72.
The Scottish star, whose real name is Anthony Robert McMillan, was best known for playing the beloved Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid and was awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to drama.
Among those who paid tribute to the actor were Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson and author of the novels, JK Rowling. 
Daniel has remembered his Harry Potter co-star Robbie as 'one of the funniest people' and an 'incredible actor', while Emma said: 'Robbie was like the most fun uncle I've ever had but most of all he was deeply caring.' 
Both Emma and Daniel have gone on to achieve glittering fame following the release of the first Harry Potter film 21 years ago, cementing their status as Hollywood A-listers.
However other members of the cast have faced a more challenging journey - with beloved stars Alan Rickman, who played Professor Snape, and Helen McCrory, who played Narcissa Malfoy, both dying of cancer.
Meanwhile others, such as Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, underwent a Hollywood makeover, while some faced battles with the law. 
So what happened to Robbie's other Harry Potter cast members?

Here FEMAIL reveals their varied fates and fortunes.   
So what happened to Robbie's other Harry Potter cast members?

Here FEMAIL reveals their varied fates and fortunes (pictured, the main stars of the series, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone) 
Both Emma and Daniel have gone on to achieve glittering fame following the release of the first Harry Potter film 21 years ago, cementing their status as Hollywood A-listers - while their co-star Rupert has found less success in the acting world 
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel was catapulted into the spotlight as boy wizard Harry Potter in the film franchise - based on J.K.

Rowling's children's books - and since he left the role he has made it his mission to prove he is a talented actor and not just a child star who got lucky.
Since then, he has taken an unexpected route to his acting career - choosing a number of varied film and theater roles. 
The star thinks his part in Equus - in which he played 17-year-old suburban stable boy Alan Strang - was 'important' and it helped show off his acting prowess.
He previously said: 'Doing Equus was important.

It showed people that I wasn't just here to capitalise on the Potter fame for as long as I could.
Daniel was catapulted into the spotlight as boy wizard Harry Potter in the film franchise - based on J.K.

Rowling's children's books - and since he left the role he has made it his mission to prove he is a talented actor and not just a child star who got lucky
The star thinks his part in Equus - in which he played 17-year-old suburban stable boy Alan Strang - was 'important' and it helped show off his acting prowess
More recently, he has appeared in a number of larger Hollywood blockbusters, including The Lost City opposite Sandra Bullock (left and right) 
His next big role sees him taking on the part of Al Yankovic in a biopic depiction of the star's life (pictured) 
'I think ultimately, I'm ambitious because I want to prove everyone wrong who thinks that it's impossible to emerge from Harry Potter and do well.'
In 2013 he starred alongside Mad Men star John Hamm in the comedy-drama A Young Doctor's Notebook, while he took on a darker and edgier role as Arthur Kipps in the big-screen version of The Woman In Black (2012).
More recently, he has appeared in a number of larger Hollywood blockbusters, including  The Lost City opposite Sandra Bullock.
His next big role sees him taking on the part of Al Yankovic in a biopic depiction of the star's life.
However it hasn't been an easy route for the child star. Daniel has spoken openly about his battles with alcohol in the past.
In 2019, Daniel admitted he turned to alcohol as a way to deal with his global fame following the success of the Harry Potter franchise.
He became teetotal in 2010 and has since been on track.
Rupert Grint 
Rupert Grint was cast as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone aged just 11.

He went on to star in all eight films, which ranged from 2001 to 2011, earning him at least $70 million (£52 million)
Since the Harry Potter film series came to a conclusion in 2011, Rupert has starred in a slew of TV roles, including the sitcom Sick Note and the crime drama Snatch
He appeared in an Ed Sheeran music video, and recently welcomed a daughter with his partner, Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging star, Georgia Groome (pictured together) 
Rupert Grint was cast as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone aged just 11.
He went on to star in all eight films, which ranged from 2001 to 2011, earning him at least $70 million (£52 million).
Since the Harry Potter film series came to a conclusion in 2011, Rupert has starred in a slew of TV roles, including the sitcom Sick Note and the crime drama Snatch.
However to some extent, he hasn't enjoyed the same blockbuster success as Emma and Daniel, and instead has chosen a more low-key approach to his fame.
He appeared in an Ed Sheeran music video, and recently welcomed a daughter with his partner, Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging star,  Georgia Groome. 
Earlier this year in a Sunday Times interview, Rupert admitted he still finds it 'very hard' to 'detach' himself from Ron having played Harry Potter's best friend for 10 years.
He explained: 'I measure my life in Harry Potter movies.

They're so ingrained in me.
'I find it very hard to detach myself from being Ron - we merged into the same person. I can't believe it started 20 years ago. It definitely sculpted who I am.
'I mentally closed the door on it even though I'm constantly faced with it - there's the play, the theme park and it's always on TV.'
Since 2019, he has been appearing in the psychological horror series Servant and is set to star in Knock at the Cabin, which is to be released next year.  
Emma Watson
Emma was catapulted to stardom following the success of The Philosopher's Stone in 2001 as she took on the role of Hermione (left and right) 
Emma was catapulted to stardom following the success of The Philosopher's Stone in 2001 as she took  on the role of Hermione.
However after the film franchise wrapped, she decided to take the unusual step of attending university.
In 2011, Watson announced that she would be studying at Brown University.

She graduated in 2014 with a bachelor's in English literature.
Despite being in school, she juggled her acting career where she appeared in 'My Week With Marilyn' (2011), 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' (2012), and 'The Bling Ring' (2013). 
The actress is now one of the biggest stars to come out of the francise - having enjoyed roles in Hollywood blockbusters like Beauty and the Beast and Little Women.
And outside of acting, she has become an activist, regularly making passionate speeches about sexism in her role as U.N.

Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, which she has held since 2014.
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman, who was born into a working-class family in Hammersmith, became one of the best-known villains in showbiz when he took on the role of Proffessor Snape in the Potter films (left and right) 
Alan Rickman, who was born into a working-class family in Hammersmith, began his acting career on the stage before graduating to Hollywood films.
He became one of the best-known villains in showbiz - appearing as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Professor Snape in the Potter films.
The actor's other well-known films include Truly, Madly, Deeply, Sense and Sensibility and Love Actually, in which he played the husband of his frequent collaborator Emma Thompson, who was a close friend.
His role in Harry Potter brought him worldwide fame around the world.

However he underwent a private battle with cancer during the years he was filming.
The actor was first diagnosed with prostrate cancer before production began on the fifth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
He received treatment and underwent a procedure to have his prostrate removed in January 2006.
However the actor passed in January 2016 in London at 69 years of age.
Tom Felton 
Alongside Daniel, Emma and Rupert, Tom Felton is perhaps one of the most recognisable child stars from the Harry Potter franchise (left, as Draco Malfoy and right, this year) 
 Alongside Daniel, Emma and Rupert, Tom Felton is perhaps one of the most recognisable child stars from the Harry Potter franchise.
He rose to fame during his role as Draco Malfoy in the movie series, after auditioning for a number of roles - including Harry himself.
After the series ended, he took  on a number of roles - but none as popular or well known as his Harry Potter roots.
Throughout filming 'Harry Potter,' he also appeared in 'The Disappeared' (2008), 'Get Him to the Greek' (2010), and 'Night Wolf' (2010). 
He has been consistently working since then, albeit in smaller roles in TV and film, and recently made his West End theatre debut in London, in the play 2:22 A Ghost Story.
Earlier this week, he hit the headlines when he praised author of the original books JK Rowling for 'bringing so many generatons together' through the stories.
His comments come following a wave of backlash towards the writer following her controversial comments on transgender people - with the 35-year-old actor sharing that he 'doesn't pick sides'.
Chatting in a new interview with The Times T2 magazine, Tom drew on JK, real name moniker Joanne, and her mark on the entertainment industry.
He said: 'I couldn't speak for what others have said or what she said, to be completely honest, but I'm often reminded, attending Comic Cons [fantasy conventions] in particular, that no one has single-handedly done more for bringing joy to so many different generations and walks of life.
'I'm constantly reminded of her positive work in that field and as a person. I've only had a handful of meetings with her but she has always been lovely.

So I'm very grateful for that,' he explained.
Helen McCrory 
Helen McCrory, who was awarded the OBE for services to drama in the 2017 New Years Honours, was best known for playing Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films (left). She died aged 52 after a secret 'heroic battle' with cancer last year (right) 
Helen McCrory, who was awarded the OBE for services to drama in the 2017 New Years Honours, was best known for playing the matriarch Polly in Peaky Blinders and Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.
Her other movie roles included playing MP Clair Dowar in Skyfall and Cherie Blair in The Queen and The Special Relationship.
On television, she appeared in Doctor Who, Inside No 9 and His Dark Materials, and last year appeared in the Hugh Laurie drama Roadkill on the BBC and ITV's Quiz.
She also had an accomplished stage career, winning plaudits for National Theatre roles in productions of Medea and Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea.
McCrory was also was nominated for an Olivier for her role as Rosalind in As You Like It in at London's Wyndham's theatre in 2006.
The actress and Damian Lewis married in 2007 after falling in love when they were both cast in the play Five Gold Rings at the off-West End Almeida Theatre back in 2003.

Together they share a daughter Manon, 14, and son Gulliver, 13. 
McCrory and Lewis led fundraising efforts to provide hot meals for NHS staff during the pandemic. Their work led to almost £1million in donations to the Feed NHS scheme, and partnerships with chains including Leon and Wasabi.
She died aged 52 after a secret 'heroic battle' with cancer last year.
Matthew Lewis 
Matthew Lewis played Potter's pal Neville from 2001 until 2011, but shocked fans with his dramatic transformation in his early 20s (left and right) 
Matthew Lewis played Potter's pal Neville from 2001 until 2011, but shocked fans with his dramatic transformation in his early 20s.
In time for the final film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, which was released in 2011, the actor was flattered when people were starting to realise he didn't look like nerdy Neville anymore.
Matthew made quite an impact at the world premiere, and reflecting on the spectacle he told Attitude magazine: 'I was 21, I was like "yeah, this'll be cool!" It was never meant to be a "hey everyone, look at me!" but it was nice to be able to go and be myself.
'And then obviously a lot of attention focused on it, which I didn't expect at all.

I've never considered myself to be good-looking at all. Just average.'
Meanwhile his love life is seemingly better than his character Neville's as well. Matthew proposed to his now wife Angela in November 2016 after a whirlwind relationship, just four months after her divorce from her first husband was finalised ,TMZ reported at the time.
The star has kept his love life under the radar over the years and his romance with Angela played out away from the spotlight. 
He first met Angela at a Wizarding World event at Universal Studios in Orlando in January 2016, where she worked.
Robert Pattison
Among those who found global fame following his stint in Harry Potter, and arguably one of the greatest successes from the film franchise, is Robert Pattinson (left, as Cedric Diggory, and right, this year) 
Within the next three years, the London Native would see his star rise at a meteoric rate with the huge success of his leading man role as Edward Cullen in Twilight in 2008 (pictured, with his co-stars) 
Among those who found global fame following his stint in Harry Potter, and arguably one of the greatest successes from the film franchise, is Robert Pattinson.
At 17-years-old, Robert Pattinson was forced to choose between going away to study at university or take on the role of Hogwarts champion Cedric Diggory in the 2005 film Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.
He choose the latter, and then saw his career soar over the next few years.
Within the next three years, the London Native would see his star rise at a meteoric rate with the huge success of his leading man role as Edward Cullen in Twilight in 2008.
Of course that led to four follow-up films in the Twilight franchise that ended with 2012's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.
And he has since scored another role of a lifetime when he signed-on to star as Bruce Wayne/Batman in a new trilogy of Batman movies that will put more of an emphasis on the Caped Crusader's investigative skills.
Jamie Waylett 
Jamie Waylett played the thuggish Crabbe in six Harry Potter movies (left) but did not appear in the last two after he ran into legal trouble for drug possession and was later jailed for taking part in the 2011 London riots right) 
Jamie Waylett played the thuggish Crabbe in six Harry Potter movies but did not appear in the last two after he ran into legal trouble for drug possession and was later jailed for taking part in the 2011 London riots. 
His defence, Emily Dennnett, at the time told the court: 'He acknowledges the seriousness of his actions.

He struggled in school, achieving three low grade GCSEs.
'He completed a painting and decorating qualification at college but he is not in work at the moment.
'Although he had the good fortune to be one of the actors in the Harry Potter films he didn't handle the publicity well and began using cannabis.
'His usage increased and that led to a conviction in 2009 for possession and later cultivation.
'Inevitably what followed was his character being written out of the films.
'He has a difficult relationship with his mother, and relies on his grandfather for support.
'He knows the sentence of the court must be on that deters other people from partaking in this sort of behaviour in future.He has kept a low profile since then and has not continued in his acting career.
Maggie Smith 
Iconic: The actress, 86, is perhaps best known as Professor Minerva McGonagall whom she portrayed in the eight film adaptations of J.K Rowling's literary works (pictured 2003) 
Critical acclaim: Maggie starred as Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, on Downton Abbey (2010-2015), for which she won three Emmys
Maggie said she 'didn't feel she was really acting' in Harry Potter or Downton Abbey, adding it wasn't 'satisfying' work (pictured) 
Maggie Smith, 86, already enjoyed a high profile career before landing the role of Hogwarts' transfiguration professor, Minerva McGonagall, in the series.
She was known for her work in 'Othello' (1965), 'Death on the Nile' (1978), 'Sister Act' (1992), 'The Secret Garden' (1993), and 'Richard III' (1995).
She went on to appear in a number of films while appearing in the series, but her most successful role came towards the end of her Harry Potter years. 
Toward the end of the series, she also began starring on the award-winning PBS series 'Downton Abbey'. 
Maggie starred as Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, on Downton Abbey (2010-2015), for which she won three Emmys, her first non-ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award, and her third Golden Globe. 
However speaking in the Evening Standard two years ago, Maggie said: 'I am deeply grateful for the work in Potter and indeed Downton but it wasn't what you'd call satisfying, I didn't really feel I was acting in those things.'
After a long-spanning career in the industry and experiencing both highs and lows, Maggie didn't want to encourage her sons Chris Larkin, 52, Toby, 50, whom she has with her ex-husband Robert Stephens, to follow in her footsteps.
Meanwhile, Maggie recently said she admires any young woman who attempts to join the film industry nowadays because it's all about having to 'strip off every second'.
She said earlier this year: 'I think they are so brave, the young actresses of today.

They seem to have to strip off every second. I can't imagine how they cope with it today, I really don't. They are required to do the most extraordinary things.
'If I was asked to start now, I just don't think I could, seriously.
It's difficult to imagine myself at that age because girls are starting even younger than how young I was [when I started]. I think it's very, very, very hard now.' 

Richard Griffiths
Richard played Uncle Dursley in five Harry Potter movies.

Left: Pictured on set of the 2007 film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Right: Richard at the The South Bank Show Awards at the Dorchester Hotel in London on January 29, 2008 
Griffiths was also best known for his role as inspirational teacher Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys - which earned him a Laurence Olivier award - and for playing Uncle Monty in cult film Withnail & I.
He was awarded an OBE for services to drama in 2008.
He appeared as Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Potter films and has been hailed as one of the greatest and most-loved British actors by a string of his co-stars and colleagues. 
The 65-year-old, who had struggled with declining health in recent years, is thought to have been admitted to hospital for a heart bypass in March 2013.
He died shortly afterwards from complications from the surgery. 
Fiona Shaw Fiona Shaw (far right) played Harry Potter's aunt Petunia Dursley in five films
In 2018, the 64-year-old was cast as Carolyn Martens in Killing Eve.

Pictured with co-star Sandra Oh
These days, Fiona Shaw is most recognisable for playing Carolyn Martens in the hit BBC series Killing Eve.
A master of both stage and screen, the 64-year-old trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and starred in critically-acclaimed productions of As You Like It and The Taming of the Shrew in the 1980s.
Fiona was cast in the role of Petunia Dursley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 and reprised her role in four further films.
Harry's unkind aunt and uncle famously locked him away in a cupboard under the stairs in an attempt to contain his magical talent.
Speaking to the A.V.

Club, the actress said that her experience of shooting the films was wildly different to other cast members - given how claustrophobic the Dursley house was designed to feel.
The actress said her experience of filming Harry Potter was quite 'isolated'.

Pictured at the Disney+ Andor premiere on September 15, 2022
She said: 'Sometimes we would do a scene in the morning, and there would be a big scene in the school in the afternoon and you'd see a thousand children arriving and a thousand parents and a thousand minders—that's 3,000 people for lunch. 
And we the Dursleys would have had a little lunch, over ourselves in a tiny corner.
We tended to be filmed at the beginning of the shoot, and we tended to be absolutely isolated. 
It was a great privilege to shoot with Richard Griffiths, who was always so witty and funny and delightful to be around—and obviously Daniel [Radcliffe] and Harry Melling, who played my son Dudley Dursley.

So we were quite a team. We were our own group.'
Robert Hardy Robert Hardy played Cornelius Fudge in the franchise.

Left: The actor starring in the 2003 film Harry Potter at the Prisoner of Azkaban. Right: Pictured at the 2007 premiere of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Robert Hardy became a household name as eccentric vet Siegfried Farnon, whom he played for 12 years in the BBC1 series All Creatures Great And Small, and for his portrayals of Winston Churchill — Hardy claimed he held the world record, for being Churchill in 12 different TV, film and stage productions.
To younger audiences, he was best known as the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, in four Harry Potter films.

It was Hardy's love of ribald stories, told with a gleeful lack of embarrassment, that eventually cost him that role, he believed.
While the young cast were professionals, always ready for a scene, Hardy was more likely to be raising a rumpus on the fringes of the set with old friends such as Maggie Smith and Imelda Staunton.
‘We did not work — at least, I didn't,' Hardy once said.

‘We just mucked about and laughed a lot, and got shushed by whichever director it was: "Could you PLEASE be quiet in there!"'
Disgraceful behaviour was sometimes a speciality of his own. He married Elizabeth Fox, a wardrobe mistress, in 1952, but left her and their young son when he took up with his second wife, Sally Cooper.

They had two daughters, but were divorced after 25 years.
He died at the age of 91 in 2017.
Natalia Tena Natalia Tean has said she feels she 'cannot believe' she is 'lucky' enough to be a part of the Harry Potter franchise.

Pictured with Brendan Gleeson on the set of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005
In 2007, Natalia Tena (middle) was cast in the role of Nymphadora Tonks (pictured, with James Andrew Eric Phelps and Oliver Martyn John Phelps who played Fred and George Weasley) 
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Natalia Tena made her Harry Potter debut in 2005 when she was cast as Nymphadora Tonks in the fourth installment of the film franchise. 
The 37-year-old said the role was a dream come true for her as she's a 'huge reader'.
Speaking to , Natalia explained: 'They are incredible, I mean these are things that I cannot believe that I am lucky to be part of. 
'I love the books, I'm a big reader anyway and I love those kind of fantasy stories and it is kind of surreal that I am part of them.'
Tonks became a fan favourite over the course of the following four films but was killed in the final Battle of Hogwarts alongside husband Remus Lupin.
Off the back of her Harry Potter success, https://pinfaves.com/jamie-park-weight-loss/ Natalia was cast as Osha - a woman of the Free Folk serving House Stark - in Game of Thrones.
Earlier this week, it was announced that Natalia will be taking on the role of Rebekah Vardy in the highly anticipated new which hits screens later this year on Channel 4.
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