Is Robbie Coltrane confined to a wheelchair?
The star, 72, who played friendly giant Rubeus Hagrid in all eight films of the hit franchise, is currently unable to walk while he awaits life-changing knee surgery. Coltrane started his career appearing alongside Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries…
The star, 72, who played friendly giant Rubeus Hagrid in all eight films of the hit franchise, is currently unable to walk while he awaits life-changing knee surgery. Coltrane started his career appearing alongside Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984).
In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti alongside Thompson, for which he received his first British Academy Television Award for Best Actor nomination.
Is Robbie Coltrane confined to a wheelchair?
The beloved actor made his first public appearance in a wheelchair at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on Monday night to launch Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike ride in Universal Orlando.
He was wheeled in and out of the Harry Potter event on Monday which came as a big shock to fans given they’re so used to seeing him standing strong and tall as Hagrid.
