The cast of the fantasy film series paid tribute to the actor, who starred as half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, after he passed away aged 72, with his co-stars lauding him for his “warmth and brilliance”
He was Hagrid, the giant gamekeeper at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, but also the unscrupulous ex-KGB agent and Mafia boss Valentin Zukovsky in GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough.