john peter sarsgaard played hagrid in the movie harry porter.
who plays hagrid in the movie harry porter?
john peter sarsgaard
hagrid has appeared in various animated and non-animated parodies of harry potter. he was featured in us skit comedy "saturday night live", portrayed by horatio sanz, in the same episode in which lindsay lohan played hermione; bobby moynihan later portrayed hagrid in 2012, when daniel radcliffe hosted the show. in alistair mcgowan's "big impression" show, hagrid appeared in a sketch called "louis potter and the philosopher’s scone", in which he was portrayed by robbie coltrane himself. hagrid is also parodied in "harry potter and the secret chamberpot of azerbaijan", a story released by comic relief in 2003, and he was played by ronnie corbett. in the "potter puppet pals" parodies by neil cicierega, hagrid appeared in the episode "ron's disease", in which harry uses hagrid’s strength to cure ron from an illness, as well as to beat hermione and snape, and to discover dumbledore’s identity as a "gay android". hagrid also appears in the parody stage production "harry potter and the obnoxious voice", interacting with draco malfoy and a dementor. in one episode of the second series of "tracey ullman's state of the union", tracey ullman parodies rowling as bossy and very keen on keeping her creations copyrighted, believing a hobo is impersonating hagrid.
rubeus hagrid
after hagrid's expulsion and assignment as gamekeeper, aragog lived in the forbidden forest. hagrid found him a mate, mosag, with whom aragog bore an entire colony of giant spiders. he remained grateful to hagrid for his entire life, and kept his carnivorous children from attacking him when he came to visit (to bring him and his family food). this courtesy was not extended to other creatures and people, even when they were friends of hagrid's; he allowed his children to attack harry, ron, and fang when they encountered him in "harry potter and the chamber of secrets". hagrid led harry and ron to aragog by giving them the cryptic advice, "follow the spiders". an aging aragog reveals to harry and ron hagrid's innocence and the discovery of a girl's corpse in the bathroom, before giving them a clue of the chamber's resident monster; it was born in the castle, and his species never speak of the creature nor give its name, despite hagrid's numerous inquiries, as they fear it above all others. though aragog allowed his children to attack harry, ron, and fang, they were saved at the last minute by ron's father arthur weasley’s flying car, which had been lost in the forest months before. aragog remained in the forbidden forest for the rest of his life, but eventually died of old age in "harry potter and the half-blood prince". hagrid retrieved aragog’s body from the forest so that he could give him a proper burial, fearing that his children would devour his body. from that point on, the spider colony was the only part of the forbidden forest that hagrid could not enter safely.
rubeus hagrid