<P> Since retirement , Bayfield has worked as a journalist , an after - dinner speaker , and has appeared in all of the Harry Potter films playing the half - giant Hagrid , as Robbie Coltrane 's body and stunt double . ( He also appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a young Rubeus Hagrid ) . Continuing the acting theme , he also played a cyclops in Jonathan Liebesman 's Wrath of the Titans , the sequel to 2010 movie Clash of the Titans . Bayfield also played `` Rugby Player 1 '' in an episode of the BBC One series New Tricks ( first shown on 1 September 2008 ) . </P>
<P> Since retirement , Bayfield has worked as a journalist , an after - dinner speaker , and has appeared in all of the Harry Potter films playing the half - giant Hagrid , as Robbie Coltrane 's body and stunt double . ( He also appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a young Rubeus Hagrid ) . Continuing the acting theme , he also played a cyclops in Jonathan Liebesman 's Wrath of the Titans , the sequel to 2010 movie Clash of the Titans . Bayfield also played `` Rugby Player 1 '' in an episode of the BBC One series New Tricks ( first shown on 1 September 2008 ) . </P>
who did martin bayfield play in harry potter films
who did martin bayfield play in harry potter films
a young Rubeus Hagrid
a young Rubeus Hagrid