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Rubeus Hagrid (/ ˈ h æ ɡ r ɪ d /) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. He was introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as a half-giant who is the gamekeeper and groundskeeper at the wizarding school Hogwarts.
Professor Rubeus Hagrid (b. 6 December 1928) [13] [14] was an English half-giant wizard, son of Mr Hagrid and the giantess Fridwulfa, and elder half-brother of the giant Grawp. Hagrid stood at eleven feet, six inches tall. [7] Hagrid attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1940 and...
From Buckbeak to Grawp, Hagrid stands by those he cares about, no matter the cost. In fact, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we learn that Hagrid has been standing by Harry, who by then was Undesirable No. 1, despite Hogwarts’ reign of terror under Snape and the Carrows.
Rubeus Hagrid. Gamekeeper, Keeper of the Keys and Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts. Rubeus Hagrid may have been intimidating physically - he was of course, half-man, half-giant - but he was also soft-hearted, especially when it came to looking after the beasts of Hogwarts.
On that awful night when Voldemort murdered Harry’s parents, Hagrid was the one who took him from his house in Godric’s Hollow and brought him to Privet Drive. The care he had for infant Harry was clear from the moment we met him in that very first chapter.
What happened to Rubeus Hagrid after the events of Harry Potter? Actor Robbie Coltrane played the gentle half-giant in all eight movies of the franchise based on the books by author J.K. Rowling. According to Rowling, Hagrid didn't change much in the years following the series' end.
In The Philosopher's Stone, Harry, the Dursleys, and Hagrid are all in a ghastly little shack in the middle of nowhere. Vernon threatens the half-giant, half-wizard with a double-barreled shotgun that Hagrid easily folds in half. There's nothing profound about the quote itself, but it is iconic.
D uring a Q&A on Twitter, J.K. Rowling made a surprising revelation about Rubeus Hagrid, one of the best-loved characters from the Harry Potter series.
Rubeus Hagrid is the man who changes everything for Harry Potter – the person who tells him he is, indeed, a wizard. At Hogwarts, Hagrid is the Hogwarts 'Keeper of the Keys' and gamekeeper, living in a wooden hut on the Hogwarts grounds.
A momentous day that changed Harry Potter's life forever.