Paul Ritter, who appeared in the “Harry Potter” movies as well as played a key role in HBO’s nuclear disaster drama “Chernobyl”, has died at the age of 54 after suffering from a brain tumor.
On Tuesday, the agency Markham, Froggatt and Irwin confirmed that Ritter died Monday night “peacefully at home with his wife Polly and the sons Frank and Noah by his side.”
A familiar face to British television viewers and theater-goers, Ritter Martin Goodman, the eccentric father of a London Jewish family, plays in the Channel 4 sitcom “Friday Night Dinner”.
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Actor Paul Ritter has died after contracting a brain tumor at the age of 54.
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He also played the fateful nuclear engineer Anatoly Dyatlov in the HBO drama “Chernobyl;” the magician Eldred Worple in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince;” and appeared as a cunning political worker in the James Bond film ‘Quantum of Solace’.
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In addition to his work on screen, Ritter also had an impressive career in theater. He was a regular cast in productions at the British National Theater, and his stage roles also included ‘Art’ at London’s Old Vic and Prime Minister John Major in the royal drama ‘The Audience’. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 2009 for his performance in Alan Ayckbourn’s farce “The Norman Conquests” on Broadway.
“Paul was an extraordinarily talented actor who played an enormous variety of roles on stage and on screen with extraordinary skill,” the agency said. “He was very intelligent, friendly and very funny. We will miss him very much.”
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In a statement issued to the BBC, Big Talk, the producers of ‘Friday Night Dinner’, said: ‘He was a brilliant, friendly and talented man who was much loved by all who were happy to be with him. to work and collaborate, and Paul be forever part of both the Big Talk and Friday Night Dinner families.
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“We are currently thinking of his own family and following their wishes we will make a donation to the Old Vic Impact Fund.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.