Rubeus Hagrid

Full name: Rubeus Hagrid (Roo-bee-us)
Role in the books: Friend of Harry's, gamekeeper at Hogwarts
Actor: Robbie Coltrane
Age: 53-70
Born: 1928
Blood status: Half-Blood; half-giant
Family: Mother: Fridwulfa (giantess); Father: Unknown name; Half-brother: Grawp
Place of residence: A hut in the Hogwarts grounds where he lives all year round
Occupation: Gamekeeper and, from book three onwards, Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts
Eyes: Beetle black
Hair: Black, wild
Other features of appearance: Huge beard and moustache that covers half his face; twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as broad; often wears a moleskin overcoat
Wand: Oak, sixteen inches, bendy, now snapped in two and concealed in a pink umbrella
At Hogwarts: 1938-41 (expelled in third year); Gryffindor
Key personality traits: Brave, intensely loyal, sensitive, sometimes naively foolish, kind
First appearance in story: A low rumbling sound had broken the silence around them. It grew steadily louder as they looked up and down the street for some sign of a headlight; it swelled to a roar as they both looked up at the sky - and a huge motorbike fell out of the air and landed on the road in front of them. If the motorbike was huge it was nothing to the man sitting astride it. He was almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big to be allowed, and so wild - long tangles of bushy black hair and beard hid most of his face, he had hands the size of dustbin lids and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins. In his vast, muscular arms he was holding a bundle of blankets. (PS, ch.1, pg.16)
Key life moments: His father dying; Aquiring Aragog from a traveller and hiding him in the school; being framed for opening the Chamber of Secrets; being expelled; becoming gamekeeper; rescuing Harry from the rubble of his parents' house and taking him to Privet Drive; coming to the hut on the rock and telling Harry he's a wizard; taking Harry to Diagon Alley; providing Fluffy to guard the Philosopher's Stone; accidently telling Quirrel/Voldemort how to get past Fluffy; taking Harry and the others into the Forbidden Forest; being thought to have opened the Chamber of Secrets again and spending a short stint in Azkaban; being made Care of Magical Creatures teacher; trying to prevent Buckbeak being sentenced to death; going with Madam Maxime to try and talk to the giants; bringing Grawp back with him to Hogwarts; fought in and survived the battle of Hogwarts; carried Harry's 'dead' body out of the forest