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Paul Ritter, whose movie and tv credit embody Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Friday Evening Dinner and the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace, has died. He was 54.
The British actor died of a mind tumor, his agent revealed on Tuesday.
“It’s with nice unhappiness we will verify that Paul Ritter handed away final night time,” his agent stated in a press release to The Guardian. “He died peacefully at dwelling together with his spouse Polly and sons Frank and Noah by his facet. He was 54 and had been affected by a mind tumor.”
“Paul was an exceptionally gifted actor enjoying an infinite number of roles on stage and display screen with extraordinary talent. He was fiercely clever, variety and really humorous. We are going to miss him enormously,” the agent added.
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Another notable works that Ritter starred in embody HBO’s 2019 mini-series Chernobyl and movies comparable to The Libertine and Hannibal Rising.
Later this yr, Ritter is about to posthumously seem within the Friday Evening Dinner Tenth-anniversary retrospective, in accordance with The Guardian.
Alongside his varied movie and tv roles, Ritter additionally carried out as a stage actor, in accordance with Deadline. In 2006, he was nominated for an Olivier award for his efficiency in Coram Boy and for a Tony award for his position in The Norman Conquests in 2009.
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Following the information of his demise, many who knew and labored with Ritter paid tribute to him on social media.
“Devastated at this terribly unhappy information. Paul was a stunning, fantastic human being. Variety, humorous, tremendous caring and the best actor I ever labored with x,” Friday Evening Dinner creator Robert Popper tweeted.
“Looking for a approach to discuss Paul Ritter and struggling. My pal since we had been college students collectively. A lot expertise and it shone from him whilst a teen,” said Stephen Mangan. “I used to be so fortunate to know him and fortunate too to work with him many occasions over time. Great man. RIP.”
Scottish actor Sanjeev Kohli shared on Twitter: “Paul Ritter was one of the versatile & sensible actors that has ever drawn breath. If Paul Ritter was in one thing, it made it good. That is horrendous information.”
