Actor Paul Ritter dies at 54 Chernobyl and Harry Potter

 Actor Paul Ritter dies at 54 Chernobyl and Harry Potter

LONDON (AP) — flexible British actor Paul Ritter, whose roles ranged from a hapless suburban patriarch in sitcom “Friday night time Dinner” to a Soviet engineer who helps motive a nuclear catastrophe in “Chernobyl,” has died, his agent said Tuesday. He was fifty four and were tormented by a brain tumor.

A acquainted face to British television visitors and theatregoers, Ritter performed Martin Goodman, the eccentric father of a London Jewish own family, inside the acerbic but warm Channel four sitcom “Friday night Dinner.”

He also played unwell-fated nuclear engineer Anatoly Dyatlov in the Emmy-winning HBO drama “Chernobyl;” the wizard Eldred Worple in “Harry Potter and The 1/2-Blood Prince;” and a devious political operative in the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace.”

those who worked with Ritter in his maximum famous roles rated him fairly. Robert Popper, the writer of “Friday night Dinner,” stated Ritter "became a lovely, exceptional man or women. kind, funny, exquisite worrying and the greatest actor I ever worked with.”

“Chernobyl” screenwriter Craig Mazin stated on Twitter that Ritter was “one of the maximum mild, gracious and first-rate humans I’ve ever recognised, a whole lot less labored with. We misplaced him these days, and a ways too soon. I desire his family and loved ones peace and comfort as they mourn the passing of this beautiful guy.”

Ritter become a compelling degree actor, a common and remarkable forged member in productions at Britain’s country wide Theatre, such as “All My Sons,” “Coram Boy” and “The Curious Incident Of The dog within the night time-Time.” He also regarded in “artwork” at London’s antique Vic and on a West end level as prime Minister John primary, acting opposite Helen Mirren's Queen Elizabeth II within the royal drama “The target audience.”

Chernobyl' and 'Harry Potter' actor Paul Ritter dies at 54
The actor became nominated for a Tony Award in 2009 for his overall performance in Alan Ayckbourn’s farce “The Norman Conquests” on Broadway.

Actor Russell Tovey stated Ritter changed into “one of the nicest and first-class actors you’ll ever meet."

Actor-comic Rob Delaney tweeted that Ritter had "knocked it out of the PARK in Chernobyl. looking it I consciously idea, ‘Oh, we have a new film big name.’ between that & how humorous he turned into in Friday night Dinner... simply unreal talent.”

agency Markham, Froggatt & Irwin stated Ritter died Monday night time “peacefully at domestic along with his spouse Polly and sons Frank and Noah via his facet.”

“Paul was an extremely proficient actor playing an considerable sort of roles on stage and screen with excellent ability,” the enterprise said. “He changed into fiercely sensible, kind and very funny. we can miss him substantially.”