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Dave Legeno

actor · film actor · television actor

Born
October 12, 1963
Died
July 11, 2014
Age
50 years
Nationality
United Kingdom
Cause
heat stroke

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Dave Legeno, 50, British actor (Harry Potter, Snatch, Batman Begins), heat stroke. (body discovered on this date)

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Dave Legeno (12 October 1963 – 6 July 2014) was a British actor, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler.

Early life

Legeno was born David Steven Murray in Marylebone, London, England.

Career

Legeno's first major film role was in Guy Ritchie's Snatch. He had roles in Batman Begins, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Centurion, and Last Knights. Legeno played the werewolf Fenrir Greyback in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, and Part 2.

Legeno also featured in the music video for the single Stomp by British pop group Steps.[citation needed]

Legeno voiced and motion-captured for the video game The Getaway: Black Monday as a protagonist, Eddie O'Connor. He was trained in various combat styles, including boxing, wrestling, judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai.

He also was a professional wrestler as Lone Wolf for the British Wrestling Federation from 1991 to 1992.

Death

Legeno's body was found by a pair of hikers on 6 July 2014 in Death Valley, California, United States. Due to the remoteness of the area, a helicopter was called in to retrieve his remains. Legeno died of heat-related health problems and may have been dead for three to four days before his body was discovered. No foul play was suspected.

A memorial evening took place in London on 12 October 2014, which would have been Legeno's 51st birthday. It was held at Camden Underworld, the venue where Legeno had held his album launch in 2004. The memorial was attended by fellow cast members of Harry Potter and Snatch, as well as by friends from the mixed martial arts community and music industry. Actors Tom Felton and Nick Moran and Cage Rage founder, Dave O'Donnell, spoke about Legeno, and his favourite songs were performed live.[citation needed]

The film Last Knights was dedicated to him.

Filmography

Mixed martial arts record

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