Jim Tavare, who played Tom the Innkeeper in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, is in intensive care after a head-on car crash.
The 54-year-old man, who played the owner of the Leaky Cauldron in the film, suffered a broken neck and a punctured lung.
He also has 15 broken ribs, breaks in his right leg and fractured breastbones.
His wife Laura posted a picture of him in a hospital bed on Facebook.
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“This is Laura here,” she wrote. “Now that his family have been informed, Jim has asked me to let you all know that he was involved in a serious car accident yesterday, a head-on collision.
“He’s currently in ICU intensive care. He’s had 2 blood transfusions so far and is about to go in for his first surgery.
“This is for real, not a movie role. Please hold some good thoughts for him as he fights his way out of this.”
The Essex-born actor spends most of his time in Los Angeles.