Dave Legeno in a scene from Command Performance.
The 50-year-old actor, who played Fenrir Greyback in the Harry Potter films, was found dead by hikers in a remote area of Death Valley on Sunday morning.
TMZ reported that the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said Legeno appeared to have died from heat stroke. The actor may have been dead for 3-4 days before his body was discovered.
The London-born martial arts expert appeared in a number of movies including Snatch, Snow White and the Huntsman and Batman Begins.
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