'Tom the Innkeeper' from Harry Potter films gets injured in a horrific car crash

A Harry Potter actor is fighting to recover in intensive care after being involved in a horrific car crash on Monday, 7 March 2017.

Jim Tavare, who appeared in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, suffered a punctured lung, a broken neck, 15 broken ribs and multiple other injuries in the accident, reports The Hindustan Times.

The 54-year-old actor and comedian, who played Tom the Innkeeper for the Leaky Cauldron pub in the hit 2004 film, managed to raise a thumbs up sign in a picture shared on social media by his wife, Laura.

The British thespian, who moved to Los Angeles in 2008 after his successful appearance on reality show Last Comic Standing , has also undergone two blood transfusions and requires surgery.

His wife Laura relayed the shocking news in a Facebook post to Jim’s friends and fans and asked for them to keep the injured actor in their thoughts.

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 has 15 broken ribs, fractures in both breastbones, a punctured lung, multiple breaks in his right leg, and a broken neck. "

Tavare has appeared in The Sketch Show (which won a BAFTA) and has also recently appeared in David Duchovny’s Californication.