Harry Potter actor Jim Tavare is back home after breaking his neck in a car crash

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Jim Tavare with his dog Mr KippyImage source, Facebook/Jim Tavare

Jim Tavare, who played Tom the Innkeeper in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, is back home after being involved in a head-on car crash.

The 54-year-old broke his neck last month and had a punctured lung.

In a new Facebook post, external he revealed the extent of his injuries.

"I have no range of movement - 15 broken ribs, 2 clavicles, sternum, neck, wrist, smashed up femur, fibula and tibia with a new metal heel and ankle," he wrote.

Jim played the owner of the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter film franchise.

Image source, Warner Bros

His wife Laura posted a picture of him in a bed at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, on Facebook.

"This is Laura here," she wrote in March.

"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.

Image source, Jim Tavare/Facebook

"He's currently in ICU intensive care. He's had two 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 actor was reunited with his dog while recovering in hospital.

He was wheeled out to the front of Huntington Memorial Hospital to see Mr Kippy., external

The Essex-born actor spends most of his time in Los Angeles.

He also co-wrote and starred in the Bafta-winning ITV series The Sketch Show.

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