Robbie Coltrane
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-03-30
- Died:
- 2022-10-14
- Place of birth:
- Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
Anthony Robert McMillan OBE (March 30, 1950 – October 14, 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011), and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). He was appointed an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama. In 1990, Coltrane received the Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy. In 2011, he was honoured for his "outstanding contribution" to film at the British Academy Scotland Awards. Coltrane started his career appearing alongside Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti alongside Thompson, for which he received his first British Academy Television Award for Best Actor nomination. Coltrane then gained national prominence starring as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the ITV television series Cracker (1993–2006), a role which saw him receive the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996). In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars, voted by the public. In 2016 he starred in the four-part Channel 4 series National Treasure alongside Julie Walters, a role for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination. Coltrane appeared in two films for George Harrison's Handmade Films: the Neil Jordan neo-noir Mona Lisa (1986) with Bob Hoskins, and Nuns on the Run with Eric Idle. He also appeared in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptation Henry V (1989), the comedy Let It Ride (1989), Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World (1989), Steven Soderbergh's crime-comedy thriller Ocean's Twelve (2004), Rian Johnson's caper film The Brothers Bloom (2008), Mike Newell's Dickens film adaptation Great Expectations (2012), and Emma Thompson's biographical film Effie Gray (2014). He was also known for his voice performances in the animated films The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and Pixar's Brave (2012).
Known For
Filmography
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Urban Myths
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence
National Treasure
Still Game: The Story So Far
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Effie Gray
Yes, Prime Minister
Great Expectations
Five Go to Rehab
30 Years of Comic Strip
Brave
The Gruffalo's Child
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Arthur Christmas
The Hunt for Tony Blair
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Gruffalo
Murderland
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Brothers Bloom
Gooby
The Tale of Despereaux
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain
Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Provoked
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Lead Balloon
Stormbreaker
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Ocean's Twelve
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Pride
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Van Helsing
The Planman
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Still Game
The Best of French & Saunders
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
On the Nose
This is Stanley Baxter
From Hell
The World Is Not Enough
Alice in Wonderland
Message in a Bottle
Stanley Baxter in Person
Frogs for Snakes
The Ebb-Tide
Montana
Parkinson
Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles
Cracker
Buddy
Cracker: White Ghost
Where's Elvis This Week?
TFI Friday
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
GoldenEye
The Limit
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
To Be A Somebody
Shooting Stars
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
Cracker
Frasier
Jealousy
Demonella
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
The Old Man of Lochnagar
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Oh, What a Night
The Bogie Man
Red Nose of Courage
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
Alive and Kicking
The Pope Must Die
Perfectly Normal
Midnight Breaks
Nuns on the Run
Where the Heart Is
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
GLC: The Carnage Continues
The Making of Slipstream
Henry V
The Robbie Coltrane Special
Screen One
Lenny Live and Unleashed
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
Let It Ride
Danny the Champion of the World
Slipstream
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
The Movie Life of George
Saturday Night Clive
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Thompson
The Fruit Machine
Byrne About Byrne
The Strike
Comic Relief
Eat the Rich
French & Saunders
Tutti Frutti
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Caravaggio
Hooray For Holyrood
ScreenPlay
Mona Lisa
Defence of the Realm
Absolute Beginners
Revolution
The Supergrass
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Girls On Top
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Chinese Boxes
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
Aspel & Company
Loose Connections
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Susie
Dirty Movie
Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee
Ghost Dance
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Krull
The Crystal Cube
Blackadder
Alfresco
Summer School
The Beat Generation
War
The Young Ones
Five Go Mad in Dorset
The Comic Strip Presents...
Scrubbers
Britannia Hospital
Wogan
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
Late Night with David Letterman
A Kick Up the Eighties
Subway Riders
Flash Gordon
Death Watch
Minder
Waterloo Sunset
The South Bank Show
An Audience with...
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Are You Being Served?
Film '72
Play for Today
McGinn of the Calton