Robbie Coltrane
- Acting
- March 30, 1950 · Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- October 14, 2022
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 · Self
- Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts · Self
- Urban Myths · Orson Welles
- Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence · Presenter
- National Treasure · Paul Finchley
- Still Game: The Story So Far · Self
- Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley · Self
- Effie Gray · Doctor
- Yes, Prime Minister · Rory McAlister
- Great Expectations · Mr. Jaggers
- Five Go to Rehab · Landlady/Gypsy
- 30 Years of Comic Strip
- Brave · Lord Dingwall (Voice)
- The Gruffalo's Child · The Gruffalo (Voice)
- When Harry Left Hogwarts · Self
- Arthur Christmas · Lead Elf (Voice)
- The Hunt for Tony Blair · Inspector Hutton
- 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments · Narrator (Voice)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · Rubeus Hagrid
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · Rubeus Hagrid
- The Gruffalo · The Gruffalo (Voice)
- Murderland · Douglas Hain
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · Rubeus Hagrid
- The Brothers Bloom · Curator
- Gooby · Gooby (Voice)
- The Tale of Despereaux · Gregory (Voice)
- Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments · Self
- Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain · Self
- Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain · Self
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · Rubeus Hagrid
- Provoked · Lord Edward Foster
- Cracker: Nine Eleven · Fitz
- Lead Balloon
- Stormbreaker · Prime Minister
- The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · Rubeus Hagrid
- Ocean's Twelve · Matsui
- Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? · Self
- Pride · James (Voice)
- The Magic Touch of Harry Potter · Self
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · Rubeus Hagrid
- Van Helsing: The London Assignment · Mr. Hyde (Voice)
- Van Helsing · Mr. Hyde (Voice)
- The Planman · Jack Lennox QC, Executive producer
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · Rubeus Hagrid
- Still Game
- The Best of French & Saunders · Various
- Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future · Ares (Voice)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone · Hagrid
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross · Self
- On the Nose · Delaney
- This is Stanley Baxter · Self
- From Hell · Peter Godley
- The World Is Not Enough · Valentin Zukovsky
- Alice in Wonderland · Tweedledum
- Message in a Bottle · Charlie Toschi
- Stanley Baxter in Person · Self
- Frogs for Snakes · Al Santana
- The Ebb-Tide · Capt. Chisholm
- Montana · The Boss
- Parkinson · Self
- Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles · Presenter
- Cracker
- Buddy · Bill Lintz
- Cracker: White Ghost · Fitz
- Where's Elvis This Week?
- TFI Friday
- Goldeneye: The Secret Files · Self
- In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross · Valentin Zukovsky
- GoldenEye · Valentin Zukovsky
- The Limit · Narrator (Voice)
- GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast · Self
- To Be A Somebody · Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald
- Shooting Stars · Self
- Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles · Dr Samuel Johnson
- Cracker · Edward 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
- Frasier · Michael Moon
- Jealousy · Barrister, Writer
- Demonella · Arnold Silverstein
- Space Virgins from Planet Sex · Zorran / 'N'