Robbie Coltrane
2 FOLLOWERS • 30 CREDITS • MAR 30, 1950 - OCT 14, 2022 • 72
Biography
Anthony Robert McMillan (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
Frasier
Blackadder
Absolute Beginners
Flash Gordon
Britannia Hospital
Ocean's Twelve
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Let It Ride
Van Helsing
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Arthur Christmas
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
The Tale of Despereaux
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
GoldenEye
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Brave
The World Is Not Enough
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Stormbreaker
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Gruffalo
Nuns on the Run
Danny the Champion of the World
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain
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