Robbie Coltrane

Known for ActingBorn 1950-03-30Died 2022-10-14Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Still Game: The Story So Far

War

Lenny Live and Unleashed

Still Game

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence

Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Red Nose of Courage

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Alive and Kicking

The Hunt for Tony Blair

Midnight Breaks

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Blackadder

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Young Ones

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Lead Balloon

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Frasier

Shooting Stars

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Urban Myths

The Gruffalo

Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

When Harry Left Hogwarts

French & Saunders

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

The Comic Strip Presents...

Perfectly Normal

Cracker

The Crystal Cube

Brave

Screen One

Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain

Cracker: Nine Eleven

TFI Friday

Are You Being Served?

Subway Riders

Henry V

The Ebb-Tide