Robbie Coltrane

Acting • Born 1950-03-30 – Died 2022-10-14

Acting2Rutherglen, 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).

Filmography

173 credits

Ocean's Twelve

Movie • 2004

Matsui

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Movie • 2002

Rubeus Hagrid

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Movie • 2004

Rubeus Hagrid

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Movie • 2007

Rubeus Hagrid

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Movie • 2001

Rubeus Hagrid

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Movie • 2005

Rubeus Hagrid

Mona Lisa

Movie • 1986

Thomas

GoldenEye

Movie • 1995

Valentin Zukovsky

From Hell

Movie • 2001

Peter Godley

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Movie • 2009

Rubeus Hagrid

Krull

Movie • 1983

Rhun

Oh, What a Night

Movie • 1992

Todd

Eat the Rich

Movie • 1987

Jeremy

Nuns on the Run

Movie • 1990

Charlie McManus

Caravaggio

Movie • 1986

Scipione Borghese

Gooby

Movie • 2009

Gooby (voice)

The Brothers Bloom

Movie • 2008

Curator

Slipstream

Movie • 1989

Montclaire

Montana

Movie • 1998

The Boss

Alice in Wonderland

Movie • 1999

Tweedledum

Van Helsing: The London Assignment

Movie • 2004

Mr. Hyde (voice)

Van Helsing

Movie • 2004

Mr. Hyde (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Movie • 2010

Rubeus Hagrid

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie • 2011

Rubeus Hagrid

Ghost Dance

Movie • 1983

George

Britannia Hospital

Movie • 1982

Picket

Revolution

Movie • 1985

New York Burgher

Stormbreaker

Movie • 2006

Prime Minister

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Movie • 1993

The Duke

The Gruffalo

Movie • 2009

The Gruffalo (voice)

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Movie • 2022

Self

Defence of the Realm

Movie • 1986

Leo McAskey

The World Is Not Enough

Movie • 1999

Valentin Zukovsky

Buddy

Movie • 1997

Bill Lintz

Provoked: A True Story

Movie • 2007

Lord Edward Foster

Brave

Movie • 2012

Lord Dingwall (voice)

Pride

Movie • 2004

James (voice)

Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

Movie • 1993

Dr Samuel Johnson

Let It Ride

Movie • 1989

Ticket Seller

Arthur Christmas

Movie • 2011

Lead Elf (voice)

The Gruffalo's Child

Movie • 2011

The Gruffalo (voice)

Danny the Champion of the World

Movie • 1989

Victor Hazell

Scrubbers

Movie • 1982

Puff Guts

On the Nose

Movie • 2001

Delaney

The Planman

Movie • 2003

Jack Lennox QC

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

Movie • 1987

Self

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

Movie • 1989

Self

The Supergrass

Movie • 1985

Det. Sgt. Troy

The Pope Must Die

Movie • 1991

Albinizi, The Pope

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Movie • 1988

Spirit of Christmas

Great Expectations

Movie • 2012

Mr. Jaggers

Effie Gray

Movie • 2014

Doctor

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

Movie • 1989

Sid Trample

Perfectly Normal

Movie • 1991

Alonzo Turner

Lenny Live and Unleashed

Movie • 1989

Taxi Driver

Subway Riders

Movie • 1981

Detective Fritz Langley

The Best of French & Saunders

Movie • 2002

Various

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Movie • 2004

Self

Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

Movie • 1992

Steffano Baccardi

Midnight Breaks

Movie • 1990

Hudge

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross

Movie • 1995

Valentin Zukovsky

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Movie • 1985

Man in the Bathroom

Demonella

Movie • 1993

Arnold Silverstein

Summer School

Movie • 1983

Desmond

The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel

Movie • 1984

Commander Jackson

Jealousy

Movie • 1993

Barrister

Five Go Mad in Dorset

Movie • 1982

Gypsy/Shopkeeper

War

Movie • 1983

Various Roles

The Beat Generation

Movie • 1983

Kurt

Five Go Mad on Mescalin

Movie • 1983

Mother

Dirty Movie

Movie • 1984

Chief of Police

Susie

Movie • 1984

Gerald

Gino: Full Story and Pics

Movie • 1984

Max

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

Movie • 1990

Max

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

Movie • 1990

Max

Red Nose of Courage

Movie • 1992

Speaker

Five Go to Rehab

Movie • 2012

Landlady/Gypsy

The Fruit Machine

Movie • 1988

Annabelle

Message in a Bottle

Movie • 1999

Charlie Toschi

The Tale of Despereaux

Movie • 2008

Gregory (voice)

30 Years of Comic Strip

Movie • 2012

McGinn of the Calton

Movie

Self

Frogs for Snakes

Movie • 1998

Al Santana

The Robbie Coltrane Special

Movie • 1989

Self/various

Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain

Movie • 2008

Self

Stanley Baxter in Person

Movie • 1998

Self

Alive and Kicking

Movie • 1991

Liam Kane

Byrne About Byrne

Movie • 1988

Self/Detective

When Harry Left Hogwarts

Movie • 2011

Self

Chinese Boxes

Movie • 1984

Harwood

Still Game: The Story So Far

Movie • 2014

Self

Robbie Coltrane at the BBC

Movie • 2022

Self (archival footage)

Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door

Movie • 1982

Mick

The Hunt for Tony Blair

Movie • 2011

Inspector Hutton

The Old Man of Lochnagar

Movie • 1993

The Old Man of Lochnagar

Loose Connections

Movie • 1984

Drunk

Absolute Beginners

Movie • 1986

Mario

The Movie Life of George

Movie • 1989

Self

Henry V

Movie • 1989

Sir John Falstaff

The Strike

Movie • 1988

Goldie/Dutch/Celebrity

The Bogie Man

Movie • 1992

Francis Forbes Clunie

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

Movie • 2011

Narrator (voice)

Flash Gordon

Movie • 1980

Man at Airfield

Where the Heart Is

Movie • 1990

(uncredited)

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

Movie • 1993

Zorran / 'N'

Hooray For Holyrood

Movie • 1986

Self - Presenter

GLC: The Carnage Continues

Movie • 1990

Charles Bronson as Ken Livingstone

The Ebb-Tide

Movie • 1998

Capt. Chisholm

Cracker: Nine Eleven

Movie • 2006

Fitz

Death Watch

Movie • 1980

Limousine Driver

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Movie • 1985

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

Movie • 2006

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

The Young Ones

TV • 1982

Dr. Carlisle

The Young Ones

TV • 1982

Slobber, Bouncer

The Young Ones

TV • 1982

Captain Blood

Tutti Frutti

TV • 1987

Danny McGlone

Cracker

TV • 1997

Saturday Night Clive

TV • 1989

A Kick Up the Eighties

TV • 1981

Wogan

TV • 1982

Self

Aspel & Company

TV • 1984

Comic Relief

TV • 1988

Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain

TV • 2007

Self - Presenter

Where's Elvis This Week?

TV • 1996

The Limit

TV • 1995

Narrator (Voice)

Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles

TV • 1997

Presenter

Lead Balloon

TV • 2006

Blackadder

TV • 1983

Dr. Samuel Johnson

Thompson

TV • 1988

Still Game

TV • 2002

Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee

TV • 1984

Various Roles

National Treasure

TV • 2016

Paul Finchley

Frasier

TV • 1993

Michael Moon

An Audience with...

TV • 1978

Self

Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence

TV • 2016

TV • 1982

Goldie/Dutch/Celebrity

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV • 1982

Ken

French & Saunders

TV • 1987

Big Daddy / That's Hollywood Narrator

The Crystal Cube

TV • 1983

Martin Bealey

Parkinson

TV • 1998

Self

Play for Today

TV • 1970

Jimmy

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

TV • 2002

Ares (voice)

Yes, Prime Minister

TV • 2013

Rory McAlister

To Be A Somebody

TV • 1994

Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald

Murderland

TV • 2009

Douglas Hain