Robbie Coltrane profile
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Robbie Coltrane

30th March 1950 Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Acting

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).

115 Movies 48 TV Shows 179 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Brave poster
Brave 21st June 2012 as Lord Dingwall (voice)
Gooby poster
Gooby 17th April 2009 as Gooby (voice)
Provoked poster
Provoked 6th April 2007 as Lord Edward Foster
Pride poster
Pride 21st June 2004 as James (voice)
Buddy poster
Buddy 6th June 1997 as Bill Lintz
GoldenEye poster
GoldenEye 16th November 1995 as Valentin Zukovsky
Henry V poster
Henry V 5th October 1989 as Sir John Falstaff
The Strike poster
The Strike 20th February 1988 as Goldie/Dutch/Celebrity
Susie poster
Susie 14th January 1984 as Gerald
Krull poster
Krull 29th July 1983 as Rhun
War poster
War 3rd January 1983 as Various Roles
Cracker poster
Cracker 27th September 1993 as Edward 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
Frasier poster
Frasier 16th September 1993 as Michael Moon
Minder poster
Minder 29th October 1979 as Mr. Henry