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Robbie Coltrane
Rutherglen, 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 Rub…
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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
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2022
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
Movie Self (archival footage)
- 2022
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2017
Urban Myths
TV show Orson Welles
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2016
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence
TV show Presenter
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2016
National Treasure
TV show Paul Finchley
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2014
Still Game: The Story So Far
Movie Self
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2014
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Movie Self
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2014
Effie Gray
Movie Doctor
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2013
Yes, Prime Minister
TV show Rory McAlister
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2012
Great Expectations
Movie Mr. Jaggers
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2012
Five Go to Rehab
Movie Landlady/Gypsy
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2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie
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2012
Brave
Movie Lord Dingwall (voice)
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2011
The Gruffalo's Child
Movie The Gruffalo (voice)
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2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Movie Self
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2011
Arthur Christmas
Movie Lead Elf (voice)
More credits
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2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Movie Inspector Hutton
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2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie Rubeus Hagrid
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2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie Rubeus Hagrid
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2009
The Gruffalo
Movie The Gruffalo (voice)
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2009
Murderland
TV show Douglas Hain
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2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie Rubeus Hagrid
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2009
Gooby
Movie Gooby (voice)
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2008
The Tale of Despereaux
Movie Gregory (voice)
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2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie Self - Dr. Samuel Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2008
The Brothers Bloom
Movie Curator
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2008
Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain
Movie Self
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2007
Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain
TV show Self - Presenter
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2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie Rubeus Hagrid
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2007
Provoked
Movie Lord Edward Foster
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2006
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Movie Fitz
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2006
Lead Balloon
TV show
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2006
Stormbreaker
Movie Prime Minister
- 2006
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2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie Rubeus Hagrid
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2004
Ocean's Twelve
Movie Matsui
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2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Pride
Movie James (voice)
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2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie Self
