
Acting
Community Rating
6.3
TMDB estimate
Born
March 30, 1950
Died
October 14, 2022 (age 72)
Born in
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 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).

Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
Self (archival footage)
2022

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
2022

Still Game: The Story So Far
Self
2014

Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Self
2014

Effie Gray
Doctor
2014

Great Expectations
Mr. Jaggers
2012

Five Go to Rehab
Landlady/Gypsy
2012

30 Years of Comic Strip
2012

Brave
Lord Dingwall (voice)
2012

The Gruffalo's Child
The Gruffalo (voice)
2011

When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
2011

Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
2011

The Hunt for Tony Blair
Inspector Hutton
2011

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Narrator (voice)
2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Rubeus Hagrid
2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rubeus Hagrid
2010

The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo (voice)
2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Rubeus Hagrid
2009

Gooby
Gooby (voice)
2009

The Tale of Despereaux
Gregory (voice)
2008