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Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane

Birthday: 1950-03-30 | Place of Birth: Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Anthony Robert McMillan OBE (born 30 March 1950), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, is a Scottish actor, comedian and writer. 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 as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama. In 2011, he was honoured for his "outstanding contribution" to film at the British Academy Scotland Awards. He 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. In 1990, Coltrane received the Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy. Coltrane has appeared in two films for George Harrison’s Handmade Films - the Neil Jordan neo-noir Mona Lisa (1987) 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), 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 is also known for his voice performances in the animated films The Tale of Despereaux (2008), and Pixar's Brave (2012).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2016
National Treasure

as    Paul Finchley

2014
Effie Gray

as    Doctor

2013
Great Expectations

as    Mr. Jaggers

2012
Brave

as    Lord Dingwall (voice)

2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair

as    Inspector Hutton

2011
The Gruffalo's Child

as    The Gruffalo (voice)

2009
Murderland

as    Douglas Hain

2009
Gooby

as    Gooby (voice)

2009
The Gruffalo

as    The Gruffalo (voice)

2008
The Tale of Despereaux

as    Gregory (voice)

2007
Provoked: A True Story

as    Lord Edward Foster

2007
2007
Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain

as    Self - Presenter

2006
Stormbreaker

as    Prime Minister

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as    Rubeus Hagrid

2004
Pride

as    James (voice)

2004
Van Helsing: The London Assignment

as    Mr. Hyde (voice)

2004
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as    Rubeus Hagrid

2001
On the Nose

as    Delaney

2001
From Hell

as    Peter Godley

2001
1999
Message in a Bottle

as    Charlie Toschi

1999
Alice in Wonderland

as    Tweedledum