Robbie Coltrane_
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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Born
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Birthday
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Known For
Actor
Birthday
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Died
Birthplace
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Height
185 cm (6'0")
Nationality
Languages
English
Spouse
Rhona Irene Gemmell (1999)
Children
2 children: Alice McMillan, Spencer McMillan
Parents
Ian Baxter McMillan, Jean Ross Howie
Education
University of Edinburgh, Glenalmond College, Glasgow School of Art
Zodiac Sign
♈ Aries
Chinese Zodiac
虎 Tiger
Name Origin
English < Proto-Germanic (*Hrōþiberhtaz)
Popularity
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Career
Career spanning 41 years (1981-2022)
Screen debut
First screen credit at age 30
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Filmography (40)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
Brave
Lord Dingwall (voice)
Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Rubeus Hagrid
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rubeus Hagrid
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Rubeus Hagrid
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo (voice)
The Brothers Bloom
Film
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Rubeus Hagrid
Ocean's Twelve
Matsui
AWARDS (2)
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British Academy Scotland Awards
2011
WON
B
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2005
WON
Biography
Anthony Robert McMillan (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 Expectati
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Robbie Coltrane was born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
What movies or shows has Robbie Coltrane been in?
Robbie Coltrane has 40 credits in our database. Notable titles include Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022), Brave (2012), Arthur Christmas (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010).
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