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Robbie Coltrane

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 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

2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

as Self

Movie
2012
Brave

as Lord Dingwall (voice)

Movie
2011
Arthur Christmas

as Lead Elf (voice)

Movie
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Rubeus Hagrid

Movie
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

as Rubeus Hagrid

Movie
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Rubeus Hagrid

Movie
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Rubeus Hagrid

Movie
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Rubeus Hagrid

Movie
2004
Ocean's Twelve

as Matsui

Movie
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Rubeus Hagrid

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2004
Van Helsing

as Mr. Hyde (voice)

Movie
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Rubeus Hagrid

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2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Rubeus Hagrid

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1999
The World Is Not Enough

as Valentin Zukovsky

Movie
1999
Message in a Bottle

as Charlie Toschi

Movie
1995
GoldenEye

as Valentin Zukovsky

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