Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane, is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker and as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, the son of Jean McMillan Ross, a teacher and pianist, and Ian Baxter McMillan, a general practitioner who also served as a forensic police surgeon. He has an older sister, Annie, and a late younger sister, Jane.
Coltrane moved into acting in his early twenties, taking the stage name Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane) and working in theatre and stand-up comedy. Coltrane soon moved into films, obtaining roles in a number of movies such as Flash Gordon. On television, he also appeared as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder.
His roles went from strength to strength in the 1990s with the TV series Cracker and a BAFTA award as the stepping stone to parts in bigger films such as the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough and a major supporting role as half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.
| Movie | Character | Year | |
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Krull | Rhun | 1983 |
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Revolution | New York Burgher | 1985 |
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Perfectly normal | Alonzo Turner | 1991 |
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The Pope Must Die | Albinizi | 1991 |
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GoldenEye | Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky | 1995 |
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The World Is Not Enough | Valentin Zukovsky | 1999 |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Rubeus Hagrid | 2001 |
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From Hell | Sergeant Peter Godley | 2001 |
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Rubeus Hagrid | 2002 |
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Van Helsing | Mr. Hyde | 2004 |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Rubeus Hagrid | 2004 |
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Ocean's Twelve | Matsui | 2004 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rubeus Hagrid | 2005 |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker | Prime Minister | 2006 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Rubeus Hagrid | 2007 |
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The Brothers Bloom | The Curator | 2008 |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Rubeus Hagrid | 2009 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rubeus Hagrid | 2010 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Rubeus Hagrid | 2011 |
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Arthur Christmas | Lead Elf | 2011 |
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Brave | Lord Dingwall | 2012 |
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Great Expectations | Mr. Jaggers | 2012 |
