Biography
Robbie Coltrane was born in the Glasgow suburb of Rutherglen. He studied drawing, painting and film at Glasgow School of Art before going on to Edinburgh's Moray House College of Education, where he studied art and made a documentary film, Young Mental Health, voted Film of the Year (1973) by the Scottish Education Council. He has alternated an award-winning television career with a successful life in films.
He received his first BAFTA TV nomination for his role as Big Jazza Danny McGlone in the musical series Tutti Frutti, but it was his iconic role as the abrasive forensic psychologist Fitz Fitzgerald in Cracker which brought him a succession of honours, including three Best Actor awards from BAFTA and one each from the Broadcasting Press Guild and the Royal Television Society. Amongst his television credits, he was a member of the Alfresco comedy cast which included Emma Thompson, and a stalwart of the long-running Comic Strip resents.... ensemble.
His career in films began in 1980, playing a limousine driver in Bertrand Tavernier's Death Watch and, in the same year, filling the key role of Man At Airfield in Mike Hodges' space extravaganza Flash Gordon.
1990 brought him his most popular role to date, in Jonathan Lynn's Nuns on the Run with Eric Idle. The Bond franchise called, with a key role in Goldeneye alongside Pierce Brosnan as 007, a role he repeated in 1999's The World Is Not Enough, and he also supported Inspector Johnny Depp as a loyal Sergeant in the Hughes Brothers' Jack The Ripper investigation From Hell.
He made his first appearance as the giant Rubeus Hagrid in 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, repeating the role in another six episodes. In 2011 he was honoured for his outstanding contribution to film by BAFTA Scotland and, as further affirmation, a poll of two thousand adults voted Robbie the sixth most famous Scot after the Loch Ness Monster, Robert Burns, Sean Connery, Robert The Bruce and William Wallace.
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (TV movie) |
2019 |
George Harrison and HandMade Films - a.f. |
2013 |
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected (TV movie) |
2012 |
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 8: Growing Up |
2011 |
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (TV movie) - narrator |
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 5: Evolution |
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2010 |
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 3: Creatures |
2009 |
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins |
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters |
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2008 |
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (TV movie) |
2006 |
TV's 50 Greatest Stars (TV movie) |
2005 |
'Harry Potter': Behind the Magic (TV movie) |
Inside 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' (TV movie) |
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2004 |
Head to Shrunken Head |
2001 |
A View From Hell (TV movie) |
1999 |
And the Word Was Bond |
Jerry Springer on Sunday (TV movie) |
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1995 |
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (TV movie) |
Theatrical recording | |
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1989 |
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball |
1987 |
Secret Policeman's Third Ball, The |
Short | |
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2011 |
The Gruffalo's Child (TV movie) |
2009 |
The Gruffalo (TV movie) |
2004 |
Van Helsing: The London Assignment |
Guest
Shows | |
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2016 |
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence - moderator |
2014 |
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley |
2012 |
The Big Fat Quiz of the 90s - a.f. |
WoLe (Week of Legends) - a.f. |
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2007 |
Xposé |
2003 |
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do |
2002 |
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute |
1990 |
The Best of 'The Lenny Henry Show' |
1989 |
Hysteria 2! |
1984 |
Aspel & Company |
1982 |
Sin on Saturday |
Director
Series | |
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1982 |
The Comic Strip Presents |