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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 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.

Robbie Coltrane OBE
Coltrane in 2007
Born	Anthony Robert McMillan (1950-03-30) 30 March 1950 (age 72) Rutherglen, Scotland
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Occupation	Actor comedian writer
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Rhona Gemmell ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2003)​
Children	2

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.[1] 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 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).

Early life and education

Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on 30 March 1950 in Rutherglen, Scotland, the son of Jean Ross Howie, a teacher and pianist, and Ian Baxter McMillan, a general practitioner who also served as a forensic police surgeon.[2] He has an older sister, Annie, and a younger sister, Jane. Coltrane is the great-grandson of Scottish businessman Thomas W. Howie and the nephew of businessman Forbes Howie.

He started his education at Belmont House School in Newton Mearns before moving to Glenalmond College, an independent school in Perthshire. Though he later described his experiences there as deeply unhappy, he played for the rugby First XV, was head of the school's debating society and won prizes for his art.[3] From Glenalmond, Coltrane went on to Glasgow School of Art, where he was ridiculed for "having an accent like Prince Charles" (which he quickly disposed of, though not before gaining the nickname "Lord Fauntleroy"), and thereafter Moray House College of Education (now part of the University of Edinburgh) in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Coltrane later called for private schools to be banned and used to be known as "Red Robbie",[4] rebelling against his conservative upbringing through involvement with Amnesty International, Greenpeace, the Labour Party, and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Career

Coltrane moved into acting in his early twenties, taking the stage name Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane)[5] and working in theatre and comedy. He appeared in the first theatre production of John Byrne's The Slab Boys, at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (1978).[6] His comic skills brought him roles in The Comic Strip Presents (1982-2012) series[7] (in 1993 he directed and co-wrote the episode "Jealousy" for series 5),[8] as well as the comedy sketch show Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1984 he appeared in A Kick Up the Eighties (Series 2) and Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee, and is credited as a writer for both.[9][10]

Coltrane moved into roles in films such as Flash Gordon (1980), Death Watch (1980), Balham, Gateway to the South (1981), Scrubbers (1983), Krull (1983), The Supergrass (1985), Defence of the Realm (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986), Mona Lisa (1986) and appeared as "Annabelle" in The Fruit Machine (1988).

On television, he appeared in The Young Ones, Tutti Frutti (1987), as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder the Third (1987)[11] (a role he later reprised in the more serious Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands (1993)), LWT's The Robbie Coltrane Special (1989) (which he also co-wrote)[12] and in other stand-up and sketch comedy shows. He played the part of Falstaff in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989). He co-starred with Eric Idle in Nuns on the Run (1990), and played the Pope in The Pope Must Die (1991). He also played a would-be private detective obsessed with Humphrey Bogart in the TV film The Bogie Man (1992).[13]

His roles continued in the 1990s with the TV series Cracker (1993–1996, returning in 2006 for a one-off special), in which he starred as forensic psychologist Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald.[14] The role won him three BAFTA awards.[3]

Roles in bigger films followed: the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), a supporting role in From Hell (2001), as well as half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films (2001–2011). J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, had Coltrane at the top of her list to play Hagrid and, when asked whom she would like to see in the role, responded "Robbie Coltrane for Hagrid" in one quick breath.[15][16]

Coltrane has also presented a number of documentary programmes for the British ITV network based around his twin passions for travel and transportation. Coltrane in a Cadillac (1993) saw him cross North America from Los Angeles to New York behind the wheel of a 1951 Cadillac Series 62 coupe convertible, a journey of 3,765 miles (6,059 km), which he completed in 32 days.

In 1997, Coltrane appeared in a series of six programmes under the title Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles, in which he extolled the virtues of the steam engine, the diesel engine, the supercharger, the V8 engine, the two-stroke engine, and the jet engine. In these programmes he dismantled and rebuilt several engines. He also single-handedly removed the engine from a Trabant car in 23 minutes.[17]

In September 2006, Coltrane was voted No. 11 in ITV's TV's 50 Greatest Stars and sixth in a poll of 2000 adults across the UK to find the 'most famous Scot', behind the Loch Ness Monster, Robert Burns, Sean Connery, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace.[1]

In August 2007, Coltrane presented a series for ITV called B-Road Britain, in which he travelled from London to Glasgow, stopping in towns and villages along the way.

Personal life

Coltrane married Rhona Gemmell on 11 December 1999. The couple have two children: son Spencer (b. 1992), and daughter Alice (b. 1998). Coltrane and Gemmell separated in 2003 and later divorced.[18]

Coltrane suffers from osteoarthritis.[19]

During the campaign for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Coltrane voiced his conditional support for independence, stating that "I’d eventually like to see independence – but only an independent Labour Scotland." As of 2005, he lives in Tobermory, Mull. [20]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Flash Gordon	Man at airfield
	Death Watch	Limousine Driver
1981	Subway Riders	Crime Detective
1982	Britannia Hospital	Striking worker on picket line	Cameo role
1983	Ghost Dance	George
	Krull	Rhun
1984	Chinese Boxes	Harwood
1985	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Man in bathroom
	The Supergrass	Det. Sgt. Troy
	Defence of the Realm	Leo McAskey
1986	Caravaggio	Scipione
	Mona Lisa	Thomas
1987	Eat the Rich	Jeremy
1988	The Fruit Machine	Annabelle
1989	Henry V	Falstaff
	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool	Sid Trample
	Let It Ride	Ticket Seller
	Danny, the Champion of the World	Victor Hazell
	Slipstream	Montclaire
1990	Midnight Breaks	Fat
	Nuns on the Run	Charlie McManus Sister Inviolata
	Perfectly Normal	Alonzo Turner
1991	The Pope Must Die	The Pope
	Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole	Steffano Baccardi
1992	Oh, What a Night	Todd
1993	Boswell & Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles	Dr. Samuel Johnson
	The Adventures of Huck Finn	Duke
1995	GoldenEye	Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
1997	Buddy	Dr. Bill Lintz
1998	Frogs for Snakes	Al
	Montana	The Boss
1999	The World Is Not Enough	Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
	Message in a Bottle	Charlie Toschi
2001	On the Nose	Delaney
	From Hell	Sergeant Peter Godley
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Rubeus Hagrid
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
	Ocean's Twelve	Matsui
	Van Helsing: The London Assignment	Mr. Hyde	Voice
	Van Helsing
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Rubeus Hagrid
2006	Stormbreaker	The Prime Minister
	Provoked	Lord Edward Foster
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Rubeus Hagrid
2008	The Tale of Despereaux	Gregory	Voice
	The Brothers Bloom	The Curator
2009	Gooby	Gooby	Voice
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Rubeus Hagrid
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1		Cameo
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2012	Brave	Lord Dingwall	Voice
	Great Expectations	Mr. Jaggers
2014	Effie Gray	Doctor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Play for Today	Jimmie	"Waterloo Sunset"
1980	The Lost Tribe	Border Post Guard	"Keep Us Alive"
1981	Metal Mickey	Jason	"Mickey the Demon Barber"
1981	Keep It in the Family	Mr. Conway	"A Matter of Principle"
1982	Sin on Saturday	Himself	3 episodes
1982	The Young Ones (Series 1)	Slobber	Episode 2 "Oil"[21]
1982–2012	The Comic Strip Presents...	Various roles	Special: "Five Go Mad in Dorset" Series 1–5[7] Director & co-writer: Series 5, Episode 6 "Jealousy" (1993)[8]
1983	Are You Being Served	C.B. Voice	Voice; Episode: "Calling All Customers"
	Alfresco	Various roles	13 episodes
1984	A Kick Up the Eighties (Series 2)	Various roles	Replaced Richard Stilgoe. Writer credits.[9]
1984	Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee	Various roles	Writer credits.[10]
1984	The Young Ones (Series 2)	Dr Carlisle (Ep. 1), Captain Blood (Ep. 4)	Episode 1 "Bambi" & Episode 4 "Time"[21]
1985–86	Saturday Live	Various roles	Pilot show ("On The Waterfront" film spoof) Show 10 ("The Third Man" film spoof)
1987	Blackadder the Third	Samuel Johnson	Episode 2 "Ink and Incapability"[11]
1987	Tutti Frutti	Danny McGlone	6 episodes
1988	Friday Night Live	Various roles including "Uncle Don Corleone"	Show 6
1988	Blackadder's Christmas Carol	The Spirit of Christmas	Christmas special
1989	The Robbie Coltrane Special	Himself	LWT comedy Special; co-writer[12]
1991	Screen One	Psychiatrist Liam Kane	Episode: "Alive And Kicking"
1992	The Bogie Man	Francis Forbes Clunie	TV film[22]
1993	The Legend of Lochnagar	The old man	TV film, voice
	Coltrane in a Cadillac	Himself	4-part documentary[23]
1993–2006	Cracker	Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald	25 episodes
1997	Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles	Himself	6-part documentary
1998	The Ebb-Tide	Capt. Chisholm
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Ned Tweedledum
2003	Comic Relief: The Big Hair Do	Hagrid
2003	The Planman	Jack Lennox QC
2004	Pride	James
2004	Frasier	Michael Moon	Episode: "Goodnight, Seattle"
2005	Still Game	Davie	Series 4, Episode 3: "Dial-A-Bus"
2006	Cracker: Nine Eleven	Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald	Television movie
2007	Robbie Coltrane – B Road Britain	Himself	TV Documentary
2009	Murderland	D.I. Douglas Hain
2009	The Gruffalo	The Gruffalo	Short; Voice
2011	Lead Balloon	Donald	Series 4 Episode 4: "Off" Series 4 Episode 5: "Blade" Series 4 Episode 6: "End"
	50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments	Himself	Narrator
	The Gruffalo's Child	The Gruffalo	Voice; Short[24]
2013	The Many Faces of Robbie Coltrane	Himself	TV documentary[25]
2016	National Treasure	Paul Finchley	4-part TV drama
2016–18	Robbie Coltrane Critical Evidence	Host	True crime, non fiction
2019–20	Urban Myths	Orson Welles	Episode: "Orson Welles In Norwich"
2022	Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts	Himself	HBO Max Special

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Slab Boys	Jack Hogg	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
1980	Threads	Performer	Hampstead Theatre, London

Awards and honours

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1987	British Academy Television Award	Best Actor	Tutti Frutti	Nominated
1994			Cracker	Won
1995				Won
1996				Won
1996	Royal Television Society Award	Best Actor - Male		Won
1996	Broadcasting Press Guild Award	Best Actor		Won
2001	British Academy Film Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Nominated
2001	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2002	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award	Best Ensemble Acting	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Nominated
2016	British Academy Television Award	Best Actor	National Treasure	Nominated
2016	Royal Television Society Award	Best Actor – Male		Won
2016	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actor in a Mini Series		Won
2016	Broadcasting Press Guild Award	Best Actor		Won

Honorary Awards

• Coltrane won the Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy 1990.[26]
• He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year Honours for his services to drama.[2]
• In 2011, he was honoured for his "outstanding contribution" to film as the British Academy Scotland Awards ("BAFTA Scotland Awards").[27]

Publications

• Coltrane, Robbie; Stuart, Graham (May 1993) Coltrane in a Cadillac HarperCollins ISBN 978-1857021202
• Coltrane, Robbie (October 1997) Coltrane's Planes & Automobiles Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-0684819570
• Coltrane, Robbie (June 2008) Robbie Coltrane's B-Road Britain Transworld ISBN 978-0593059968

References

External links

• Robbie Coltrane at IMDb
• Robbie Coltrane at the BFI's Screenonline

На других языках

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[es] Robbie Coltrane

Anthony Robert McMillan (30 de marzo de 1950), más conocido como Robbie Coltrane, es un actor escocés de cine y televisión. Es famoso por sus apariciones como Rubeus Hagrid en las películas de Harry Potter, como Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky en las películas de James Bond GoldenEye (1995) y The World Is Not Enough (1999), y como el Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald en la serie televisiva británica Cracker, durante los años 1990.

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[ru] Колтрейн, Робби

Ро́бби Ко́лтрейн (англ. Robbie Coltrane, настоящее имя — Энтони Роберт Макмиллан (англ. Anthony Robert McMillan), род. 30 марта 1950 (1950-03-30) года, Рутерглен, Южный Ланаркшир, Шотландия, Великобритания) — шотландский кино- и телеактёр, комик, сценарист, продюсер. Бывший член байкерской организации «Ангелы Ада». Известен в основном как исполнитель роли доктора Эдди «Фитца» Фитцжеральда в британском телевизионном сериале «Метод Крекера» и Хагрида в серии фильмов о Гарри Поттере, а также ролью сестры Инвиолаты в фильме «Монашки в бегах».

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