Robbie Coltrane
{{Short description|Scottish actor (1950–2022)}}
{{distinguish|Ravi Coltrane}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Robbie Coltrane
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = Robbiecoltrane (cropped).jpg
| caption = Coltrane in 2007
| alt =
| birth_name = Anthony Robert McMillan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1950|3|30}}
| birth_place = Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|10|14|1950|3|30}}
| death_place = Larbert, Falkirk, Scotland
| alma_mater = Glasgow School of Art
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1978–2022
| spouse = {{marriage|Rhona Gemmell|1999|2003|end=divorced}}
| children = 2
}}
Anthony Robert McMillan (30 March 1950{{snd}}14 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor. He gained worldwide recognition in the 2000s for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series. 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{{snd}}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. In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti with 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, a role that saw him receive the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years from 1994 to 1996. In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars, voted by the public.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5142726.stm|title=ITV to salute '50 greatest stars'|date=3 July 2006|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC Online|access-date=9 August 2014|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808160749/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5142726.stm|url-status=live}} 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 the films Mona Lisa and Nuns on the Run and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough. He also appeared in the films Henry V, Let It Ride, Danny, the Champion of the World, Ocean's Twelve, The Brothers Bloom, Great Expectations, and Effie Gray, and provided voice acting roles in the animated films The Tale of Despereaux and Brave.
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 GP who also served as a forensic police surgeon.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4569860.stm | work=BBC News | title=Robbie Coltrane's magical career | date=31 December 2005 | access-date=19 May 2007 | archive-date=28 January 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128210455/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4569860.stm | url-status=live}} He had an older sister, Annie, and a younger sister, Jane.{{Cite web |title=Robbie Coltrane |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/robbie-coltrane/bio/3000200585/ |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203102641/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/robbie-coltrane/bio/3000200585/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Robbie Coltrane News & Biography |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/robbie-coltrane/ |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=Empire |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922120126/https://www.empireonline.com/people/robbie-coltrane/ |url-status=live}}{{Circular reporting|date=October 2022}} Coltrane was the great-grandson of Scottish businessman Thomas W. Howie and the nephew of businessman Forbes Howie.{{Cite web |last=Kaushal |first=Om Prakash |date=14 October 2021 |title=How Tall Is Hagrid In The Harry Potter Movies? |url=https://otakukart.com/how-tall-is-hagrid-in-the-harry-potter-movies/ |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=OtakuKart |language=en-US |archive-date=21 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021190012/https://otakukart.com/how-tall-is-hagrid-in-the-harry-potter-movies/ |url-status=live}}
He started his education at Belmont House School in Newton Mearns before boarding at 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/robbie_coltrane_biog.html |title=Robbie Coltrane biography |website=Tiscali.co.uk |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408084118/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/robbie_coltrane_biog.html |archive-date=8 April 2009}} He studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art.{{cite news |title=Robbie Coltrane opens new Glasgow School of Art building |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26944548 |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=BBC News |date=9 April 2014 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015204445/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26944548 |url-status=live}}
Coltrane later called for private schools to be banned and used to be known as "Red Robbie", rebelling against his conservative upbringing through involvement with Amnesty International, Greenpeace, the Labour Party, and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.{{Cite news |last=Paton |first=Maureen |date=20 March 2003 |title='Hagrid? I'm just Dad' |website=Telegraph.co.uk |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/03/20/bacol20.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031025175615/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/03/20/bacol20.xml |archive-date=25 October 2003}}
Career
Coltrane moved into acting in his early twenties, adopting the stage name Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane){{Cite web|date=14 November 2001|title=FACE OF THE DAY: Robbie Coltrane; The Trane just kept on a-rollin'|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12135158.face-of-the-day-robbie-coltrane-the-trane-just-kept-on-a-rollin/|access-date=22 October 2021|website=HeraldScotland|language=en|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022140722/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12135158.face-of-the-day-robbie-coltrane-the-trane-just-kept-on-a-rollin/|url-status=live}} and working in theatre and comedy. He appeared in the first stage production of John Byrne's The Slab Boys, at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh (1978).{{Cite web|last=Fisher|first=Mark|date=12 February 2015|title=The Slab Boys are back: John Byrne and David Hayman mix some fresh mayhem|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/12/slab-boys-play-john-byrne-revival-david-hayman|access-date=23 October 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145956/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/12/slab-boys-play-john-byrne-revival-david-hayman|url-status=live}} His comedic abilities brought him roles in The Comic Strip Presents (1982–2012) series (in 1993 he directed and co-wrote the episode "Jealousy" for series 5),{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=The Comic Strip Presents... Series 5, Episode 6{{snd}}Jealousy |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_comic_strip_presents/episodes/5/6/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421130604/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_comic_strip_presents/episodes/5/6/ |url-status=live}} as well as the comedy sketch show Alfresco (1983–1984).{{Cite web |title=Alfresco (1983–84) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1128493/index.html |access-date=15 October 2022 |website=BFI Screenonline |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015133859/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1128493/index.html |url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web |date=21 December 2004 |title=BBC{{snd}}Comedy Guide{{snd}}A Kick Up The Eighties |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/k/kickuptheeightie_7773980.shtml |access-date=21 April 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041221013216/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/k/kickuptheeightie_7773980.shtml |archive-date=21 December 2004 |url-status=dead}}{{Citation |title=Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee (TV Series 1984–{{nbsp}}){{snd}}IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205654/fullcredits |language=en |access-date=21 April 2022 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421135437/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205654/fullcredits |url-status=live}}File:Robbie Coltrane (actor, comedian, born 1950).jpgColtrane 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){{Cite web |date=8 April 2005 |title=BBC{{snd}}Comedy Guide{{snd}}Blackadder The Third |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/blackadderthethi_7770770.shtml |access-date=21 April 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408072600/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/blackadderthethi_7770770.shtml |archive-date=8 April 2005 |url-status=dead}} (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), and in other stand-up and sketch comedy shows. He played the part of Falstaff in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989). The same year he starred opposite Jeremy Irons in the television film adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book Danny, the Champion of the World.{{cite news |title=Danny the Champion of the World (1989) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79d45a53 |access-date=17 October 2022 |agency=BFI |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018154311/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79d45a53 |url-status=dead}}
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).{{Cite web |title=The Bogie Man (1992) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ba06035 |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=BFI |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629094958/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ba06035 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.crackertv.co.uk/edwardfitzgerald.htm |title=Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald |website=Crackertv.co.uk |access-date=15 August 2011 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927020017/http://www.crackertv.co.uk/edwardfitzgerald.htm |url-status=dead}} The role won him three BAFTA awards.
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 books, 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.neatorama.com/tag/jk-rowling/ |title=j.k. rowling |website=Neatorama.com |access-date=15 August 2011 |archive-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120011452/http://www.neatorama.com/tag/jk-rowling/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Alderson |first=Andrew |title='They really do look as I'd imagined they would inside my head' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1361446/They-really-do-look-as-Id-imagined-they-would-inside-my-head.html |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=4 November 2001 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111191335/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1361446/They-really-do-look-as-Id-imagined-they-would-inside-my-head.html |url-status=live}}
Coltrane 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 City behind the wheel of a 1951 Cadillac Series 62 coupe convertible, a journey of {{convert|3765|mi}}, which he completed in 32 days.{{Cite web |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |date=14 October 2022 |title=Robbie Coltrane obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/14/robbie-coltrane-obituary |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014183409/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/14/robbie-coltrane-obituary |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Coltrane in a Cadillac |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/728928-coltrane-in-a-cadillac |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=Good Reads |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014202654/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/742775.Coltrane_in_a_Cadillac |url-status=live}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Adams|first=Lisa|date=20 January 2011|title=Robbie Coltrane bids fond farewell to beloved Chrysler Jeep as it moves to Riverside Museum|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/robbie-coltrane-bids-fond-farewell-1092686|access-date=24 September 2021|website=Daily Record|language=en|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924224528/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/robbie-coltrane-bids-fond-farewell-1092686|url-status=live}}
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.
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.{{Cite web |last=Banks-Smith |first=Nancy |date=16 August 2007 |title=Last night's TV: Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/aug/16/lastnightstvrobbiecoltrane |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005142407/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/aug/16/lastnightstvrobbiecoltrane |url-status=live}}
Coltrane voiced characters in several animated films, including The Tale of Despereaux (2008) and Pixar's Brave (2012), as well as the title roles of Gooby and The Gruffalo (both 2009).{{cite news |last1=Dillon-Trenchard |first1=Pete |title=The Gruffalo review |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-gruffalo-review/ |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=Den of Geek |date=26 December 2009 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015192349/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-gruffalo-review/ |url-status=live}}
In 2016, Coltrane starred in National Treasure, a four-part drama in which he played a former comedian accused of historic sexual offences. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2017 British Academy Television Awards,{{cite news |title=BAFTA TV Awards 2017: Adeel Akhtar wins Best Actor |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bafta-tv-awards-2017-adeel-akhtar-wins-best-actor/ |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=Radio Times |date=14 May 2017 |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016003026/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bafta-tv-awards-2017-adeel-akhtar-wins-best-actor/ |url-status=live}} and won in the category at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Maureen Ryan of Variety wrote that "Coltrane does a masterful job of depicting every nuance of the character, whose wicked sense of humor masks a startling, and possibly intentional, lack of self-awareness".{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Maureen |title=TV Review: 'National Treasure' on Hulu, With Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/national-treasure-review-hulu-robbie-coltrane-julie-walters-1201993384/ |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=Variety |date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015011259/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/national-treasure-review-hulu-robbie-coltrane-julie-walters-1201993384/ |url-status=live}}
Personal life
Coltrane met Rhona Gemmell, then a student at Glasgow School of Art, in the late 1980s.{{Cite web |last1=Silvester |first1=Norman |last2=Fleming |first2=Keiran |date=2022-10-23 |title=Beloved Rutherglen actor Robbie Coltrane died from multiple organ failure |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/beloved-rutherglen-actor-robbie-coltrane-25334870 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=GlasgowLive |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028223750/https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/beloved-rutherglen-actor-robbie-coltrane-25334870 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/14/robbie-coltrane-obituary|title=Robbie Coltrane obituary|last=Jeffries|first=Stuart|date=14 October 2022|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=14 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014183409/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/14/robbie-coltrane-obituary|url-status=live}} The couple had two children. Coltrane and Gemmell married in 1999, but separated in 2003 and later divorced, although they remained close.{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Sarah |title=Robbie Coltrane: the jovial giant with an enduring hint of menace |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2016/sep/17/robbie-coltrane-national-treasure-profile |work=the Guardian |date=17 September 2016 |language=en |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019130057/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2016/sep/17/robbie-coltrane-national-treasure-profile |url-status=live}}
In February 2005, Coltrane appeared at a Scottish Labour event, in which he said on the question of Scottish independence "It's a very complicated issue. I would think, probably, eventually I would like to see independence but only an independent Labour Scotland", while adding "It would have to be terribly carefully considered. There are all sorts of advantages to being part of the United Kingdom and it would be foolish to throw it away immediately" and "I have no time for the nationalists – all they can do is split the vote for home rule and let the Tories in".{{cite news |title=Robbie Coltrane falters in delivering party line |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/robbie-coltrane-falters-delivering-party-line-2511092 |access-date=15 October 2022 |work=The Scotsman |date=14 February 2005 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108014932/https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/robbie-coltrane-falters-delivering-party-line-2511092 |url-status=live}}
Coltrane expressed support for J. K. Rowling over critics' accusations of transphobia. In a Radio Times interview, he said that he felt that she had not said anything offensive, but rather that there was "a whole Twitter generation of people who hang around waiting to be offended." He refused to elaborate, saying that he "[didn't] want to get involved in all of that because of all the hate mail and all that shit, which [he didn't] need at [his] time of life."{{cite news|last1=Powys Maurice|first1=Emma|title=Hagrid actor Robbie Coltrane backs JK Rowling, claiming her critics just 'hang around waiting to be offended'|date=2020-09-15|website=PinkNews|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/09/15/robbie-coltrane-jk-rowling-hagrid-actor-harry-potter-troubled-blood-transphobia/|access-date=2024-09-10}}
=Health and death=
Coltrane suffered from osteoarthritis in later life. He said he was in "constant pain all day" in 2016, and, from 2019 onwards, he used a wheelchair.{{cite news|first=Alicia|last=Adejobi|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/14/harry-potter-star-robbie-coltrane-using-wheelchair-osteoarthritis-leaves-excruciating-pain-8899978/|title=Harry Potter's Robbie Coltrane left in wheelchair after crippling battle with osteoarthritis leaves him in excruciating pain|newspaper=Metro|date=14 May 2019|accessdate=20 July 2021|archive-date=21 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721033549/https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/14/harry-potter-star-robbie-coltrane-using-wheelchair-osteoarthritis-leaves-excruciating-pain-8899978/|url-status=live}}
Coltrane died at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Scotland, on 14 October 2022, at the age of 72. He had been ill for two years prior to his death.{{cite news |title=Actor Robbie Coltrane dies aged 72 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63261204 |work=BBC |date=14 October 2022 |access-date=14 October 2022 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014165324/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63261204 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Wiseman |first1=Andreas |last2=Bamigboye |first2=Baz |last3=Goldbart |first3=Max |title=Robbie Coltrane Dies: 'Harry Potter', James Bond & 'Cracker' Star Was 72 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/robbie-coltrane-dies-harry-potter-james-bond-cracker-star-was-72-1235145166/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=14 October 2022 |access-date=14 October 2022 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014170200/https://deadline.com/2022/10/robbie-coltrane-dies-harry-potter-james-bond-cracker-star-was-72-1235145166/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=Harry Potter actor Robbie Coltrane dies at 72 |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/10/15/actor-robbie-coltrane-harry-potter-hagrid-dies.html |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=Onmanorama |language=en |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017110723/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/10/15/actor-robbie-coltrane-harry-potter-hagrid-dies.html |url-status=live}} His death was registered by his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell; the death certificate listed the causes as multiple organ failure complicated by sepsis, a lower respiratory tract infection, and heart block. He had also been diagnosed with obesity and type 2 diabetes.{{cite web|first=Armando|last=Tinoco|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/robbie-coltrane-cause-of-death-revealed-harry-potter-star-died-1235152745/|title=Robbie Coltrane Cause Of Death Revealed A Week After The Loss Of 'Harry Potter' Star|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 22, 2022|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023050303/https://deadline.com/2022/10/robbie-coltrane-cause-of-death-revealed-harry-potter-star-died-1235152745/|url-status=live}}
Acting credits
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan=2| 1980
| Man at airfield |
| Death Watch
| Limousine Driver |
| 1981
| Crime Detective |
| rowspan=2| 1982
| Striking worker on picket line |
| Scrubbers
| Puff Guts |
| rowspan=2| 1983
| George |
| Krull
| Rhun |
| 1984
| Harwood |
| rowspan=3| 1985
| National Lampoon's European Vacation | Man in bathroom |
| {{sortname|The|Supergrass}}
| Det. Sgt. Troy |
| Defence of the Realm
| Leo McAskey |
| rowspan=3| 1986
| Scipione |
| Absolute Beginners
| Mario |
| Mona Lisa
| Thomas |
| 1987
| Jeremy |
| 1988
| {{sortname|The|Fruit Machine|The Fruit Machine (1988 film)}} | Annabelle |
| rowspan=5| 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 |
| rowspan=3| 1990
| Midnight Breaks | Hudge |
| Nuns on the Run
| Charlie McManus |
| Perfectly Normal
| Alonzo Turner |
| rowspan=2| 1991
| {{sortname|The|Pope Must Die}} | The Pope |
| Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
| Steffano Baccardi |
| 1992
| Todd |
| rowspan=2| 1993 |
| {{sortname|The|Adventures of Huck Finn|The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)}}
| Duke |
| 1995 |
| rowspan=2| 1997
| The Ebb-Tide | Captain Chisholm |
| Buddy
| Dr. Bill Lintz |
| rowspan=2| 1998
| Al Santana |
| Montana
| The Boss |
| rowspan=2| 1999
| {{sortname|The|World Is Not Enough}} |
| Message in a Bottle
| Charlie Toschi |
| rowspan=3| 2001
| Delaney |
| From Hell
| Sergeant Peter Godley |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
|rowspan=3| Rubeus Hagrid |
| 2002 |
| rowspan=4| 2004 |
| Ocean's Twelve
| Ian Nicholas McNally / Matsui |
| Van Helsing: The London Assignment
| rowspan=2|Mr. Hyde |
| Van Helsing |
| 2005
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rubeus Hagrid |
| rowspan=2| 2006
| The Prime Minister |
| Provoked
| Lord Edward Foster |
| 2007
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Rubeus Hagrid |
| rowspan=2| 2008
| {{sortname|The|Tale of Despereaux|The Tale of Despereaux (film)}} | Gregory |
| {{sortname|The|Brothers Bloom}}
| The Curator |
| rowspan=2| 2009
| Gooby | Gooby |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|rowspan=3| Rubeus Hagrid |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
| rowspan="2"|2012
| Brave | Lord Dingwall |
| Great Expectations
| Mr. Jaggers |
| 2014
| Doctor |
=Television=
= Theatre =
=Music video=
= Theme park attractions =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey | rowspan="4" | Rubeus Hagrid | |
| Flight of the Hippogriff
| Voice role |
| 2014
| Cameo appearance |
| 2019
| Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure | Final performance as Hagrid before his death in 2022 |
Awards, honours and legacy
Honorary awards
- Coltrane won the Evening Standard British Film Award{{snd}}Peter Sellers Award for Comedy 1990.{{Cite web |date=10 April 2012 |title=Evening Standard British Film Awards 1990–2001 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-19902001-7222966.html |access-date=3 March 2022 |website=Evening Standard |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308130636/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-19902001-7222966.html |url-status=live}}
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year Honours for his services to drama.
- In 2011, he was honoured for his "Outstanding Contribution to Film" at the British Academy Scotland Awards ("BAFTA Scotland Awards").{{Cite news |date=14 November 2011 |title=Robbie Coltrane is honoured at the Scottish Baftas |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-15717687 |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014170814/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-15717687 |url-status=live}}
= Legacy =
On 26 December 2022, BBC Four broadcast the tribute programme Robbie Coltrane at the BBC narrated by friend and fellow actor Celia Imrie.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gmt3 |title=BBC Four - Robbie Coltrane at the BBC |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227110533/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gmt3 |url-status=live}} This was followed by the documentary Richard Wilson Remembers... Tutti Frutti{{Cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/richard-wilson-remembers-tutti-frutti/ |title=Richard Wilson Remembers... Tutti Frutti - BBC4 Documentary - British Comedy Guide |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227110035/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/richard-wilson-remembers-tutti-frutti/ |url-status=live}} and the first two episodes of Tutti Frutti.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2022/12/26 |title=BBC Four - Schedules, Monday 26 December 2022 |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227110531/https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2022/12/26 |url-status=live}} The remaining four episodes were broadcast again over the subsequent two nights.
Publications
- Coltrane, Robbie; Stuart, Graham (May 1993). Coltrane in a Cadillac. HarperCollins. {{ISBN|978-1-85702-120-2}}.
- Coltrane, Robbie (October 1997). Coltrane's Planes & Automobiles. Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|978-0-684-81957-0}}.
- Coltrane, Robbie (June 2008). Robbie Coltrane's B-Road Britain. Transworld. {{ISBN|978-0-593-05996-8}}.
References
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External links
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