"When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave."
Robbie Coltrane OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan, 30 March 1950 - 14 October 2022) was a British actor from Rutherglen, Scotland.
He was probably best known to international audiences as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films and as Valentin Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough, though he was a staple of British film and television before that, from the 1980s until his death.
Getting started in comedy in shows such as The Comic Strip Presents, his big break as a dramatic actor was as Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, the complex, alcoholic, chain-smoking criminal profiler in the seminal series Cracker. Coltrane proved his acting chops in a wide range of roles and productions over his career.
Filmography
- Flash Gordon (1980) as Man at Airfield
- The Comic Strip Presents (1982-93) as Various Characters
- The Young Ones (1982-84) as Slobber, Dr Carlisle and Captain Blood (3 episodes)
- Krull (1983) as Rhun
- Are You Being Served? (1983) as C.B. Voice (voice) (1 episode)
- National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) as Man in Bathroom
- Girls on Top (1985) as Morris
- Caravaggio (1986) as Scipione
- Mona Lisa (1986) as Thomas
- Blackadder (1987, 1988) (2 episodes)
- "Ink and Incapability" as Dr Samuel Johnson
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol as The Spirit of Christmas
- Henry V (1989) as Falstaff
- Danny, the Champion of the World (1989) as Mr Hazell
- Nuns on the Run (1990) as Charlie McManus/Sister Inviolata
- Cracker (1993-2006) as Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald
- James Bond as Valentin Zukovsky
- GoldenEye (1995)
- The World Is Not Enough (1999)
- Buddy (1997) as Bill Lintz
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) as Ned Tweedledum
- From Hell (2001) as Sergeant Peter Godley
- Harry Potter as Rubeus Hagrid
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 and 2 (2010-11)
- Ocean's Twelve (2004) as Matsui
- Van Helsing (2004) as Mr Hyde (voice)
- Frasier (2004) as Michael Moon (1 episode)
- Stormbreaker (2006) as The Prime Minister
- The Tale of Despereaux (2008) as Gregory (voice)
- The Brothers Bloom (2008) as The Curator
- The Gruffalo (2009) as The Gruffalo (voice)
- The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
- Lead Balloon (2011) as Donald (3 episodes)
- Brave (2012) as Lord Dingwall (voice)
- Great Expectations (2012) as Mr Jaggers
- National Treasure (2016) as Paul Finchley
