Robbie Coltrane - wikipedia Robbie Coltrane Robbie Coltrane OBE Coltrane in April 2007 Anthony Robert McMillan ( 1950 - 03 - 30 ) 30 March 1950 ( age 68 ) Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Nationality British Alma mater University of Edinburgh Occupation Actor, Author Years active 1979 -- present Height 6 ft 1 in ( 185 cm ) Spouse ( s ) Rhona Gemmell ( m. 1999 -- 2003 ) Children Robbie Coltrane, OBE ( born Anthony Robert McMillan ; 30 March 1950 ) is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough, and as Dr. Eddie `` Fitz '' Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker during the 1990s. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography and awards 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Other awards 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links Early life and Education Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of Jean Ross ( née Howie ), 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 younger sister, Jane. Coltrane is the great - grandson of Scottish businessman Thomas W. Howie and the nephew of businessman Forbes Howie. He was educated 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. From Glenalmond, Coltrane went on to Glasgow School of Art, where he was ridiculed for `` having an accent like Prince Charles '' ( of which he quickly disposed, though not before gaining the nickname `` Lord Fauntleroy '' ), and thereafter the Moray House College of Education ( 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 '', rebelling against his conservative upbringing through involvement with Amnesty International, Greenpeace, the Labour Party and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Career Coltrane in costume in the 1980s 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 comedy. Appearing in the 1981 BBC television comedy series A Kick Up the Eighties, his comic skills also brought him roles in The Comic Strip Presents ( 1982 ) series and the comedy sketch shows Alfresco ( 1983 -- 1984 ) and Laugh ? ? ? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee ( 1984 ). 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 ( 1987 ) ( a role he later reprised in the more serious Boswell and Johnson 's Tour of the Western Islands ( 1993 ) ), and in a number of 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 play The Bogie Man. 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. 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 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. There is also an unnamed 8ft actor who stands in for the 6ft 1in Coltrane in some scenes. 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. 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. 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. Robbie has hosted a true crime series called Critical Evidence since 2016. 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. Filmography and Awards Film Year Title Role Notes 1980 Flash Gordon Man at air field 1980 Death Watch Limousine Driver 1981 Subway Riders Crime Detective 1982 Britannia Hospital Striking worker on picket line Non-speaking role Ghost Dance George Krull Rhun 1984 Chinese Boxes Harwood 1985 National Lampoon 's European Vacation Man in bathroom 1985 The Supergrass Det. Sgt. Troy 1985 Defence of the Realm Leo McAskey 1986 Caravaggio Scipione 1986 Mona Lisa Thomas Eat the Rich Jeremy 1988 The Fruit Machine Annabelle 1989 Henry V Falstaff 1989 Bert Rigby, You 're a Fool Sid Trample 1989 Let It Ride Ticket Seller 1989 Danny, the Champion of the World Victor Hazell 1989 Slipstream Montclaire 1990 Midnight Breaks Fat 1990 Nuns on the Run Charlie McManus / Sister Inviolata 1990 Perfectly Normal Alonzo Turner 1991 The Pope Must Die The Pope 1991 Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole Steffano Baccardi Oh, What a Night Todd Nominated -- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 1993 Boswell & Johnson 's Tour of the Western Isles Dr. Samuel Johnson 1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn Duke 1995 GoldenEye Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky 1997 Buddy Dr. Bill Lintz 1998 Frogs for Snakes Al 1998 Montana The Boss 1999 The World Is Not Enough Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky 1999 Message in a Bottle Charlie Toschi 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone Rubeus Hagrid Nominated -- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 2001 On the Nose Delaney 2001 From Hell Sergeant Peter Godley 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rubeus Hagrid Nominated -- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting Ocean 's Twelve Matsui Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rubeus Hagrid Van Helsing : The London Assignment Mr. Hyde voice Van Helsing Mr. Hyde voice 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rubeus Hagrid 2006 Stormbreaker The Prime Minister of Europe 2006 Provoked Lord Edward Foster 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rubeus Hagrid 2008 The Tale of Despereaux Gregory voice 2008 The Brothers Bloom The Curator 2009 Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince Rubeus Hagrid 2009 Gooby Gooby voice Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1 Rubeus Hagrid 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 Rubeus Hagrid 2012 Brave Lord Dingwall voice Great Expectations Mr. Jaggers 2014 Effie 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 -- 1984 A Kick Up the Eighties All ten episodes 1981 Keep It in the Family Mr. Conway `` A Matter of Principle '' 1982 Sin on Saturday 1982 Five Go Mad in Dorset Female shopkeeper / Male gypsy Season 1, Episode 1 of The Comic Strip Presents Are You Being Served Dynamite - truck driver on CB Radio `` Calling All Customers '' Alfresco various 1984 The Young Ones Doctor in Episode `` Bambi '', Bouncer in Episode `` Oil '', Captain Blood in `` Time '' Blackadder the Third Samuel Johnson `` Ink and Incapability '' Tutti Frutti Danny McGlone Nominated -- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor 1988 Blackadder 's Christmas Carol The Spirit of Christmas 1989 The Robbie Coltrane Special LWT comedy Special 1990 Danny Champion of the World Victor Hazell 1991 Screen One Psychiatrist Liam Kane `` Alive And Kicking '' 1993 The Legend of Lochnagar The old man TV film, voice 1993 -- 1995 2006 Cracker Dr. Eddie ' Fitz ' Fitzgerald Three British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor ( 1994, 1995 and 1996 ) Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor -- Male Nominated -- CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries For episode `` Brotherly Love '' ( parts I, II and III ). 1997 Coltrane 's Planes and Automobiles 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 Pride James Frasier Michael Moon `` Goodnight, Seattle '' 2005 Still Game Davie Season 4 Episode 3 : `` Dial - A-Bus '' 2006 Cracker : Nine Eleven Dr. Eddie ' Fitz ' Fitzgerald 2007 Robbie Coltrane -- B Road Britain TV Documentary 2009 Murderland D.I. Douglas Hain 2009 The Gruffalo The Gruffalo TV film ( children 's ), 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 TV film ( children 's ), voice 2016 National Treasure Paul Finchley TV film Nominated -- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor 2016 - Present Robbie Coltrane Critical Evidence Host true crime, non fiction, host Other Awards Won Evening Standard British Film Award -- Peter Sellers Award for Comedy 1990. 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 was honoured for his `` outstanding contribution '' to film as the British Academy Scotland Awards ( `` BAFTA Scotland Awards '' ). References Jump up ^ `` Robbie Coltrane Biography ( 1950 -- ) ''. Filmreference.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` Robbie Coltrane 's magical career ''. BBC News. 31 December 2005. Jump up ^ `` Robbie Coltrane biography ''. Tiscali.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2011. Jump up ^ Paton, Maureen ( 20 March 2003 ). `` ' Hagrid ? I 'm just Dad ' ''. Telegraph.co.uk. London. Jump up ^ `` Scotland on Sunday ''. Scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` Dr Edward `` Fitz '' Fitzgerald ``. Crackertv.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` j.k. rowling ''. Neatorama.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011. Jump up ^ Alderson, Andrew ( 11 November 2001 ). `` ' They really do look as I 'd imagined they would inside my head ' ''. The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 15 August 2011. ( Accio Quote !, the Largest Archive of J.K. Rowling quotes on the web ) Jump up ^ Ezard, John ( 5 June 2002 ). `` Size means everything as Harry 's big secret slips out ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2016. Jump up ^ Femia, Will ( 13 November 2001 ). `` Chat Flashback : The cinematic debut of Rubeus Hagrid ''. MSNBC. NBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2016. In real life, I 'm 6'1 '' -- each way pretty well, north and south and east and west, unfortunately Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Woodward, Clair ( 23 October 2016 ). `` Critical Evidence 's Robbie Coltrane : At one time I wanted to be a detective ''. Express.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` The Robbie Coltrane Special ''. Uk.imdb.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` The Gruffalo 's Child ''. BBC One. Retrieved 10 December 2011. Bibliography Dunn, Josephine M ( 28 March 2018 ). Jimmy McGovern 's Cracker. Amazon : KDP. pp. 1 -- 159. ISBN 9 - 7819 - 8062 - 5452. Retrieved 30 March 2018. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robbie Coltrane. Robbie Coltrane on IMDb Robbie Coltrane at the BFI 's Screenonline The Comic Strip Ade Edmondson Rik Mayall Nigel Planer Peter Richardson Dawn French Jennifer Saunders Alexei Sayle Keith Allen Robbie Coltrane Pete Richens Select episodes and films Five Go Mad in Dorset The Bullshitters : Roll Out The Gunbarrel The Supergrass Eat the Rich The Strike Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door The Yob Did n't You Kill My Brother ? South Atlantic Raiders GLC : The Carnage Continues... 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Question: who played the role of hagrid in harry potter
Answer: Robbie Coltrane, OBE