Robbie Coltrane

**Anthony Robert McMillan** OBE (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022), known professionally as **Robbie Coltrane**, was a Scottish actor, author and comedian. He is known both for his role as Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British television series _Cracker_ during the 1990s and as Rubeus Hagrid in the _Harry Potter_ movies.

### Life

Coltrane was born on 30 March 1950 in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire.  He lived in Killearn Stirlingshire.  He had a son named Spencer and a daughter named Alice.

Coltrane had osteoarthritis in later life. He said he was in "constant pain all day" in 2016. On 14 October 2022, Coltrane died at a hospital in Larbert, Scotland, at the age of 72. The cause of death was multiple organ failure caused by sepsis, a respiratory tract infection, and heart block. He had also been diagnosed with obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

### Career

Coltrane began his acting career in his early twenties. He took the stage name Coltrane in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. In 2006, Robbie received an OBE for his services to drama.

## Filmography and awards

|Year|Movie|Role|Notes and awards||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1980|_Flash Gordon_|Man at air field|||
|rowspan="1"|1982|_Britannia Hospital_|Striking worker on picket line|Cameo non-speaking role|
|rowspan="2"|1983|_Ghost Dance_|George||
|_Krull_|Rhun||||
|rowspan="2"|1985|_National Lampoon's European Vacation_|Man in bathroom||
|_The Supergrass_|Det. Sgt. Troy||||
|1986|_Caravaggio_|Scipio|||
|1986|_Mona Lisa_|Thomas|||
|1987|_Eat the Rich_|Jeremy|||
|1988|_The Fruit Machine_|Annabelle|||
|rowspan="5"|1989|_Henry V_|Falstaff||
|_Bert Rigby, You're a Fool_|Sid Temple||||
|_Let It Ride_|Ticket Seller||||
|_Danny, the Champion of the World_|Victor Hazell||||
|_Slipstream_|Montclaire||||
|rowspan="3"|1990|_Midnight Breaks_|Fat||
|_Nuns on the Run_|Charlie McManus/Sister Inviolata||||
|_Perfectly Normal_|Alonzo Turner||||
|rowspan="2"|1991|_The Pope Must Die_|The Pope||
|_Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole_|Steffano Baccardi||||
|1992|_Oh, What a Night_|Todd|Nominated - Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role||
|rowspan="2"|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|||
|rowspan="2"|1998|_Frogs for Snakes_|Al||
|_Montana_|The Boss||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_The World Is Not Enough_|Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky||
|_Message in a Bottle_|Charlie Toschi||||
|rowspan="3"|2001|_Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone_|Rubeus Hagrid|Sorcerer's Stone in US Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|
|_On the Nose_|Delaney||||
|_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||
|rowspan="4"|2004|_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|||
|rowspan="2"|2006|_Stormbreaker_|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom||
|_Provoked_|Lord Edward Foster||||
|2007|_Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix_|Rubeus Hagrid|||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_The Tale of Despereaux_|Gregory|Voice|
|_The Brothers Bloom_|The Curator||||
|rowspan="2"|2009|_Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_|Rubeus Hagrid||
|_Gooby_|Gooby|Voice|||
|2010|_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||
|1983|_Are You Being Served_|Dynamite Truck Driver on CB Radio|Mrs. Slocombe causes a crash||
|rowspan="2"|1987|_Blackadder the Third_|Samuel Johnson||
|_Tutti Frutti_|Danny McGlone|Nominated - British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|||
|1988|_Blackadder's Christmas Carol_|The Spirit of Christmas|||
|1990|_Danny Champion of the World_|Victor Hazell|||
|1993–2007|_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 <small>For episode "Brotherly Love" (parts I, II and III).</small>||
|1998|_The Ebb-Tide_|Capt. Chisholm|||
|1999|_Alice in Wonderland_|Ned Tweedledum|||
|2001|_Thomas and Friends_|Toad the Great Western Brakevan|Voice||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Comic Relief: The Big Hair Do_|Hagrid||
|_The Planman_|Jack Lennox QC||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Pride_|James||
|_Frasier_|Michael Moon|Series Finalé: Part 1|||
|2005|_Still Game_|Davie|Season 4 Episode 3: Dial-A-Bus||
|2006|_Cracker: Nine Eleven_|Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald|||
|rowspan="2"|2009|_Murderland_|D.I. Douglas Hain||
|_The Gruffalo_|The Gruffalo|TV film (Children's), voice|||
|rowspan="1"|2010|_Robbie Coltrane - B Road Britain _||TV Documentary|
|rowspan="3"|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 Child_|The Gruffalo|TV film (Children's), voice|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Robbie Coltrane
- **honorific suffix**: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE
- **image**: Robbiecoltranecrop.jpg
- **image size**: 175px
- **caption**: Coltrane in 2007
- **birth name**: Anthony Robert McMillan
- **birth place**: Rutherglen, Scotland
- **death place**: Larbert, Scotland
- **death cause**: Multiple organ failure
- **yearsactive**: 1978–2022
- **occupation**: Actor, author, comedian
- **children**: 2