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Scottish actor (1950–2022)

Not to reasonably confused with Ravi Coltrane.

Anthony Robert McMillan (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022), humble professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor.

He gained worldwide recognition in the 2000s for playing Rubeus Hagrid count on the Harry Potter film escort. He was appointed an OBE in the 2006 New Class Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to show. In 1990, Coltrane received say publicly Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy.

Expose 2011, he was honoured encouragement his "outstanding contribution" to album at the British Academy Scotland Awards.

Coltrane started his being appearing alongside Hugh Laurie, Writer Fry, and Emma Thompson hassle the sketch series Alfresco. Thwart 1987, he starred in dignity BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti investigate Thompson, for which he regular his first British Academy Request Award for Best Actor post.

Coltrane then gained national celebrity starring as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in leadership ITV television series Cracker, top-hole role that saw him accept the British Academy Television Purse for Best Actor in unite consecutive years from 1994 cap 1996. In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll censure TV's 50 Greatest Stars, rolling by the public.^[1] In 2016, he starred in the four-part Channel 4 series National Treasure alongside Julie Walters, a part for which he received boss British Academy Television Award post.

Coltrane appeared in the movies Mona Lisa and Nuns itemisation the Run and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the Book Bond filmsGoldenEye and The Existence Is Not Enough. He too 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 unease 30 March 1950 in Rutherglen, Scotland, the son of Denim Ross Howie, a teacher beam pianist, and Ian Baxter McMillan, a GP who also served as a forensic police surgeon.^[2] He had an older look after, Annie, and a younger missy, Jane.^{[3][4][circular reporting?]} Coltrane was grandeur great-grandson of Scottish businessman Clockmaker W.

Howie and the nephew of businessman Forbes Howie.^[5]

He begun his education at Belmont Handle School in Newton Mearns hitherto boarding at Glenalmond College, uncorrupted independent school in Perthshire. Notwithstanding that he later described his life story there as deeply unhappy, pacify played for the rugby Have control over XV, was head of high-mindedness school's debating society, and won prizes for his art.^[6] Recognized studied painting at the Metropolis School of Art.^[7]

Coltrane later known as for private schools to have someone on banned and used to befall known as "Red Robbie", rebel against his conservative upbringing compose involvement with Amnesty International, Ngo, the Labour Party, and say publicly Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.^[8]

Career

Coltrane moved into acting in rule early twenties, adopting the echelon name Coltrane (in tribute afflict jazz saxophonist John Coltrane)^[9] post working in theatre and ludicrousness.

He appeared in the rule stage production of John Byrne's The Slab Boys, at significance Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh (1978).^[10] His comedic abilities brought him roles in The Comic Pulse Presents (1982–2012) series^[11] (in 1993 he directed and co-wrote grandeur episode "Jealousy" for series 5),^[12] as well as the drollery sketch show Alfresco (1983–1984).^[13] Hinder 1984 he appeared in A Kick Up the Eighties (Series 2) and Laugh???

I All but Paid My Licence Fee, ahead is credited as a litt‚rateur for both.^[14][15]

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 castigate the Realm (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986), Mona Lisa (1986), tell off appeared as "Annabelle" in The Fruit Machine (1988).^[16]

On television, perform appeared in The Young Ones, Tutti Frutti (1987), as Prophet Johnson in Blackadder the Third (1987)^[17] (a role he afterwards reprised in the more straightfaced Boswell and Johnson's Tour get on to the Western Islands (1993)), LWT'sThe Robbie Coltrane Special (1989, which he also co-wrote),^[18] and weigh down other stand-up and sketch facetiousness shows.

He played the tool of Falstaff in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989). The harmonized year he starred opposite Jeremy Irons in the television peel adaptation of Roald Dahl's for kids book Danny, the Champion enterprise the World.^[19]

He co-starred with Eric Idle in Nuns on position Run (1990) and played distinction Pope in The Pope Be compelled Die (1991).^[16] He also influenced a would-be private detective possessed with Humphrey Bogart in representation TV film The Bogie Man (1992).^[20] His roles continued amusement the 1990s with the Tube series Cracker (1993–1996, returning bear hug 2006 for a one-off special), in which he starred gorilla forensic psychologist Dr.

Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald.^[21] The role won him three BAFTA awards.^[6]

Roles in enlarge films followed: the James Guarantee films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), a supporting role in From Hell (2001), as well trade in half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in decency Harry Potter films (2001–2011).

Number. K. Rowling, author of leadership Harry Potter books, had Coltrane at the top of draw list to play Hagrid deed, when asked whom she would like to see in leadership role, responded "Robbie Coltrane give a hand Hagrid" in one quick breath.^[22][23]

Coltrane also presented a number honor documentary programmes for the Brits ITV network based around rulership twin passions for travel instruct transportation.

Coltrane in a Cadillac (1993) saw him cross Northmost America from Los Angeles fully New York City behind interpretation wheel of a 1951 Cadillac Series 62 coupe convertible, dialect trig journey of 3,765 miles (6,059 km), which he completed in 32 days.^[24][25]

In 1997, Coltrane appeared prickly a series of six programmes under the title Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles, in which recognized extolled the virtues of representation steam engine, the diesel motor, the supercharger, the V8 device, the two-stroke engine, and nobility jet engine.

In these programmes he dismantled and rebuilt not too engines. He also single-handedly bold the engine from a Trabant car in 23 minutes.^[26]

In Sep 2006, Coltrane was voted Inept. 11 in ITV's TV's 50 Greatest Stars and sixth critical a poll of 2000 adults across the UK to draw attention to the 'most famous Scot', lack of restraint the Loch Ness Monster, Parliamentarian Burns, Sean Connery, Robert primacy Bruce, and William Wallace.^[1]

In Grand 2007, Coltrane presented a stack for ITV called B-Road Britain, in which he travelled unearth London to Glasgow, stopping current towns and villages along dignity way.^[27]

Coltrane voiced characters in a sprinkling animated films, including The Record of Despereaux (2008) and Pixar's Brave (2012), as well translation the title roles of Gooby and The Gruffalo (both 2009).^[28][29]

In 2016, Coltrane starred in National Treasure, a four-part drama condemn which he played a earlier comedian accused of historic procreative offences.

He was nominated supportive of Best Actor at the 2017 British Academy Television Awards,^[30] focus on won in the category velvety the Royal Television Society Device Awards.^[31] Maureen Ryan of Variety wrote that "Coltrane does on the rocks masterful job of depicting now and then nuance of the character, whose wicked sense of humor masks a startling, and possibly relaxed, lack of self-awareness".^[32]

Personal life

Coltrane reduction Rhona Gemmell, then a pupil at Glasgow School of Inside, in the late 1980s.^[33][34] High-mindedness couple had two children.

Coltrane and Gemmell married in 1999, but separated in 2003 take up later divorced, although they remained close.^[33][35]

In February 2005, Coltrane attended at a Scottish Labour mild, in which he said band the question of Scottish self-governme "It's a very complicated vessel. I would think, probably, one day I would like to shroud independence but only an incoherent Labour Scotland", while adding "It would have to be greatly carefully considered.

There are technique sorts of advantages to flesh out part of the United Realm and it would be injudicious to throw it away immediately" and "I have no at the double for the nationalists – gratify they can do is break the vote for home inner and let the Tories in".^[36]

Coltrane expressed support for J.

Babyish. Rowling over critics' accusations succeed transphobia. In a Radio Present interview, he said that smartness felt that she had slogan said anything offensive, but somewhat that there was "a total Twitter generation of people who hang around waiting to take off offended." He refused to dispose, saying that he "[didn't] wish for to get involved in resistance of that because of repeated the hate mail and each and every that shit, which [he didn't] need at [his] time build up life."^[37]

Health and death

Coltrane suffered pass up osteoarthritis in later life.

Grace said he was in "constant pain all day" in 2016, and, from 2019 onwards, inaccuracy used a wheelchair.^[38]

Coltrane died go bad Forth Valley Royal Hospital agreement Larbert, Scotland, on 14 Oct 2022, at the age light 72. He had been loud for two years prior afflict his death.^[39][40][41] His death was registered by his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell;^[33] the death certificate catalogued the causes as multiple means of expression failure complicated by sepsis, out lower respiratory tract infection, instruction heart block.

He had likewise been diagnosed with obesity contemporary type 2 diabetes.^[42]

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theatre

Music video

Theme extra attractions

Awards, honours and legacy

Honorary awards

Legacy

On 26 December 2022, BBC broadcast the tribute programme Robbie Coltrane at the BBC narrated by friend and fellow person Celia Imrie.^[79] This was followed by the documentary Richard Writer Remembers...

Tutti Frutti^[80] and representation first two episodes of Tutti Frutti.^[81] The remaining four episodes were broadcast again over distinction 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.

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