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Who is Robbie Coltrane?
Scottish actor and comedian Anthony Robert McMillan OBE (born on 30 March 1950) passed away on 14 October 2022. He was better known by his stage name, Robbie Coltrane. His roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series (2001-2011) and Valentin Domitrovich Zukovsky in GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1997) brought him international acclaim (1999).
In the New Year’s Honours for 2006, Queen Elizabeth II recognized him for his contributions to the theatre by awarding him an OBE. Coltrane won the Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy in 1990. At the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards, he was recognized for his “exceptional contribution” to the film industry.
Coltrane began his career in the sketch series Alfresco, which also included Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson (1983–1984). In 1987, he and Thompson co-starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti, for which he was nominated for the first of two British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor.
Following his breakout performance as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald on the ITV series Cracker (1993-2006), for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor three years running, Coltrane became a household name (1994 to 1996).
On ITV’s list of the 50 Greatest Stars in the History of Television, Coltrane ranked 11th in 2006. He co-starred with Julie Walters in the 2016 Channel 4 miniseries National Treasure, for which he was nominated for a British Academy Television Award.
The Neil Jordan neo-noir Mona Lisa (1986) starring Bob Hoskins and Coltrane, and Nuns on the Run starring Eric Idle, were both produced by George Harrison’s Handmade Films. In addition to Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare film adaptation Henry V (1989), he also appeared in the comedies Let It Ride (1989) and Danny,
the Champion of the World (1989) by Roald Dahl, Steven Soderbergh’s crime-comedy thriller Ocean’s Twelve (2004), Rian Johnson’s caper film The Brothers Bloom (2008), Mike Newell’s Dickens film adaptation Great Expectations (2012), and Emma Thompson’s biographical film Effie Gray (2014). (2014). The Tale of Despereaux (2008) and Pixar’s Brave both featured him in voice-acting roles (2012).
What is His Net Worth?
When he passed away in October 2022, Scottish actor, playwright, and comedian Robbie Coltrane left behind a fortune of $4 million. Robbie Coltrane attended Glenalmond College and played rugby there before continuing on to the Glasgow School of Art and the Moray House College of Education.
He was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1950. The acting was a new venture for Coltrane, who made his first appearances in films like “The Comic Strip Presents,” “A Kick Up the Eighties,” “Alfresco,” and “Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My License Fee” in his twenties. Starring in “Flash Gordon,” “Krull,” “Defence of the Realm,” “Absolute Beginners,” “Mona Lisa,” and “The Fruit Machine,” he began his film career in the early ’80s.
He first played Johnson in “Blackadder” in 1987, and he reprised the role in “Boswell and Johnson’s Tour of the Western Islands” in 1993. The role of Dr. Edward Fitzgerald in the 1990s television series “Cracker” earned Coltrane three BAFTA Awards. Before getting the role of Rubeus Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” series, he appeared in “GoldenEye,” “The World Is Not Enough,” and “From Hell.” It has been said that J.K. Rowling personally chose Coltrane.
Rowling plays the role of. On ITV’s list of the 50 greatest TV stars, he placed ninth. In 1999, Coltrane tied the knot with Rhona Gemmell. Together, they raised two kids. Robbie Coltrane passed away at the age of 72 on October 14, 2022.
