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Robbie Coltrane
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<p>Anthony Robert McMillan (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor. He gained worldwide recognition in the 2000s for playing <a href="/facts/Rubeus_Hagrid/uSmdzktT">Rubeus Hagrid</a> in the <a href="/facts/Harry_Potter_(film_series)/uGTYywzC"><i>Harry Potter</i> film series</a>. He was appointed an OBE in the <a href="/facts/2006_New_Year_Honours/FuM3UFHw">2006 New Year Honours</a> by <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_II/os6eB47B">Queen Elizabeth II</a> for his services to drama. In 1990, Coltrane received the <a href="/facts/Evening_Standard_British_Film_Awards/Qm49RafL">Evening Standard British Film Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Evening_Standard_British_Film_Awards/Qm49RafL">Peter Sellers Award for Comedy</a>. In 2011, he was honoured for his "<a href="/facts/British_Academy_Scotland_Awards/nuHqCjla">outstanding contribution</a>" to film at the <a href="/facts/British_Academy_Scotland_Awards/nuHqCjla">British Academy Scotland Awards</a>. </p><p>Coltrane started his career appearing alongside <a href="/facts/Hugh_Laurie/2DSKudYK">Hugh Laurie</a>, <a href="/facts/Stephen_Fry/ylDCoJbd">Stephen Fry</a>, and <a href="/facts/Emma_Thompson/eBlqtYDg">Emma Thompson</a> in the sketch series <i><a href="/facts/Alfresco_(TV_series)/ELH8jb32">Alfresco</a></i>. In 1987, he starred in the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a> miniseries <i><a href="/facts/Tutti_Frutti_(1987_TV_series)/DBb220Au">Tutti Frutti</a></i> with Thompson, for which he received his first <a href="/facts/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actor/2mUwxgbU">British Academy Television Award for Best Actor</a> nomination. Coltrane then gained national prominence starring as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the <a href="/facts/ITV_(TV_network)/pIlD3oza">ITV</a> television series <i><a href="/facts/Cracker_(British_TV_series)/9FCy11aN">Cracker</a></i>, a role that saw him receive the <a href="/facts/British_Academy_Television_Awards/bgSylq5h">British Academy Television Award for Best Actor</a> in three consecutive years from 1994 to 1996. In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of <a href="/facts/TV%2527s_50_Greatest_Stars/loIo9EDa">TV's 50 Greatest Stars</a>, voted by the public. In 2016, he starred in the four-part <a href="/facts/Channel_4/qosXcrpc">Channel 4</a> series <i><a href="/facts/National_Treasure_(British_TV_series)/jh1GVwKx">National Treasure</a></i> alongside <a href="/facts/Julie_Walters/R5UqQd9F">Julie Walters</a>, a role for which he received a <a href="/facts/British_Academy_Television_Award/bgSylq5h">British Academy Television Award</a> nomination. </p><p>Coltrane appeared in the films <i><a href="/facts/Mona_Lisa_(film)/7eBldxde">Mona Lisa</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Nuns_on_the_Run/gjFgRGpV">Nuns on the Run</a></i> and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the <a href="/facts/List_of_James_Bond_films/NnYbSnNL">James Bond films</a> <i><a href="/facts/GoldenEye/dP66GPTd">GoldenEye</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_World_Is_Not_Enough/rb6z5Hrj">The World Is Not Enough</a></i>. He also appeared in the films <i><a href="/facts/Henry_V_(1989_film)/lHD74uot">Henry V</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Let_It_Ride_(film)/FlMa21nM">Let It Ride</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Danny%2c_the_Champion_of_the_World_(film)/62E2qevl">Danny, the Champion of the World</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Ocean%2527s_Twelve/8YuY4o5c">Ocean's Twelve</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Brothers_Bloom/FtX7P3lX">The Brothers Bloom</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Great_Expectations_(2012_film)/xj3lSjGw">Great Expectations</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Effie_Gray_(film)/nPVFAaH3">Effie Gray</a></i>, and provided voice acting roles in the animated films <i><a href="/facts/The_Tale_of_Despereaux_(film)/pRFemsr2">The Tale of Despereaux</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Brave_(2012_film)/NWL5waDd">Brave</a></i>. </p>