Robbie Coltrane

ROBBIE COLTRANE OBE d2022. Scottish actor who gained worldwide recognition in the 2000s for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series. He started his career appearing alongside Hugh Laurie / Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson in the sketch series Alfresco. In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti with Thompson, for which he received his first British Academy Television Award for Best Actor nomination. He then gained national prominence starring as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the ITV television series "Cracker" a role that saw him receive the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years from 1994 to 1996. He appeared in numerous films including ; Mona Lisa / Nuns on the Run / (as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky) in the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough. He also appeared in the films ; Henry V / Let It Ride / Danny, the Champion of the World / Ocean's Twelve / The Brothers Bloom / Great Expectations / Effie Gray and provided voice acting roles in the animated films The Tale of Despereaux and Brave. He died in Scotland aged 72 on October 14th 2022