Robbie Coltrane

Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) in Warner Brothers' Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone - 2001

Biography

Born 03/30/1950

Although an accomplished comic performer, Scottish-born actor Robbie Coltrane also delivered a number of superlative dramatic parts, perhaps none more acclaimed than his starring turn as the excessive and obsessive forensic psychologist in the British series "Cracker" (BBC, 1993-96; 2006). Prior to...
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Awards

  • In 1996, received BAFTA Award for Best Television Actor
  • In 1995, received BAFTA Award for Best Television Actor
  • In 1994, received BAFTA Award for Best Television Actor

Highlights

  • In 2009, Reprised role of Hagrid for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth book in the fantasy series directed by David Yates
  • In 2007, Reprised the role of Hagrid in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," adapted from the fifth book in the fantasy series
  • In 2007, Cast opposite Miranda Richardson and Aishwarya Rai in "Provoked"

Family & Companions

  • Rhona Gemmell: wife (born c. 1969; met on Christmas Eve 1988; together from 1989; married on December 11, 1999; mother of Coltrane's two children)
  • Robin Paine: together from 1972 to 1987
  • Ian Baxter McMillan: father (Was a general practitioner; also served as a forensic police surgeon; died of lung cancer when Coltrane was in his teens)

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