Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is most widely known for his role as Dr Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker. He also plays the role of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, the son of Jean McMillan Ross (née Howie), a teacher and pianist, and Ian Baxter McMillan, a general practitioner who also...
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Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is most widely known for his role as Dr Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker. He also plays the role of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, the son of Jean McMillan Ross (née Howie), a teacher and pianist, and Ian Baxter McMillan, a general practitioner who also served as a forensic police surgeon. He has an older sister, Annie, and a late younger sister, Jane. Coltrane is the great-grandson of Scottish businessman Thomas W. Howie. He was educated at the prestigious Glenalmond College in Perthshire, from which he was nearly expelled after hanging the prefects' gowns from the school clocktower. Though he later described his experiences there as deeply unhappy, he played for the First XV, was head of the school's debating society and won prizes for his art. From Glenalmond, Coltrane went on to Glasgow...
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