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Robbie Coltrane’s Milestones
| Began appearing in nightclubs as a stand-up comic | |
| Decided to attend art school after visiting his older sister and getting on with her friends | |
| In the 1970s, worked with various theater companies including San Quentin Theatre Group, The Bush Theatre and Traverse Theatre | |
| Raised in the Glasgow, Scotland, area | |
| Starred in British TV series "Cracker" (shown in the USA on A&E from 1994 to 1997) | |
| While appearing at Traverse Theatre was befriended by playwright John Byrne; acted in Byrne's "The Slab Boys" and "Cuttin' the Rug" | |
| 1962 | Had first taste of acting when he made stage debut in a school production of Shakespeare's "Henry V" |
| 1973 | Adopted stage surname of "Coltrane" after the jazz musician John Coltrane |
| 1973 | Produced and directed the 50-minute documentary "Young Mental Health" |
| 1979 | Screen acting debut in "La Mort en Direct/Deathwatch", directed by Bernard Tavernier |
| 1980 | Appeared as a gay hairdresser in an episode of "Metal Mickey", a London Weekend Television series directed by Mickey Dolenz |
| 1981 | Was featured in Amos Poe's "Subway Riders" as Detective Fritz Langley, tracking a saxophone-playing killer |
| 1982 | Featured with Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in Granada TV's "Alfresco" |
| 1982 - 1984 | First gained attention in Great Britain for his TV appearances on "The Comic Strip Presents"; also wrote and directed sketches |
| 1983 | Had featured role in the sci-fi film "Krull" |
| 1985 | Co-starred in "The Supergrass", a crime comedy drawn from characters from "The Comic Strip Presents" |
| 1986 | Cast as a cardinal in Derek Jarman's "Caravaggio" |
| 1986 | Portrayed Bob Hoskins' mechanic friend Thomas in "Mona Lisa" |
| 1987 | Had stage triumph in "Yr. Obedient Servant", a one-man show about Dr. Samuel Johnson |
| 1987 | Starred opposite Emma Thompson in BBC1-TV series "Tutti Frutti"; an edited version was released theatrically |
| 1989 | Co-wrote a sketch and made guest appearances on Emma Thompson's BBC variety series "Thompson" (shown in the USA on PBS) |
| 1989 | Headlined the London Weekend Television program "The Robbie Coltrane Special" |
| 1989 | Played Sir John Falstaff in Kenneth Branagh's "Hervy V" |
| 1990 | Co-starred with Eric Idle in "Nuns on the Run" |
| 1991 | Portrayed an unlikely pontiff in the screen comedy "The Pope Must Die/The Pope Must Diet" |
| 1993 | Starred in the British TV special "Coltrane in a Cadillac" |
| 1993 | Teamed with Jason Robards (as the Duke and the King, respectively) in the remake of "The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn" |
| 1995 | Was featured as a Russian gangster in the James Bond film "GoldenEye" |
| 1997 | Headlined the British TV special "Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles" |
| 1997 | Portrayed the husband of an eccentric woman who raises a gorilla in "Buddy" |
| 1998 | Featured as Barbara Hershey's ex-husband in the quirky "Frogs for Snakes", directed by Amos Poe |
| 1998 | Starred as the ship's captain in "The Ebb-Tide" (A&E) |
| 1999 | Cast as Tweedledum to George Wendt's Tweedledee in the NBC movie "Alice in Wonderland" |
| 1999 | Reprised role as Russian gangster in the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough" |
| 2001 | Appeared as a Scottish detective tracking Jack the Ripper in "From Hell" |
| 2001 | Played the giant groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," adapted from the first novel of the best-selling fantasy series by J.K. Rowling |
| 2002 | Reprised Hagrid in the sequel "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" |
| 2004 | Reprised the role of Hagrid in the third installment of the Harry Potter series "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" |
| 2005 | Reprised the role of Hagrid in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the fourth book in the fantasy series directed by Mike Newell |
| 2006 | Cast in "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker" based on Stormbreaker, the first novel in the Alex Rider series |
| 2007 | Cast opposite Miranda Richardson and Aishwarya Rai in "Provoked" |
| 2007 | Reprised the role of Hagrid in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," adapted from the fifth book in the fantasy series |
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