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Robbie Coltrane is one of Britain's most popular and versatile actors. During the 1980s he became a household name following a succession of spirited comedic stage, cinema, and small screen appearances. In the 1990s Coltrane's celebrity has developed internationally; his acting repertoire has matured to include dramatic roles, as befits his more mellow temperament and professional confidence.
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Robbie Coltrane and Rembrandt are on the Grand Canal in Venice. They are sharing a dram and talking (Robbie has miraculously learnt fluent Dutch for this meeting!), over the noise of a vaparetto Riva with a V-8 engine that is burbling in the background. Robbie would have liked to chat about the Great Eastern to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but he was too busy designing some bridge or other to sit still for long enough.
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Biography: A comic actor, Robbie Coltrane graduated from Glasgow School of Art. In the 1970s he joined a nightclub circuit as a comedian. He later started getting into films with his debut film in 1980, Death Watch. Robbie then did some small film roles but despite that he became a recognizable figure in alternative comedy. He was a frequent participant in "The Comic Strip Presents" productions and BBC's TV series "The Young Ones" and "Blackladder." He won notice for his role as Bob Hoskin's mechanic friend in "Mona Lisa."
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HARRY Potter and Cracker star Robbie Coltrane has spoken about his personal demons, how he views global fame and the legacy he will leave behind. The actor, who plays gentle giant Hagrid in the Potter movies, gives a rare insight into his personal life during an interview with Melvyn Bragg on tonight’s South Bank Show. Robbie, 56, has ... portrayed 18th century literary legend Dr Samuel Johnson several times and said he can identify with his hero’s terrible depressions. He is asked by Bragg: “Did you find some kind of succour, some kind of identity with the depressions?” “Yes. Definitely yes,” replied Robbie. “He was visited by the old dark dog quite a lot.
Born Anthony Robert McMillan, portly comic actor Robbie Coltrane was born in Rutherglen, Scotland, and graduated from Glasgow School of Art. During the late 1970s, he rose to prominence as an improvisational comedian on the nightclub circuit before moving into films when debuting in Death Watch (1980). Despite a smattering of small films roles he became a recognisable figure in alternative comedy and was a frequent participant in The Comic Strip Presents productions and BBC2's tv comedy series The Young Ones and Blackadder. Coltrane won notice for his turn as Bob Hoskins' mechanic pal in Mona Lisa (1986) and in Derek Jarman's Caravaggio (1986).
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From All Movie Guide: Stocky Scottish comic actor Robbie Coltrane was trained as an artist in Glasgow. During the 1970s, he rose to prominence as an improvisational nightclub comedian, usually working in ensemble groups (one of his partners was actress Emma Thompson). During the '80s, he was in a number of British features and made-for-TV movies. A regular at London's Comic Strip comedy club, he had a habit of appearing as himself in comedy specials like Secret Policeman's Third Ball. He ... showed up in small comedic cameos in National Lampoon's European Vacation and Kenneth Branagh's Henry V. Though he was popular in the U.K. on TV shows like Alfresco, Tutti Fruitti, Black Adder, and The Young Ones, he wasn't widely known in the U.S. until his antic performance in Nuns on the Run with Eric Idle. He then starred as the title character in the satiric comedy The Pope Must Die (released in the U.S. as The Pope Must Diet).
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