Robbie Coltrane Net Worth

Robbie Coltrane's Quotes

• In real life, I'm 6' 1" - each way pretty well, north and south and east and west, unfortunately.
• Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you. What was really nice about the OBE is that it's the first award where I didn't have to make a speech and I didn't have to sit there waiting to see if I'd won - I knew I was going to get it.
• I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.
• I sometimes worry that all the beautiful things have been made.
• I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.

Interesting Facts about Robbie Coltrane

1. Son born c. 1992; daughter born c. 1998
2. Graduated from the Glasgow School of Art where he majored in drawing, painting and film.
3. Has two children: Alice and Spencer.
4. Frequently plays giants and has to wear padding, lifts, and has to be shot from below, in such film as the "Harry Potter" series, where he played "Hagrid", and in Van Helsing (2004), where he was generated into a computer to play a bear-sized "Mr. Hyde".
5. Has appeared in eight films opposite a former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. His cast mate in Nuns on the Run (1990) and National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) was Eric Idle. He appeared in The World is Not Enough (1999), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), all of which also starred John Cleese. He also appeared in Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (2002), A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989) and The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989), all of which featured Michael Palin.
6. Only took the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series after his children urged him to do so.
7. He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.
8. Attended the world renowned Scottish boarding school, Glenalmond College, in Perthshire, Scotland.
9. Though he says he took his stage name from musician John Coltrane, his name is actually closer to that of John's son, Ravi Coltrane.
10. Was the very first person to be cast in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). In fact, he was selected for the role of Hagrid by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
11. Was asked to play Takis in the Doctor Who (1963) serial "Revelation of the Daleks". Trevor Cooper won the role. He was also considered for the DJ that went to Alexei Sayle. He was also a candidate to play the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who (1996).
12. He received the Outstanding Contribution to Film accolade at the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards.
13. He turned down the lead role in Carry on Columbus (1992) that went to Jim Dale.
14. 'Jimmy McGovern's Cracker: From Tragedy to Success - A Noir of the Nineties" by Josephine M. Dunn (IMDb Josephine Dunn II) is now available on Amazon as a Kindle e-book ASIN B07BMC583S. It covers the 1st 3 stories in the Cracker series & was the subject of the author's M.A. dissertation Derby University September 1996. Copies were previously held in the libraries of Derby University and ITV plc (formerly Granada TV) . Josephine was one of the production managers on the BBC film drama "Needle" also written by Jimmy McGovern and subsequently Jimmy, producer Gub Neal and the 3 directors of series I of Cracker (Andy Wilson, Michael Winterbottom, Simon Cellan Jones) gave extensive and exclusive interviews to Josephine for her M.A. dissertation. Robbie Coltrane lived in Southborough Road Hackney as a near neighbour of Josephine and used to visit for whisky & chats.