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He was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow and educated (sporadically) at Glenalmond school in Perthshire, Glasgow School of Art, and the Moray House College Of Education in Edinburgh. He moved into acting in his early twenties, taking the stage name Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane) and working in theatre and stand-up comedy.

His comic skills brought him roles in the television series The Comic Strip Presents (1982) and he was one of the stars of Laugh? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee (1984). He soon moved into films, obtaining small roles in a number of movies such as Death Watch (1980), Scrubbers (1983), Absolute Beginners (1986) and Mona Lisa (1986). On television he also appeared in Tutti Frutti (1987), as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder (1987) (a role he later reprised in the more serious Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands (1993)), and in a number of stand-up and sketch comedy shows.

He co-starred with Eric Idle in Nuns on the RunNuns on the Run is a popular British comedy film of 1990, starring Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle. It was written and directed by Jonathan Lynn. Music composed and performed by Yello. The plot concerns two middle-aged petty criminals, Charlie and Brian, wh (1990), and played the Pope in The Pope Must DieThe Pope Must Die (U. alternate title: ''The Pope Must Diet is a 1991 comedy movie starring Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Annette Crosbie, Alex Rocco and Peter Richardson. Plot The plot is predicated on the Vatican being controlled by the Mafia. (1991). He also played a would-be private detective obsessed with Humphrey BogartHumphrey Bogart ( December 25, 1899 January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Bogart typically played smart, p in the TV play The Bogie Man. His roles went from strength to strength in the 1990s with the TV series Cracker (1993-1996) and a BAFTA award as the stepping stone to parts in bigger films such as the James BondFor the ornithologist see James Bond (ornithologist). The fictional character James Bond is a sophisticated British spy, invented by and appearing in books by Ian Fleming (and later Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Raymond Benson and Charlie Higson). Fleming films Goldeneye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), as well as giant Rubeus HagridRubeus Hagrid is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books. He is the groundskeeper for Hogwarts. Hagrid is as much as twice as tall as the average man. He loves magical creatures, particularly unusual or even dangerous ones although he us in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first volume in an ongoing series of (eventually) at least seven books for children written by British author J. Rowling, and starring Harry Potter, a young wizard. The book has also been made into a film of (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).

Coltrane lives near Glasgow, is married and has two children, and collects vintage cars.