Robbie Coltrane in pictures: 'Big guy, big heart, a massive talent'

14 October 2022

Stars of film, television and comedy have been paying tribute to Robbie Coltrane, who has died at the age of 72.

Actor Sanjeev Kohli summed up the mood: "He was big in every sense of the word. A big guy, a big heart, a big intellect A massive talent."

We look back in pictures at the life and career of one of Scotland's national treasures.

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Image caption, In December 1986 at a party for Eurythmics.

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Image caption, Coltrane appeared as Dr Samuel Johnson alongside Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder the Third, in an episode called Ink and Incapability' in June 1987.

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Image caption, Coltrane performing stand-up as well as acting, much like fellow Scot Billy Connolly - seen here in 1990.

Image caption, Coltrane (top right) worked with some of the biggest comedy stars in the country in A Kick Up The Eighties.

Image caption, In Tutti Frutti, he was part of a dysfunctional rock and roll band.

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Image caption, The film Mona Lisa, with Bob Hoskins, saw Coltrane appear as a straight actor.

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Image caption, He was JK Rowling's first choice to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter films. The author paid her own tribute, calling him "a complete one off".

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Image caption, Robbie Coltrane wears the Comic Relief red nose in 1991

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Image caption, Coltrane appeared in all the Harry Potter films and late last year took part in a Harry Potter reunion TV special.

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Image caption, Coltrane was made an OBE in the 2006 New Year's honours list for his services to drama.

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Image caption, In 2007, Coltrane, one of the trustees of the Riverside museum in Glasgow, brought a historic Scottish steam engine to Glasgow after 60 years in South Africa. Locomotive 3007 was designed and built in Polmadie, Glasgow, in 1945 and formed the centrepiece of the new attraction.

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Image caption, Catching up with Scottish singer Lulu in 2005 when they both attend the wedding of musician Jools Holland and Christabel McEwen.

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Image caption, A former student of Glasgow School of Art, he opened its new £30m Reid building in 2014.

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Image caption, Robbie Coltrane at a photocall for the film Great Expectations in central London in October 2012.