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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In December 1986 at a party for Eurythmics.

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

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

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

Bob Hoskins & Robbie Coltrane in Mona Lisa

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

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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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Robbie Coltrane wears the Comic Relief red nose in 1991

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

Robbie Coltrane with steam train in Glasgow

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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.