Birthplace: Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
biography
Although an accomplished comic performer, Scottish-born actor Robbie Coltrane also delivered a number of superlative dramatic parts, perhaps none more acclaimed than his starring turn as the excessive and obsessive forensic psychologist in the British series "Cracker" (BBC, 1993-96; 2006). Prior to winning awards for portraying the hard-drinking and womanizing investigator, Coltrane staked his claim in outlandish and irreverent comedies like “Nuns on the Run” (1990) and “The Pope Must Die” (1991), both of which featured slapstick physical comedy atop subtle digs at the Catholic Church. He was
I've been to England before, but I've barely left the cities -- I've certainly never seen any of the sights Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane takes in during this delightfully wacky travelogue, as he drives his vintage Jaguar