Robbie Coltrane won him three BAFTA awards. Roles in bigger films followed; the James Bond films "GoldenEye" (1995) and "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), a supporting role in "From Hell" (2001), as well as half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" films (2001–2011). J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, had Coltrane at the top of her list to play Hagrid and, when asked whom she would like to see in the role, responded "Robbie Coltrane for Hagrid" in one quick breath. There is also an unnamed 8ft actor who stands in for the 6ft 1in Coltrane in some
John Coltrane of Coltrane for the Coltrane Church. Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey included Coltrane on its list of historical black saints and made a "case for sainthood" for him in an article on its website. Documentaries about Coltrane and the church include Alan Klingenstein's "The Church of Saint Coltrane" (1996), and a 2004 program presented by Alan Yentob for the BBC. The discography below lists albums conceived and approved by Coltrane as a leader during his lifetime. It does not include his many releases as a sideman, sessions assembled into albums by various record labels after Coltrane's contract