On the Nose (film) On the Nose (film) On the Nose is an Irish/Canadian comedy/fantasy film released in 2001. It was written by Tony Philpott and stars Dan Aykroyd and Robbie Coltrane in a magical comedy where a long dead Australian aboriginal's head is used to predict winners in horse races. The movie was filmed in Dublin, Ireland. On the Nose won the Audience Award in 2002 at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Robbie Coltrane plays a rehabilitated gambler who is tested beyond all limits when a head stored in the university turns out to accurately predict race horse winners. Robbie Coltrane finds he
Robbie Coltrane him roles in "The Comic Strip Presents" (1982) series and the comedy sketch shows "Alfresco" (1983–1984) and "Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee" (1984). Coltrane moved into roles in films such as "Flash Gordon" (1980), "Death Watch" (1980), "Balham, Gateway to the South" (1981), "Scrubbers" (1983), "Krull" (1983), "The Supergrass" (1985), "Defence of the Realm" (1985), "Absolute Beginners" (1986), "Mona Lisa" (1986) and appeared as "Annabelle" in "The Fruit Machine" (1988). On television, he appeared in "The Young Ones", "Tutti Frutti" (1987), as Samuel Johnson in "Blackadder" (1987) (a role he later reprised in the more serious "Boswell and