Robert Carlyle
Acting
Biography
Robert Carlyle OBE (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish actor. His film work includes Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000), The Beach (2000), The 51st State (2001), Eragon (2006), 28 Weeks Later (2007) and The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015). He has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Universe, Once Upon a Time and COBRA. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Full Monty and a Gemini Award for Stargate Universe. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work in the miniseries Human Trafficking (2005).
Born: April 14, 1961
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known For
Class of '76
DI Tom Monroe investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of classmates over a period of years from the same 1976 form class.
Trainspotting
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
Looking After Jo Jo
Jo Jo is an Edinburgh Goodfella with a sharp mind and a cavalier attitude to law. In the bleak, edgy climate of the 1980's Jo Jo is seen by many on the estate as a hero; out-manoeuvring the police while supporting his close-knit family. What is it that draws the charming and confident Jo Jo to Lorraine, a vulnerable woman obsessed by Marilyn Monroe? What figure from his past is fuelling his fantasies and driving him towards darker crimes and the quicksand of heroin? Can Jo Jo look after himself when he doesn't know who he is?
Stargate Universe
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.
Once Upon a Time
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell. Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who has been supporting herself since she was abandoned as a baby. Things change for her when her son Henry, whom she abandoned years ago, finds her and asks for her help explaining that she is from a different world where she is Snow White's missing daughter.
Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
The Full Monty
The Full Monty gang is back after 25 years, swapping their stage costumes for dognapping, racing pigeons, and one very unconventional hostage situation. Gaz might be older, but he's no wiser. And his best friend, Dave, refuses to get sucked into any more of his antics. But when tragedy strikes, the whole Monty gang must pull together for a common purpose: to honor an old friend.
The Graham Norton Show
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
This biopic profiles history's most spectacular madman, tracing his journey from humble roots to complete mastery of Germany.
Filmography
as DCS Dave Cook
as Sam Hagen
as Fugler
as Papa Dick
as Gary 'Gaz' Schofield
as Robert Sutherland
as Ogilvy
as John Lennon (uncredited)
as Begbie / Begbie's Father
as Barney
as Lachlan MacAldonich
as Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin / Weaver
as Nicholas Rush
as Narrator
as Lucy's Father
as Father Joseph MacAvoy
as Charlie
as John MacCormick
as Shaun
as Self
as David Russell
as Rob Morrison
as Donald Harris
as Self
as Rob Morrison
as Robert
as Durza
as Self
as Frank Keane
as Self
as Sergei Karpovich
as Danny Devine
as DI Tom Monroe
as DI Tom Monroe
as O
as King James I
as Adolf Hitler
as Self / Narrator (voice)
as David O'Sullivan
as Jimmy
as Felix DeSouza
as Major Ian Campbell
as Eric Wirral
as Self
as Daffy
as Malachy McCourt
as Renard
as Ives / Colqhoun
as Will Plunkett
as John Joe 'Jo Jo' McCann
as Ray
as Gary "Gaz" Schofield
as George Lennox
as Begbie
as Nick Cameron
as Hamish Macbeth
as Graham
as Peter Camaron
as Priest
as Detective Constable Trevor Prescott
as Nosty
as Albie
as Richard Fascetti
as Stevie
as Big Woodsy
as Spanky Farrell