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Robert Carlyle is a male actor and film director born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1961. A citizen of the United Kingdom, he is educated at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and speaks English. His professional career began in 1990 and concluded on January 1, 2008. He has worked as a stage actor and film actor.
Carlyle has received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He has three children. His name in his native language is Robert Carlyle.
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Film & TV
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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…
Known for
- November 1963 — Jack Ruby2026
- Toxic Town — Sam Hagen2025
- The Hack — DCS Dave Cook2025
- Watson — Sherlock Holmes2025
- The Performance — Fugler2024
- North of Normal — Papa Dick2023
- The Full Monty — Gary 'Gaz' Schofield2023
- COBRA — Robert Sutherland2020
- Yesterday — John Lennon (uncredited)2019
- The War of the Worlds — Ogilvy2019
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1961-04-14 ) 14 April 1961 (age 65) , Maryhill , Glasgow , Scotland
- Alma mater
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Spouse
- Anastasia Shirley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Robert Carlyle in 2017.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Robert Carlyle
- date of birth
- 1961-04-14
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- name in native language
- Robert Carlyle
- social media followers
- 496643
- end of work period
- 2008-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Carlyle OBE (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish actor. His film work includes: Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), Ravenous and The World Is Not Enough (both 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 starred in television series such as Hamish Macbeth (1995–1998), Stargate Universe (2009–2011), Once Upon a Time (2011–2018) and COBRA (2020–2023).
He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Full Monty and a Gemini Award for Stargate Universe, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work in the miniseries Human Trafficking (2005). Carlyle also earned plaudits for playing King James I in the BBC miniseries Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004).
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