Robert Carlyle
Acting • Born 1961-04-14
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).
Filmography
76 credits
Trainspotting
Movie • 1996
Begbie
28 Weeks Later
Movie • 2007
Donald Harris
Carla's Song
Movie • 1996
George Lennox
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Movie • 2000
Eric Wirral
The 51st State
Movie • 2001
Felix DeSouza
Ravenous
Movie • 1999
Ives / Colqhoun
To End All Wars
Movie • 2001
Major Ian Campbell
The Beach
Movie • 2000
Daffy
Eragon
Movie • 2006
Durza
Plunkett & MacLeane
Movie • 1999
Will Plunkett
Angela's Ashes
Movie • 1999
Malachy McCourt
The Mighty Celt
Movie • 2005
O
I Know You Know
Movie • 2009
Charlie
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Movie • 2002
Jimmy
The Tournament
Movie • 2009
Father MacAvoy
Flood
Movie • 2007
Rob Morrison
Summer
Movie • 2008
Shaun
The Full Monty
Movie • 1997
Gary "Gaz" Schofield
Stone of Destiny
Movie • 2008
John MacCormick
Face
Movie • 1997
Ray
Priest
Movie • 1995
Graham
The World Is Not Enough
Movie • 1999
Renard
Being Human
Movie • 1994
Priest
Go Now
Movie • 1995
Nick Cameron
Dead Fish
Movie • 2005
Danny Devine
The Unloved
Movie • 2009
Lucy's Father
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie • 2006
Frank Keane
Class of '76
Movie • 2005
DI Tom Monroe
California Solo
Movie • 2012
Lachlan MacAldonich
Riff-Raff
Movie • 1991
Stevie
Tender Blue Eyes
Movie • 1992
Richard Fascetti
Black and White
Movie • 2002
David O'Sullivan
Marooned
Movie • 1994
Peter Camaron
The Man Who Walked Around the World
Movie • 2009
Narrator
The Performance
Movie • 2024
Fugler
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Movie • 2015
Barney
North of Normal
Movie • 2023
Papa Dick
Safe
Movie • 1993
Nosty
Byrne About Byrne
Movie • 1988
Spanky Farrell
Born Equal
Movie • 2006
Robert
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Movie • 2016
Self
T2 Trainspotting
Movie • 2017
Begbie / Begbie's Father
Silent Scream
Movie • 1990
Big Woodsy
Yesterday
Movie • 2019
John Lennon (uncredited)
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Movie • 2015
Self
James Bond Down River
Movie • 2000
Self
Zig Zag Love
Movie • 2009
Jacko
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Movie • 2002
Self / Narrator (voice)
Carry On Ken
Movie • 2006
Self
The Lucky Suit
Movie • 1996
The Last Ten Minutes
Movie • 1995
Chris
November 1963
Movie • 2026
Jack Ruby
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Movie • 2008
Self
Ben & Lucy
Movie
Dan
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
Movie • 2010
Self
Hitler the Rise of Evil
Movie • 2003
Adolf Hitler
Cracker
TV • 1993
Albie
Stargate Universe
TV • 2009
Nicholas Rush
The Last Enemy
TV • 2008
David Russell
Human Trafficking
TV • 2005
Sergei Karpovich
Looking After Jo Jo
TV • 1998
John Joe 'Jo Jo' McCann
Hamish Macbeth
TV • 1995
Hamish Macbeth
99-1
TV • 1994
Detective Constable Trevor Prescott
Once Upon a Time
TV • 2011
Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin / Weaver
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Toxic Town
TV • 2025
Sam Hagen
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV • 2003
Adolf Hitler
Class of '76
TV • 2005
DI Tom Monroe
The Full Monty
TV • 2023
Gary 'Gaz' Schofield
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
TV • 2004
King James I
The War of the Worlds
TV • 2019
Ogilvy
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
COBRA
TV • 2020
Robert Sutherland
The Hack
TV • 2025
DCS Dave Cook
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
To Be A Somebody
TV • 1994
Albie Kinsella