Carlo Rota
Acting • Born 1961-04-17
Biography
Carlo Dante Rota (born April 17, 1961) is a British-Canadian-American actor, best known for his roles as construction contractor Yasir Hamoudi on Little Mosque on the Prairie, systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the FOX series 24, Emilio Solano on Jane the Virgin, informant Mick Schtoppel on La Femme Nikita (1997-2001) He has guest starred on TV series including AMC's Breaking Bad, NCIS: LA, CSI: NY, Castle, The Mentalist, Bones, Grimm, 24, White Collar, Queer as Folk (US), Human Target, Relic Hunter, Adventure Inc, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, The Gospel of John, and Traders. Because of his experience prior to acting, he also hosted the Great Canadian Food Show for CBC television in Canada. In 2008, Rota portrayed Charles, who was a journalist for The Herald, in Saw V.
Filmography
101 credits
Young at Heart
Movie • 1995
Bartender
The Boondock Saints
Movie • 1999
Yakavetta
Cliffs of Freedom
Movie • 2019
Mustapha Bey
Trigger Point
Movie • 2021
Dwight Logan
Ecstasy
Movie • 2011
Solo
On Their Knees
Movie • 2001
Walter
Recipe for Murder
Movie • 2002
Me Time
Movie • 2022
Alberto
Time Bomb
Movie • 2006
Musab Hyatti
Brick Mansions
Movie • 2014
George the Greek
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Movie • 1993
C.B.S. Producer
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Movie • 1998
Findlay Clerk
Saw V
Movie • 2008
Charles
Trapped in a Purple Haze
Movie • 2000
David Lebeff
After the Ball
Movie • 2015
Richard
Welcome to Nowhere
Movie • 2018
The General
Cake
Movie • 2005
Bob Jackman
Shark City
Movie • 2009
Ventura Ritt
Horsie's Retreat
Movie • 2005
Spiro
State Like Sleep
Movie • 2019
Friends at Last
Movie • 1995
Neil
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534
Movie • 2001
Cal Matthews
Maximum Risk
Movie • 1996
Bohemia Bartender
Spinning Man
Movie • 2018
Santos
City of Dark
Movie • 1997
Plato
Trespassers
Movie • 2019
Sergeant Daniels
Salma's Big Wish
Movie • 2019
Morlett
The Diggers
Movie • 2019
Mister Meister
Cold Play
Movie • 2008
Nigel
The Gospel of John
Movie • 2003
Chief of the Temple Guards
A Perfect Plan
Movie • 2020
Theo
People You May Know
Movie • 2017
Bill
Global Heresy
Movie • 2002
Tony Manson
Phantom of the Megaplex
Movie • 2000
Tyler Jesseman
First Degree
Movie • 1995
Joe Galeno
Catch a Falling Star
Movie • 2000
Harry Goldberg
Murder in a Small Town
Movie • 1999
Charles
Pick One
Movie • 2025
Pegasus vs. Chimera
Movie • 2012
King Orthos
Mission to Mars
Movie • 2000
Ambassador
Six Guns for Hire
Movie
The Bandit
Castle
TV • 2009
Bahir Harun
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Torquemada
Shark
TV • 2006
Anton Robitaille
24
TV • 2001
Morris O'Brian
Forever Knight
TV • 1992
Little Mosque on the Prairie
TV • 2007
Yasir Hamoudi
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Sultan
At the Hotel
TV • 2006
Albert
Highlander: The Raven
TV • 1998
Mario Cardoza
Total Recall 2070
TV • 1999
Veritas: The Quest
TV • 2003
Ali Hassan Rif
Stargate Universe
TV • 2009
Carl Strom
La Femme Nikita
TV • 1997
Mick Stoppel
La Femme Nikita
TV • 1997
Mr. Jones
Adventure Inc.
TV • 2002
Sergi Borodin
Street Time
TV • 2002
Arthur Marx
Breaking Bad
TV • 2008
Benicio Fuentes
Nikita
TV • 2010
Ian Damascus
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV • 2013
Luca Russo
White Collar
TV • 2009
Ghovat
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Dimitri Zubov
Titans
TV • 2018
Oracle (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Karl Schrute
Jane the Virgin
TV • 2014
Emilio Solano
Queer As Folk
TV • 2000
Gardner Vance
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Sean Winston
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Lagenfeld
Red Iron Road
TV • 2023
Popov
Viper
TV • 1994
Harry Ibarra
The Player
TV • 2015
Daoud Raqiv
Hudson & Rex
TV • 2019
Archibald Parsons
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Dassas
Il Duce Canadese
TV • 2004
Avvocato
Lethal Weapon
TV • 2016
Guillermo Azoulay
Scorpion
TV • 2014
General Savic
True Lies
TV • 2023
Francois
World Without End
TV • 2012
Edmund
Back in Time for Dinner
TV • 2018
Ransom
TV • 2017
Damian Delaine
Grimm
TV • 2011
Hedig
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Anton LaVey
Scandal
TV • 2012
Ivan
ThunderCats
TV • 2011
Ratar-O (voice)
Earth: Final Conflict
TV • 1997
Margolis
The Flash
TV • 2014
Remington Meister
Bones
TV • 2005
Lambert Chaisson
Conviction
TV • 2016
Vince Scarlata
The Sentinel
TV • 1996
Jack Buchanan
Sanctuary
TV • 2008
Richard Feliz
Sanctuary
TV • 2008
Feodor 'Frank' Glazov
This Is Wonderland
TV • 2004
Giuseppe Burelli
FBI: Most Wanted
TV • 2020
Anatoly Sabzi
Secret Level
TV • 2024
Sorcerer (voice)
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Kalil Abramson
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Anton Petrovich
Human Target
TV • 2010
Eli Rosko
The Good Guys
TV • 2010
Asher
High Desert
TV • 2023
Arman
General Hospital
TV • 1963
Jenz Sidwell
The Edge of Sleep
TV • 2024
Dr. Luis Castaneda