Robert Carlyle
Birthday: 1961-04-14
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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).
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Trainspotting
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable frien...
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28 Weeks Later
Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles hav...
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Carla's Song
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories....
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other ...
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The 51st State
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as ...
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Ravenous
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western fron...
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To End All Wars
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are ...
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The Beach
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumou...
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Eragon
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him o...
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Plunkett & MacLeane
Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th...
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Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed ...
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The Mighty Celt
Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is o...
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I Know You Know
Jamie, an 11-year-old boy, is fascinated by his father Charlie’s espionage work until the world of s...
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They ...
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The Tournament
Every ten years, in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of ...
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Flood
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high s...
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Summer
Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship...
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The Full Monty
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it ...
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Stone of Destiny
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Sco...
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Face
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 198...
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Priest
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face...
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The World Is Not Enough
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's o...
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Being Human
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart....
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Go Now
Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in ...
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Dead Fish
Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the trad...
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The Unloved
Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in...
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everyt...
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Class of '76
Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the o...
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California Solo
Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular ...
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Riff-Raff
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working condit...
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Black and White
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illit...
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Marooned
The film centers around Peter Camaron who works at Left Luggage at a train station....
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The Man Who Walked Around the World
A six minute short film for Johnnie Walker Scotch whiskey featuring Robert Carlyle walking the hills...
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The Performance
Harold May, an excellent Jewish-American tap dancer, on tour in Europe with his company, receives an...
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The Legend of Barney Thomson
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uni...
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North of Normal
After being raised in the wilderness, a teenage girl moves to the city hoping for a normal life with...
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Safe
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in...
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Byrne About Byrne
In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, t...
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Born Equal
Four characters living in one neighbourhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all...
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Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia...
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T2 Trainspotting
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, S...
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Yesterday
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waki...
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors a...
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James Bond Down River
Promotional documentary filmed at the London East End Docklands area and River Thames for the filmin...
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Zig Zag Love
When 16-year-old Peter suddenly loses his best friend to cancer, he breaks out of hospital and hits ...
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Carry On Ken
A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over th...
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November 1963
Unfolds within the intense 48-hour period surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy...
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Memories of "Trainspotting"
This 2008 documentary, Memories of "Trainspotting," features interviews with director Danny Boyle, p...
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Ben & Lucy
Recovering alcoholic comedian Ben and his hard-partying art-student daughter Lucy find their lives u...
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