Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle
Carlyle at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1961-04-14) 14 April 1961
Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland
Alma materRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Anastasia Shirley
(m. 1997)
Children3

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 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, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work in the miniseries Human Trafficking (2005).