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Robert Carlyle

Actor

Robert Carlyle

Born April 14, 1961 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK48 films

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.

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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 posterFirst watchTrainspotting19968.0as BegbieHeroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy.View film

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Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. TBABen & LucyDan
  2. 2026November 1963Jack Ruby
  3. 2024The PerformanceFugler
  4. 2023North of NormalPapa Dick
  5. 2019YesterdayJohn Lennon (uncredited)
  6. 2017T2 TrainspottingBegbie / Begbie's Father
  7. 2015The Legend of Barney ThomsonBarney
  8. 2012California SoloLachlan MacAldonich
  9. 2009The Man Who Walked Around the WorldNarrator
  10. 2009The UnlovedLucy's Father
  11. 2009The TournamentFather MacAvoy
  12. 2009Zig Zag LoveJacko
  13. 2009I Know You KnowCharlie
  14. 2008Stone of DestinyJohn MacCormick
  15. 2008SummerShaun
  16. 2007FloodRob Morrison
  17. 200728 Weeks LaterDonald Harris
  18. 2006Born EqualRobert
  19. 2006EragonDurza
  20. 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolFrank Keane
  21. 2005Dead FishDanny Devine
  22. 2005Class of '76DI Tom Monroe
  23. 2005The Mighty CeltO
  24. 2002Black and WhiteDavid O'Sullivan
  25. 2002Once Upon a Time in the MidlandsJimmy
  26. 2001The 51st StateFelix DeSouza
  27. 2001To End All WarsMajor Ian Campbell
  28. 2000There's Only One Jimmy GrimbleEric Wirral
  29. 2000The BeachDaffy
  30. 1999Angela's AshesMalachy McCourt
  31. 1999The World Is Not EnoughRenard
  32. 1999RavenousIves / Colqhoun
  33. 1999Plunkett & MacleaneWill Plunkett
  34. 1997FaceRay
  35. 1997The Full MontyGary "Gaz" Schofield
  36. 1996Carla's SongGeorge Lennox
  37. 1996The Lucky Suit
  38. 1996TrainspottingBegbie
  39. 1995Go NowNick Cameron
  40. 1995The Last Ten MinutesChris
  41. 1995PriestGraham
  42. 1994MaroonedPeter
  43. 1994Being HumanPriest
  44. 1993SafeNosty
  45. 1992Tender Blue EyesRichard Fascetti
  46. 1991Riff-RaffStevie
  47. 1990Silent ScreamBig Woodsy
  48. 1988Byrne About ByrneSpanky Farrell