Robert Carlyle, OBE (born April 14, 1961) is a Scottish movie actor.

Carlyle, born in Glasgow, was abandoned by his mother at the age of four and raised by his father, Joe. Inspired after reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible, he enrolled in acting class at the age of 21, at the Glasgow Arts Centre. In 1991, he and four friends founded an acting company and guest starring in The Bill. He first came to the attention of the public as a psychotic murderer in an episode of Cracker (in which he killed the character played by Christopher Eccleston among others), but was soon playing a more sympathetic role, that of Highland policeman, Hamish Macbeth, in the eponymous BBC comedy-drama.

Carlyle is perhaps best remembered for his role in The Full Monty, as the leader of a group of men who must perform striptease to earn their living, and Trainspotting, in which he played the psychopathic thug Begbie. Other memorable roles included the villain Renard in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, a cannibalistic Mexican-American War soldier in Ravenous, the gay lover of Fr. Greg in Priest and Hitler in The Rise of Evil.

In 1997, Carlyle married Anastasia Shirley. In 2002, she gave birth to their first child, daughter Ava. In 2004, their second child, Harvey, was born. The Carlyles' third child, Pearce Joseph, was born in 2006.

Filmography

• Eragon (2006)
• Class Of '76 (2005)
• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005)
• Human Trafficking TV (2005) (Emmy nomination Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie)
• The Mighty Celt (2005), with Gillian Anderson
• The Rise of Evil (2003, as Adolf Hitler)
• Black and White (2002)
• Once Upon a Time in The Midlands (2002)
• The 51st State (2001)
• To End All Wars (2001)
• There's Only one Jimmy Grimble (2000)
• The Beach (2000, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio)
• Angela's Ashes (1999, alongside Emily Watson)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Ravenous (1999)
• Plunkett and Macleane (1999)
• Looking After Jo Jo (1998)
• Face (1997)
• The Full Monty (1997)
• Carla's Song (1996)
• Trainspotting (1996)
• Go Now (1995)
• Hamish Macbeth (1995)
• Priest (1994)
• 99-1 (1994)
• Being Human (1993)
• Safe (1993)
• Tender Blue Eyes (1992)
• Riff-Raff (1990)
• Silent Scream (1990)

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