1. Carlo Dante Rota was born on 17 April 1961 and is a British-born Canadian actor.
15 Facts About Carlo Rota
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Carlo Rota has appeared in Little Mosque on the Prairie and as systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the Fox series 24.
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Carlo Rota co-starred as Emilio Solano in Jane the Virgin.
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Carlo Rota grew up in Osterley with two sisters and one brother.
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Carlo Rota worked in the culinary industry for many years, operating and owning several restaurants in Toronto until he decided to pursue an acting career.
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Almost immediately thereafter, Carlo Rota landed roles in the Canadian TV series Street Legal and the critically acclaimed Canadian independent film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould.
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Carlo Rota has appeared in TV series including 24, Queer as Folk, Castle, La Femme Nikita, Relic Hunter, Adventure Inc, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, The Gospel of John, and Traders.
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Carlo Rota co-starred in the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, playing Lebanese-Canadian construction contractor Yasir Hamoudi.
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On 24, Carlo Rota portrayed the recurring role of Morris O'Brian, the arrogant but brilliant computer scientist husband of Chloe O'Brian, appearing most extensively in season 6.
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Carlo Rota had a recurring role on the TV series La Femme Nikita as the smarmy, green-listed terrorist informant, Mick Schtoppel, later revealed to be Mr Jones, the head of Center, an organization above Oversight that directs all Sections.
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Carlo Rota has made guest appearances in many other television series, including Stargate Universe, playing Carl Strom, head of the International Oversight Advisory, the civilian oversight committee that heads up the Atlantis expedition and its funding, as a villain named "The Ghost" on White Collar, as well as roles on CSI: NY, Human Target, Castle, The Mentalist, Bones, and Grimm.
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Carlo Rota appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles in the episode "Found" as Kalil Abramson, as well as on AMC's show, Breaking Bad.
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Carlo Rota was a guest on episode 11 of the second season of Top Chef Canada, the episode dedicated to Italian cuisine 1.
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Carlo Rota married 24 and Relic Hunter co-star Nazneen Contractor on 1 April 2010 They have two children, a son and a daughter.
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Carlo Rota stated in an interview with the Toronto Star that he considers Toronto his home.