19 Facts About Robert Carlyle

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Robert Carlyle was born on 14 April 1961 and is a Scottish actor.

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Robert Carlyle has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Universe, and Once Upon a Time.

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Robert Carlyle 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 Human Trafficking.

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Robert Carlyle was raised by his father after his mother left when Carlyle was four years old.

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Robert Carlyle left North Kelvinside Secondary School at the age of 16 without any qualifications and worked for his father as a painter and decorator.

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Robert Carlyle later attended night classes at Cardonald College in Glasgow.

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Robert Carlyle first became involved in drama at the Glasgow Arts Centre at the age of 21, and subsequently graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

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Robert Carlyle starred with Ray Winstone in the 1997 film Face.

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Robert Carlyle played the senior Malachy McCourt in the 1999 film adaptation of McCourt's first memoir, Angela's Ashes; the arch villain Renard in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough; and a cannibalistic soldier in the 1999 Ravenous.

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Robert Carlyle appeared in the 2002 Oasis music video for "Little By Little".

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Robert Carlyle played Adolf Hitler in the 2003 miniseries Hitler: The Rise of Evil.

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In 2007 Robert Carlyle played one of the main characters in the film 28 Weeks Later.

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Robert Carlyle played the lead role as a marine engineer attempting to save London from total devastation in the disaster film Flood.

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In 2008 Robert Carlyle narrated a BBC audiobook version of The Cutting Room.

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In December 2008, Robert Carlyle appeared in 24: Redemption, a television movie based on the popular TV series 24, starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland.

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In 2009, Robert Carlyle appeared in "The Man Who Walked Around The World," a long-form commercial for Johnnie Walker whisky.

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Robert Carlyle was shown walking down a path and talking for six minutes in a single long take.

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Robert Carlyle had dentistry as part of his preparations for reprising his role as Begbie in T2 Trainspotting, choosing to have a dental implant and an adjacent tooth that became damaged during the implant's removal, extracted.

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Robert Carlyle has been married to make-up artist Anastasia Shirley since 1997.