Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle, OBEis a Scottish actor. His film work includes Trainspotting, The Full Monty, The World Is Not Enough, and Angela's Ashes. He has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Universe, and Once Upon a Time. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Full Monty and a Gemini Award for Stargate Universe...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 April 1961
CityMaryhill, Scotland
character detectives type
I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.
moving rooms sticks
I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me.
thinking waste wasting-time
I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time.
ipods
I never go anywhere without my iPod.
hollywood whole
I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.
men planets feels
I feel like I'm the luckiest man on the planet.
intelligent imagination world
I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world.
years canada easy
A lot of Scots have settled in Canada over the years and it's a very easy place for Scots - they understand us, we understand them.
noise rave pollution
I rant and rave about noise pollution.
growing-up directors cinema
I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.
projects budgets
Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive.
actors british know-me
Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor.
patriotic roots guy
Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.
dark faces cameras
Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.