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.  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).

Filmography

• 2026November 1963 — Jack Ruby
• The Hack — DCS Dave Cook
• Toxic Town — Sam Hagen
• Watson — Sherlock Holmes
• 2024The Performance — Fugler
• 2023North of Normal — Papa Dick
• 2023Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
• The Full Monty — Gary 'Gaz' Schofield
• COBRA — Robert Sutherland
• The War of the Worlds — Ogilvy
• 2019Yesterday — John Lennon (uncredited)
• 2017T2 Trainspotting — Begbie / Begbie's Father
• 2015The Legend of Barney Thomson — Barney, Director
• 2012California Solo — Lachlan MacAldonich
• Once Upon a Time — Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin / Weaver
• 2009I Know You Know — Charlie
• Stargate Universe — Nicholas Rush
• 2009The Man Who Walked Around the World — Narrator
• 2009The Tournament — Father MacAvoy
• 2009The Unloved — Lucy's Father
• 2009Zig Zag Love — Jacko
• 2008Stone of Destiny — John MacCormick
• 2008Summer — Shaun
• The Last Enemy — David Russell
• 200728 Weeks Later — Donald Harris
• 2007Flood — Rob Morrison
• 2006Born Equal — Robert
• 2006Eragon — Durza
• 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School — Frank Keane
• 2005Class of '76 — DI Tom Monroe
• Class of '76 — DI Tom Monroe
• 2005Dead Fish — Danny Devine
• Human Trafficking — Sergei Karpovich
• 2005The Mighty Celt — O
• Gunpowder, Treason & Plot — King James I
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil — Adolf Hitler
• 2002Black and White — David O'Sullivan
• 2002Once Upon a Time in the Midlands — Jimmy
• 2001The 51st State — Felix DeSouza
• 2001To End All Wars — Major Ian Campbell
• 2000The Beach — Daffy
• 2000There's Only One Jimmy Grimble — Eric Wirral
• 1999Angela's Ashes — Malachy McCourt
• 1999Plunkett & Macleane — Will Plunkett
• 1999Ravenous — Ives / Colqhoun
• 1999The World Is Not Enough — Renard
• Looking After Jo Jo — John Joe 'Jo Jo' McCann
• 1997Face — Ray
• 1997The Full Monty — Gary "Gaz" Schofield
• 1996Carla's Song — George Lennox
• 1996The Lucky Suit
• 1996Trainspotting — Begbie
• 1995Go Now — Nick Cameron
• Hamish Macbeth — Hamish Macbeth
• 1995Priest — Graham
• 1995The Last Ten Minutes — Chris
• 99-1 — DC Robert Preston
• 1994Being Human — Priest
• 1994Marooned — Peter
• To Be A Somebody — Albie Kinsella
• Cracker — Albie
• 1993Safe — Nosty
• 1992Tender Blue Eyes — Richard Fascetti
• 1991Riff-Raff — Stevie
• 1990Silent Scream — Big Woodsy
• 1988Byrne About Byrne — Spanky Farrell
• ScreenPlay — Nosty
• Screen Two — Graham
• Ben & Lucy — Dan
• Three — Director, Writer

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2016Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood — Self
• 2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words — Self
• 2010Gerard Kelly: A Celebration — Self
• 2008Memories of "Trainspotting" — Self
• 2007Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Carry On Ken — Self
• The One Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2002Die Another Day: From Script to Screen — Self / Narrator (voice)
• 2000James Bond Down River — Self