Everything about Robert Carlyle totally explained
Robert Carlyle OBE (born
April 14,
1961) is an acclaimed
Scottish film actor.
Biography
Early life
Carlyle was born in
Maryhill,
Glasgow, the son of Elizabeth, a bus company employee, and Joseph Carlyle, a painter and decorator. He was raised by his father after his mother left when he was four years old. Carlyle enrolled in acting class at the
Glasgow Arts Centre at the age of 21.
Career
Carlyle is a graduate of the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 1991, he and four friends founded an acting company and guest starred in
The Bill. He first came to the attention of the public as murderer Albie Kinsella in an episode of
Cracker opposite
Robbie Coltrane (in which he killed the character, DCI David Bilborough, played by
Christopher Eccleston). He soon landed the role of
Highland policeman
Hamish Macbeth in the eponymous
BBC comedy-drama.
In 1996 and 1997, he appeared in what are arguably the two most high-profile roles of his career to date: that of the
psychopathic Francis Begbie in
Trainspotting and Gaz, the mild-mannered leader of a group of amateur male strippers, in
The Full Monty.
Other memorable roles include the senior Malachy McCourt (father of author
Frank McCourt) in the 1999 film adaptation of McCourt's first memoir,
Angela’s Ashes, the villainous
Renard in the
James Bond film
The World Is Not Enough, a
cannibalistic soldier in
Ravenous, the
gay lover of Father Greg in
Priest and
Adolf Hitler in . Carlyle played the part of Don, one of the main characters in
28 Weeks Later. Most recently, he plays the lead role as a
marine engineer, attempting to save
London from total devastation in the
disaster film Flood, released in 2007.
1997 saw Carlyle star with
Ray Winstone in
Face which was released finally in 2002 on DVD
Acting style
Known for his commitment to roles, Carlyle has often altered his lifestyle and physical appearance to better understand a character. Examples include: Before playing a
homeless character in
Antonia Bird’s
Safe, he went to live in the
Waterloo area of London where the film was set; For his role as a bus driver in
Ken Loach’s
Carla’s Song, he passed the test for a PCV licence (a licence to drive a bus with passengers) in a Glasgow Leyland Atlantean bus; For the role of Hitler, he listened to all the works of
Richard Wagner, Hitler's favorite composer. As a result, Carlyle is now a committed fan. For
28 Weeks Later in the rage virus consumption scene, Carlyle banged his head against a toughened glass window so hard and so often during shooting that he suffered splitting headaches for about three days.
Personal life
Carlyle is the Patron of School For Life Romania, Charity No.1062953.
Television
Filmography
I Know You Know (In Production)
The Meat Trade (2008)
Stone of Destiny (2008)
The Tournament (TBA)
Flood (2007)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Eragon (2006)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005)
The Mighty Celt (2005)
Dead Fish (2004))
(2003)
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)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Ravenous (1999)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
Face (1997)
The Full Monty (1997)
Carla's Song (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Go Now (1995)
Priest (1994)
Being Human (1993)
Safe (1993)
Tender Blue Eyes (1992)
Riff-Raff (1990)
Silent Scream (1990)
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