Robert Carlyle
Also Known As: Роберт Карлайл, 로버트 칼라일, رابرت کارلایل
Biography: 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Carlyle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Birthday: April 14, 1961
Age: 64 years old
Gender: Male
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Trainspotting
Overview: Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-23
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28 Weeks Later
Overview: The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Genres: Horror Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-26
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Carla's Song
Overview: A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-30
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Overview: Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-25
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The 51st State
Overview: An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Genres: Thriller Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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Ravenous
Overview: Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.
Genres: Adventure Horror Western Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-16
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To End All Wars
Overview: Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-02
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The Beach
Overview: Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-03
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Eragon
Overview: In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-14
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Plunkett & MacLeane
Overview: Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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Angela's Ashes
Overview: An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-25
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The Mighty Celt
Overview: Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal's favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row. Meanwhile, Donal's mother, Kate, must adjust her life when O, a man from her past, returns. The political climate of Ireland serves as the backdrop of this story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-11
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I Know You Know
Overview: Jamie, an 11-year-old boy, is fascinated by his father Charlie’s espionage work until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie lives in his own reality—an undercover agent, always on an important mission, always on the move. Life for Charlie is highly charged and on the edge. He is unpredictable, explosive, yet kind hearted and fiercely protective of his Jamie who hero-worships his father.
Genres: Thriller Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-05
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Overview: Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley so much that he proposes to her on national television.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-06
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The Tournament
Overview: Every ten years, in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receives the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of World's No. 1 Assassin, which itself carries the legendary million dollar-a-bullet price tag.
Genres: Horror Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-01
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Flood
Overview: Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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Summer
Overview: Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and Daz with him. Shaun has twelve years to reflect on an intense summer of love, sex and loyalty. But Daz's imminent death forces Shaun to confront his past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-05
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The Full Monty
Overview: Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-13
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Stone of Destiny
Overview: Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-19
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Face
Overview: Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-26
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Priest
Overview: The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-24
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The World Is Not Enough
Overview: Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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Being Human
Overview: One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-06
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Go Now
Overview: Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-16
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Dead Fish
Overview: Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. With an all-star cast including Terence Stamp, Elena Anaya, Robert Carlyle and Billy Zane, Dead Fish is a chaotic tale of criminals looking for love, money and revenge that will have you falling out of your chair laughing!
Genres: Thriller Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-11
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The Unloved
Overview: Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-17
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Overview: Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-12
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Class of '76
Overview: Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the only thing they have in common is being classmates. In addition, the deaths appear to be related to a mysterious "faceless child."
Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-10-05
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California Solo
Overview: Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself into a stupor every night and retires to his shabby apartment to record his podcast, recounting the tragic deaths of great musicians. After a particularly heavy night of drowning his sorrows at a local watering hole, he is arrested for driving under the influence. This snag, coupled with a long-ago conviction for a drug offense, means Lachlan faces possible deportation. His only hope of remaining stateside is proving that his absence would cause extreme hardship for a spouse or relative – forcing him to confront relationships he thought were buried forever.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-30
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Riff-Raff
Overview: Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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Tender Blue Eyes
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-07-15
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Black and White
Overview: Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-31
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Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
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Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-09
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Marooned
Overview: The film centers around Peter Camaron who works at Left Luggage at a train station.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-01
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The Man Who Walked Around The World
Overview: A six minute short film for Johnnie Walker Scotch whiskey featuring Robert Carlyle walking the hills of Loch Doyne in Scotland recounting, in full detail, the story of how the Scottish farmer turned his product into the world famous brand it is today.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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The Performance
Overview: Harold May, an excellent Jewish-American tap dancer, on tour in Europe with his company, receives an offer from a German that is difficult to pass up: a large sum to put on a show in Berlin. The German does not know that Harold is of Jewish origins; the year is 1937 and, once they arrive in Germany, the company discovers that he will have to perform in the presence of Adolf Hitler.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-13
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The Legend of Barney Thomson
Overview: Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-24
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North of Normal
Overview: After being raised in the wilderness, a teenage girl moves to the city hoping for a normal life with her anything but normal mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-28
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Safe
Overview: Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-13
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Byrne About Byrne
Overview: In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, through his art school years to the period of his stage and TV plays, and on to his death, sometime in the future. With him is Robbie Coltrane as himself and as a shamus invented by Byrne, who discovers there are as many aspects to the author as there are actors playing him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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Am I Irvine Welsh?
Overview: A year in the company of Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, as he publishes a new novel, launches a record label, works on two television series and adapts his most famous work Trainspotting into a West End musical.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Born Equal
Overview: Four characters living in one neighborhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-17
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Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Overview: In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from the radical hotbed of the Royal Court Theatre in the 70s, via the groundbreaking early days of EastEnders and Casualty in the 80s, all the way to Hollywood in the 90s and back again. She always had something urgent to say, but her career was a long struggle to get her voice heard. Featuring many of her close collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Irvine Welsh, Kate Hardie and Mark Cousins, this documentary is the first to examine Bird’s legacy, and to place her where she belongs – among the most important British film, TV and theatre directors of her era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-12
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T2 Trainspotting
Overview: After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-27
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Silent Scream
Overview: A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Yesterday
Overview: A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-26
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Overview: Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-18
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James Bond Down River
Overview: Promotional documentary filmed at the London East End Docklands area and River Thames for the filming of the opening boat chase for The World Is Not Enough (1999).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-26
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Zig Zag Love
Overview: When 16-year-old Peter suddenly loses his best friend to cancer, he breaks out of hospital and hits the road in pursuit of life, liberty and love with the first girl he meets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-16
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Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Overview: A documentary about Die Another Day.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-20
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Carry on Ken
Overview: A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing actors a wide range of freedom.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Lucky Suit
Overview: The fates of four people are interwined over one night.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-16
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The Last Ten Minutes
Overview: Directed by Patrick Harkins. With Robert Carlyle.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-01
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November 1963
Overview: Unfolds within the intense 48-hour period surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The film sheds light on crime group the Chicago Outfit’s alleged involvement in the assassination and draws directly from first-hand accounts, including insights from the family of crime boss Sam Giancana.
Genres: History Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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