Robert Carlyle

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Riff Raff (Riff-Raff) (1990): Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Richard Belgrave; A warts–and–all exploration of the barely–working class focusing on a group of nomadic Northerners who find work on a London…
Cracker (TV Series) (1993-1994): Dir. Michael Winterbottom, Andy Wilson, Julian Jarrold
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Christopher Eccleston, Adrian Dunbar…; Justifiably acclaimed, often grim television drama centred round the forensic exploits of troubled, gambling–addict psychologist Robbie…
Being Human (1994): Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Carlyle, John Turturro…; An episodic comic–drama in which Robin Williams plays five men named Hector, who each search for their place in their own historical period…
Hamish MacBeth (TV series) (1995-1997): Feat. Robert Carlyle; The town of Lochdubh in the Scottish Highlands forms a droll and scenic setting for this smalltown policier set around the put–upon local…
Trainspotting (1996): Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller…; The creators of SHALLOW GRAVE reinvigorate the British film industry by transforming an obscure cult novel about heroine addicts into a…
Go Now (1996): Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Juliet Aubrey, James Nesbitt…; Scotsman Robert Carlyle faces terminal illness with the support of family, his lover and a rich line in crude male banter from his mates. Not often…
Carla's Song (1997): Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn; Another not–so–average tale from Dir. Ken Loach, concerning a Glaswegian bus–driver getting involved with Nicaraguan politics.…
Full Monty, The (1997): Dir. Peter Cattaneo
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape…; British success story of the decade is small but perfected–formed tale of triumphant underdogs. That it convinces that five pretty unsexy…
Face (1997): Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Phillip Davis; The wily Robert Carlyle plays lead 'face' of an armed–robbery gang, in a tense, grabby thriller that more than holds its own in…
Advocates, The (TV Series) (1997): Feat. Ewan Stewart, Isla Blair, Rachel Weisz…; Obscure Scottish legal drama contrasting high powered lawyers with the sleazy underbelly of Edinburgh's streets, and the inevitable merging of the…
Ravenous (1998): Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones; Good taste is dispatched with relish in this period cannibal piece that promises gruesome chills from its 19th century Rocky Mountains setting, but…
Plunkett and Macleane (1999): Dir. Jake Scott
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Liv Tyler, Jonny Lee Miller; A pair of highwaymen (of indeterminate vintage) lighten the purses of the undefended of Merry Old Blighty. Robert Carlyle and Liv Tyler barely stay…
World Is Not Enough, The (1999): Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Sophie Marceau…; Pierce Brosnan is back for a third time in the most cartoonish entry in many a season, with in–jokes, sexual allusions and fire–power…
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000): Dir. John Hay
Feat. Lewis McKenzie, Robert Carlyle, Gina McKee…; Feelgood hit about one boy's quest for football fame in the estates of Manchester, where he emerges from the school–of–hard–knocks…
Formula 51 (The 51st State) (2001): Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer…; Super drug–chemist Jackson embarks to the UK on the deal of a lifetime, but is quickly embroiled in murky underworld plots in…
To End All Wars (2001): Dir. David L Cunningham
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciaran McMenamin; Underrated drama based around the infamous building of the bridge over the River Kwai by allied POWs during WW2, 'encouraged' by their Japanese…
Black and White (2002): Dir. Craig Lahiff
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kerry Fox, Charles Dance…; Stirring courtroom drama based on the dubious conviction for murder of an Aboriginal man in 1950s Adelaide, which dragged the government and press…
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002): Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson…; The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…
Hitler - The Rise of Evil (2003): Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing, Peter O'Toole…; Somewhat controversial account of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, attempting to fathom his potential for evil–doing. An only…
Gunpowder Treason and Plot (TV Mini-series) (2004): Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Richard Coyle, Kevin McKidd; A smokingly violent historical drama, penned by Jimmy McGovern, set around the infamous plot of Guy Fawkes to blow up the English Parliament and the…
Dead Fish (2004): Dir. Charley Stadler
Feat. Gary Oldman, Robert Carlyle, Jimi Mistry…; The stock British gangster flick gets yet another working over: Gary Oldman plays a hitman who crosses paths with various motley individuals,…
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005): Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman…; Old–fashioned melodrama, shading into elegaic whimsy, in which a widowed baker (Carlyle) helps and learns the story of a car crash victim…
Human Trafficking (2005): Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Remy Girard…; Tough, at times miserly two–part telemovie detailing the efforts of an Immigration Enforcement agency fighting to curb the Eastern European…
Eragon (2006): Dir. Stefan Fangmeier
Feat. Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich…; A child–friendly fire–breathing fantasy set in a land where dragons are almost extinct, and a farm boy named Eragon must meet his destiny…
Born Equal (2006): Dir. Dominic Savage
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Colin Firth, Peter OConnor…; A film intertwining the stories of several characters living in one neighbourhood in London, which offers insights into themes of poverty, race,…
28 Weeks Later (2007): Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Harold Perrineau, Jr.…; Post–Apocalyptic sequel to 28 DAYS LATER takes place weeks after the Rage Virus outbreak, with a small community attempting to…
24 - Redemption (2008): Dir. Jon Cassar
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, Gil Bellows…; Solid feature–length primer for 24's seventh season finds the ever–durable Jack Bauer on the lam from American authorities, hiding out in…
I Know You Know (2008): Dir. Justin Kerrigan
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Arron Fuller, David Bradley; Grim British drama focused on the volatile Charlie (Carlyle), an undercover spy working for a shadowy agency, and the fiercely protective…
Stone of Destiny (2008): Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle…; Crowd–pleasing heist movie following a group of young Glaswegian students as they attempt to steal the Stone of Scone, a beloved symbol of…
Last Enemy, The (TV Mini-series) (2008): Dir. Iain B. MacDonald
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Max Beesley…; Five–part BBC TV drama set in a near–future version of London, where the population is controlled via a centralised database that tracks…

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Robert Carlyle

Filmography (All Films)