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Robert Carlyle is the Scottish actor who portrays Rumplestiltskin, Mr. Gold, Rumplestiltskin (Wish Realm) and Weaver on ABC's Once Upon a Time.
Biography
Robert Carlyle was born on April 14, 1961[1] in Maryhill, Glasgow to bus employee Elizabeth and painter and decorator Joseph Carlyle. His mother left when he was just four years old, so Robert was brought up by his father. He left school at the age of sixteen without any qualifications and worked for his father as a painter and decorator. However, Robert continued his education by attending night classes at Cardonald College in Glasgow. At the age of twenty-one, after reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible, he enrolled in acting classes at the Glasgow Arts Centre.[2]
In 1991, together with four other actors, including Caroline Paterson,[3] Robert founded the Raindog Theatre Company, a company dedicated to innovative work.
His breakthrough role was in Ken Loach's 1990 building site drama Riff Raff. Unforgettable performances in popular 1994 television thriller Cracker and as psychotic thug Begbie in 1996's Trainspotting followed, along with gentler roles as the BBC's dope-smoking cop Hamish MacBeth and Sheffield stripper Gaz in The Full Monty, one of the most successful British films ever made.[2] In 1999, he played the villain Renard in the James Bond film The World is Not Enough, after which he starred for two seasons in the television series Stargate Universe.
In 2019, he portrayed Ogilvy in a three-part television adaption of "The War of the Worlds" for the BBC, and made an uncredited appearance as John Lennon in the film "Yesterday". Since 2020, he portrayed Robert Sutherland, the Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party in "Cobra".
Robert is married to make-up artist Anastasia Shirley, who he met on the set of Cracker. They have three children, Ava, Harvey and Pearce.[4]
Trivia
- The role of Rumplestiltskin on ABC's Once Upon a Time was written specifically for him.[5][6]
- Robert's youngest son Pearce gave him the idea of how to do Rumplestiltskin's voice.[7]
- Favorite Disney character is Dopey.[8]
- At seventeen, he once worked as a butcher.[9]
- Is featured in the music video for the Oasis song "Little by Little".
- Was reunited with Once Upon a Time guest star Amy Manson when they shared a scene together in the 2017 crime comedy drama film T2 Trainspotting.[10]
- He and Lana Parrilla are the only two cast members to appear as a series regular in every season.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Silent Scream | Big Woodsy | Credited as Bobby Carlyle |
| 1991 | Riff-Raff | Stevie | |
| 1992 | Tender Blue Eyes | Richard Fascetti | Video |
| 1994 | Being Human | Priest | |
| 1994 | Priest | Graham | |
| 1994 | Marooned | Peter | Short |
| 1995 | The Last Ten Minutes | Chris | Short |
| 1995 | Go Now | Nick Cameron | |
| 1996 | Trainspotting | Francis "Franco" Begbie | |
| 1996 | Carla's Song | George Lennox | |
| 1997 | The Full Monty | Gaz | |
| 1997 | Face | Ray | |
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Plunkett | |
| 1999 | Ravenous | Col. Ives / F.W. Colqhoun | |
| 1999 | 007-The World Is Not Enough | Renard | |
| 1999 | Angela's Ashes | Malachy (Dad) | |
| 2000 | The Beach | Daffy | |
| 2000 | There's Only One Jimmy Grimble | Eric Wirral | |
| 2001 | To End All Wars | Maj. Ian Campbell | |
| 2001 | The 51st State | Felix DeSouza | |
| 2002 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Jimmy | |
| 2002 | Black and White | David O'Sullivan | |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Frank Keane | |
| 2005 | The Mighty Celt | O | |
| 2005 | Dead Fish | Danny Devine | |
| 2006 | Eragon | Durza | |
| 2007 | Flood | Rob Morrison | |
| 2007 | 28 Weeks Later | Don | |
| 2008 | Stone of Destiny | John MacCormick | |
| 2008 | Summer | Shaun | |
| 2008 | I Know You Know | Charlie | |
| 2009 | The Tournament | Father MacAvoy | |
| 2012 | California Solo | Lachlan MacAldonich | |
| 2015 | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Barney | |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Francis "Franco" Begbie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Taggart | Gordon Inglis | 1 episode |
| 1991 | The Bill | Tom Ward | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Advocates II | DC Murray | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Screenplay | Nosty | 1 episode |
| 1994 | 99-1 | Detective Constable Trevor Prescott | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Cracker | Albie Kinsella | 3 episodes |
| 1995-1997 | Hamish Macbeth | Hamish Macbeth | 20 episodes |
| 1998 | Looking After Jo Jo | John Joe 'Jo Jo' McCann | |
| 2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Adolf Hitler | TV Mini-Series |
| 2004 | Gunpowder, Treason & Plot | King James I | TV Movie |
| 2005 | Class of '76 | DI Tom Monroe | Filme para TV |
| 2005 | Human Trafficking | Sergei | Minissérie |
| 2006 | Born Equal | Robert | TV Movie |
| 2008 | The Last Enemy | David Russell | 5 episodes |
| 2008 | 24 | Carl Benton | Filme para TV |
| 2009 | Zig Zag Love | Jacko | Filme para TV |
| 2009 | The Unloved | Lucy's Father | TV Movie |
| 2009-2011 | SGU Stargate Universe | Dr. Nicholas Rush | 40 episodes |
| 2011–2018 | Once Upon a Time | Rumplestiltskin / Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin (Wish Realm) / Weaver | Starring |
| 2019 | The War of the Worlds | Ogilvy | TV Mini-Series |
| 2020-current | Cobra | Robert Sutherland | Starring |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Eragon | Durza(voice) | Vídeo Game |
| 2010 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | Gabriel Belmont(voice) | Vídeo Game |
| 2013 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate | Dracula (voice) | Vídeo Game |
| 2014 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | Dracula (voice) | Vídeo Game |
Appearances
| Once Upon a Time: Season One | ||||||||||
| "Pilot": | "The Thing You Love Most": | "Snow Falls": | "The Price of Gold": | "That Still Small Voice": | "The Shepherd": | "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter": | "Desperate Souls": | "True North": | "7:15 A.M.": | "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree": |
| Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| "Skin Deep": | "What Happened to Frederick": | "Dreamy": | "Red-Handed": | "Heart of Darkness": | "Hat Trick": | "The Stable Boy": | "The Return": | "The Stranger": | "An Apple Red as Blood": | "A Land Without Magic": |
| Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Two | ||||||||||
| "Broken": | "We Are Both": | "Lady of the Lake": | "The Crocodile": | "The Doctor": | "Tallahassee": | "Child of the Moon": | "Into the Deep": | "Queen of Hearts": | "The Cricket Game": | "The Outsider": |
| Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| "In the Name of the Brother": | "Tiny": | "Manhattan": | "The Queen Is Dead": | "The Miller's Daughter": | "Welcome to Storybrooke": | "Selfless, Brave and True": | "Lacey": | "The Evil Queen": | "Second Star to the Right": | "And Straight On 'Til Morning": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Three | ||||||||||
| "The Heart of the Truest Believer": | "Lost Girl": | "Quite a Common Fairy": | "Nasty Habits": | "Good Form": | "Ariel": | "Dark Hollow": | "Think Lovely Thoughts": | "Save Henry": | "The New Neverland": | "Going Home": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| "New York City Serenade": | "Witch Hunt": | "The Tower": | "Quiet Minds": | "It's Not Easy Being Green": | "The Jolly Roger": | "Bleeding Through": | "A Curious Thing": | "Kansas": | "Snow Drifts": | "There's No Place Like Home": |
| Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Four | ||||||||||
| "A Tale of Two Sisters": |
"White Out": |
"Rocky Road": |
"The Apprentice": |
"Breaking Glass": |
"Family Business": | "The Snow Queen": |
"Smash the Mirror": |
"Fall": | "Shattered Sight": |
"Heroes and Villains": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| "Darkness on the Edge of Town": |
"Unforgiven": | "Enter the Dragon": | "Poor Unfortunate Soul": |
"Best Laid Plans": | "Heart of Gold": | "Sympathy for the De Vil": |
"Lily": | "Mother": | "Operation Mongoose Part 1": |
"Operation Mongoose Part 2": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Five | |||||||||||
| "The Dark Swan": | "The Price": | "Siege Perilous": | "The Broken Kingdom": | "Dreamcatcher": | "The Bear and the Bow": | "Nimue": | "Birth": | "The Bear King": | "Broken Heart": | "Swan Song": | |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Archive | Appears | Appears | |
| "Souls of the Departed": | "Labor of Love": | "Devil's Due": | "The Brothers Jones": | "Our Decay": | "Her Handsome Hero": | "Ruby Slippers": | "Sisters": | "Firebird": | "Last Rites": | "Only You": | "An Untold Story": |
| Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Six | ||||||||||
| "The Savior": | "A Bitter Draught": | "The Other Shoe": | "Strange Case": | "Street Rats": | "Dark Waters": | "Heartless": | "I'll Be Your Mirror": | "Changelings": | "Wish You Were Here": | "Tougher Than the Rest": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| "Murder Most Foul": | "Ill-Boding Patterns": | "Page 23": | "A Wondrous Place": | "Mother's Little Helper": | "Awake": | "Where Bluebirds Fly": | "The Black Fairy": | "The Song in Your Heart": | "The Final Battle Part 1": | "The Final Battle Part 2": |
| Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Seven | ||||||||||
| "Hyperion Heights": | "A Pirate's Life": | "The Garden of Forking Paths": | "Beauty": | "Greenbacks": | "Wake Up Call": | "Eloise Gardener": | "Pretty in Blue": | "One Little Tear": | "The Eighth Witch": | "Secret Garden": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| "A Taste of the Heights": | "Knightfall": | "The Girl in the Tower": | "Sisterhood": | "Breadcrumbs": | "Chosen": | "The Guardian": | "Flower Child": | "Is This Henry Mills?": | "Homecoming": | "Leaving Storybrooke": |
| Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Specials | ||||||||||
| "Magic is Coming": |
"The Price of Magic": | "Journey to Neverland": | "Wicked is Coming": | "Storybrooke Has Frozen Over": | ||||||
| Archive | Archive | Archive | Appears | Archive | ||||||
| "Secrets of Storybrooke": | "Dark Swan Rises": | "Evil Reigns Once More": | "The Final Battle Begins": | |||||||
| Archive | Appears | Archive | Appears | |||||||
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.
External links
Robert Carlyle on Internet Movie Database- Robert Carlyle on Wikipedia
- @robertcarlyle_ (Robert Carlyle) on X, formerly Twitter
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