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Robert Carlyle is a Scottish actor. His film work includes: Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), Ravenous and The World Is Not Enough, 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 starred in television series such as Hamish Macbeth (1995–1998), Stargate Universe (2009–201…
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Born 14 April 1961 · Q207307
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Having been a huge admirer of Jed Mercurio’s work for many years, I’m delighted to be given the opportunity to join such an exceptional cast for series 7 of Line of Duty. The scripts for the series are excellent and will absolutely maintain the quality that the audience have come to expect from this fantastic show. DC Massie is an extraordinary character and I look forward to bringing him to life.
Hopefully quite a bit of that is in Barney Thomson.
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“Having been a huge admirer of Jed Mercurio’s work for many years, I’m delighted to be given the opportunity to join such an exceptional cast for series 7 of Line of Duty. The scripts for the series are excellent and will absolutely maintain the quality that the audience have come to expect from this fantastic show. DC Massie is an extraordinary character and I look forward to bringing him to life.”
“Hopefully quite a bit of that is in Barney Thomson.”
“But Danny Boyle [the director] always said, we’ll do it, but when you’re older. He was obviously right, because it’s in the face. You can see that life has been lived.”
“You just don’t want to fuck it up.”
“Thought is stronger than artillery-parks”
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The Guardian: Post your questions for Robert Carlyle
The Guardian: Robert Carlyle joins Line of Duty for series seven
The Guardian: ‘I won’t be getting my kit off again’: The Full Monty’s Robert Carlyle on the role of a lifetime
Reprised his role as Gaz for the sequel series to The Full Monty, and appeared in the 2025 Netflix drama Toxic Town
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Portrayed Ogilvy in a three-part television adaptation of The War of the Worlds for the BBC, and made an uncredited appearance as John Lennon in the film Yesterday
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The Guardian: Robert Carlyle: Trainspotting 3 could be on the way
The Guardian: Robert Carlyle: 'I took out two teeth and suddenly Begbie came back to life'
Carlyle appeared in "The Man Who Walked Around The World", a long-form commercial for Johnnie Walker whisky
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Carlyle narrated a BBC audiobook version of The Cutting Room
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Carlyle appeared in 24: Redemption, a television movie based on the TV series 24, starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland
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Carlyle played one of the main characters in the film 28 Weeks Later
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And 1997, he appeared in the two highest-profile roles of his career to date: as the sociopathic Francis Begbie in Trainspotting and Gaz, the leader of a group of amateur male strippers, in The Full Monty
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Played the lover of Father Greg in the film Priest
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Carlyle, Alexander Morton, Caroline Paterson, and friends founded a theatre company, Raindog (which was involved in television and film work)
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Born 1961-04-14.
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“On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History”
“Three little happinesses have befallen us ... Our third happiness was the arrival of a certain young unknown friend, named Emerson, from Boston, in the United States, who turned aside so far from his British, French, and Italian travels to see me here! He had an introduction from Mill, and a Frenchman (Baron d”
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