ACTOR

Robert Carlyle

1961 - Today

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Robert Carlyle (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish actor. His film work includes Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Beach (2000), 28 Weeks Later (2007), and Yesterday (2019). He has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Universe, Once Upon a Time and COBRA. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Carlyle has received more than 7,688,218 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Robert Carlyle is the 480th most popular actor (up from 509th in 2019), the 599th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 668th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Actor.

Robert Carlyle is most famous for his role as the villainous Mr. Gold in the ABC television series Once Upon a Time.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Carlyles by language

Over the past year Robert Carlyle has had the most page views in the with 940,141 views, followed by German (107,825), and French (83,283). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (406.80%), Basque (52.84%), and Estonian (44.70%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Carlyle ranks 480 out of 13,578. Before him are Joan Collins, Errol Flynn, Joaquin Phoenix, Alberto Sordi, Matthew McConaughey, and Jason Robards. After him are Ginger Rogers, Steve Buscemi, Michael Lonsdale, Linda Hamilton, Ingrid Thulin, and Winona Ryder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Robert Carlyle ranks 19. Before him are Carl Lewis, Julia Gillard, Peter Jackson, Petr Pavel, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and Carlos Valderrama. After him are Manu Chao, Joseph Kony, Nastassja Kinski, Samy Naceri, Woody Harrelson, and Forest Whitaker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Carlyle ranks 599 out of 8,785. Before him are William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Philippa of Lancaster (1360), Eleanor Marx (1855), Richard Francis Burton (1821), Pope Adrian IV (1100), and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415). After him are Nigel Farage (1964), Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), Annie Besant (1847), Amélie of Orléans (1865), Norman Angell (1872), and James III of Scotland (1451).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Robert Carlyle ranks 77. Before him are Christian Bale (1974), Bill Nighy (1949), Hugh Laurie (1959), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Jonathan Pryce (1947), and Joan Collins (1933). After him are Tilda Swinton (1960), Charles Laughton (1899), Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Sean Bean (1959), Leslie Howard (1893), and Brian Cox (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

28 Weeks Later
Donald Harris
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 come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Apr 26o 20076.584 / 10
Trainspotting
Francis "Franco" Begbie
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Feb 23o 19967.969 / 10
The Full Monty
Gary "Gaz" Schofield
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.
Aug 13o 19976.98 / 10