Robert Carlyle(I)
- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
Robert Carlyle was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, to Elizabeth, a
bus company employee, and Joseph Carlyle, a painter and decorator. He
was raised by his father after his mother left him when he was four. At
the age of 21, after reading
Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," he
enrolled in acting classes at the Glasgow Arts Centre. In 1991,
together with four other actors, he founded the Raindog theatre company
(named after Tom Waits' album "Rain Dog," one
of Carlyle's favorites), a company dedicated to innovative work. Danny Boyle's film Trainspotting (1996) marked his breakthrough.
