Robert Carlisle succeeds with equal perfection in the roles of priests and the images of cannibals. The actor became famous after the films "And the whole world is not enough", "Trainspotting" and "Male striptease".
The brilliant actor has become a critics favorite for his versatility. Fans recognize him as one of the most attractive male artists, although Carlisle does not have the beauty of George Clooney and the gloss of Brad Pitt.
Difficult years of childhood
Robert was born in April in the Scottish capital of Glasgow in 1961. His father Joseph was interrupted from earnings to earnings. He was unable to provide for himself and his family, who found themselves on the brink of poverty.
The boy's mother, Elizabeth, could not stand the family troubles and ran away from home, leaving her three-year-old son with his father. She never appeared in the child's life again.
After Robert's seven years, his father joined the hippies who wandered from city to city. The Carlisles spent several years in Chelsea, living there in an abandoned house.
After being kicked out, the family settled in Brighton Beach for a year and a half. Despite all the severity, the son considered his father a real hero. He became an example to follow.
Thanks to his parent, Robert chose an artistic career. Joseph turned out to be a creative person. He drew well, decorated signs, shop windows. If it was necessary to get a client, Carlisle Sr. showed remarkable abilities as an artist.
The son listened with great pleasure to the stories of his father about his adventures. It was only by chance that Joseph was off the stage. He was already born a ready-made actor.
Youth
However, since childhood, the son did not dream of the stage and cinema. The boy left school after the age of fifteen and began to earn money. After receiving the first money, a dubious company appeared.
Recognized as a difficult teenager, Robbie quickly approached the edge, but stopped in time after the death of a friend from a drug overdose. The guy went to night school and began to read with gusto.
Then he first appeared on the stage of the theater. After reading the plays by Arthur Miller, Carlisle Jr. decided that the choice of profession had already been made.
He dreamed of playing all the characters of the author's favorite. After the amateur stage, twenty-two-year-old Robert began classes at the theater studio at the Glasgow Arts Center.
After a year and a half, the exams were excellently passed. The young man became a student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
In 1990, the future famous film actor, together with Alexander Morton, became the founder of the Raindog troupe, named after one of Rob Tom Wyats' favorite albums.
Vocation
In the new team, Carlisle, remembering his father's lessons, tried his hand as an artist, decorator and played on stage. After his debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Robert received acclaim.
He is the winner of the Royal Academy Aspiring Film Competition held annually. Since 1991, the artist's film biography began.
He first participated in the filming of "Dregs of Society". The debut attracted attention. The play of the artist who performed the construction worker turned out to be so convincing that the question of which construction site the director found this treasure arose among many.
No one wanted to believe that the performer had received an artistic education. A distinctive feature and hallmark of the actor was the ingenious ability to reincarnate.
In achieving unprecedented heights, he was helped not only by talent, but also by titanic work.
Star status
In preparation for the role of Hitler in the film "Hitler: The Rise of the Devil", Rob spent days watching Leni Riefenstahl's films, listening to Wagner's music.
Before starting work on the image of a homeless person, Carlisle lived as a homeless person in the village where the filming was planned. He did the same training before starting work at Stargate. Of the Universe . To enter the image of the fanatic scientist proposed to him, Robert attended university lectures for six months.
The artist approaches each role so diligently that he even received the rights of the corresponding category before starting to create the image of a bus driver.
The films "Riff Ruff", "Trainspotting" and "Male striptease" brought real fame to the Scotsman. For the last, Carlisle was awarded a BAFTA. But the artist always refused to participate in projects that were uninteresting to him.
Even high-budget films, he did not indulge. The performer prefers original tapes, in which the main place is given to the artists' play, rather than special effects.
New projects
In 2005, he appeared before the audience of the mafiosi in the project "Living Goods". For his excellent performance, Carlisle was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Performer. In 2006, for the first time, the artist turned to science fiction.
He played the role of the sorcerer Darza from Eragon. But the actor decided to portray the character in his own way. To achieve a more realistic image of the hero, Robert spent a day in a suit to get used to him.
The next step to fame was the mini-series "The Last Enemy". Since 2011, the actor has been working on the TV series Once Upon a Time. The role of Mr. Gold was written especially for the artist. The performer appeared in the form of Rumplestiltskin.
The formerly quiet peasant became an evil magician after a series of events. But all his life, his feelings for Princess Belle turned him around. In 2014, Carlisle made his directorial debut. In his black comedy The Legend of Barney Thomson, the creators themselves played the main character who turned into a serial killer Barney.
The film was successfully presented at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2015.
Life off the screen
In 2016, the actor returned to the image of Francis Begby from the movie Trainspotting. It was decided to remove the sequel. While working on the 1994 painting The Cracker Method, Carlisle met the make-up artist Anastasia Shirley.
He immediately fell in love with a charming girl. In early 1997, they became husband and wife.
Three children were born in the marriage. The elders were the sons of Harvey and Percy Joseph, then the youngest child, the daughter of Ava, appeared.
All live together in Glasgow. At the beginning of 2017, T2: Trainspotting premiered.
The audience saw that Francis Begby was capable of other emotions as well. The sequel was praised by critics.
In 2018, the actor starred in the mini-series War of the Worlds.
The multi-part tape tells about the growing terror due to the invasion of aliens. Carlisle got the character Ogilvy, an astronomer and scientist.
