Carlo Rota
Biography
Carlo Dante Rota (born April 17, 1961) is a British-Canadian-American actor, best known for his roles as construction contractor Yasir Hamoudi on Little Mosque on the Prairie, systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the FOX series 24, Emilio Solano on Jane the Virgin, informant Mick Schtoppel on La Femme Nikita (1997-2001) He has guest starred on TV series including AMC's Breaking Bad, NCIS: LA, CSI: NY, Castle, The Mentalist, Bones, Grimm, 24, White Collar, Queer as Folk (US), Human Target, Relic Hunter, Adventure Inc, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, The Gospel of John, and Traders. Because of his experience prior to acting, he also hosted the Great Canadian Food Show for CBC television in Canada. In 2008, Rota portrayed Charles, who was a journalist for The Herald, in Saw V.
Known For
All Movies (44)
- Busboys2026 · as Boyd
- Pick One2025
- Me Time2022 · as Alberto
- Trigger Point2021 · as Dwight Logan
- A Perfect Plan2020 · as Theo
- Salma's Big Wish2019 · as Morlett
- Trespassers2019 · as Sergeant Daniels
- The Diggers2019 · as Mister Meister
- Cliffs of Freedom2019 · as Mustapha Bey
- State Like Sleep2019
- Welcome to Nowhere2018 · as The General
- Spinning Man2018 · as Santos
- People You May Know2017 · as Bill
- After the Ball2015 · as Richard
- Brick Mansions2014 · as George the Greek
- Pegasus vs. Chimera2012 · as King Orthos
- Ecstasy2011 · as Solo
- Shark City2009 · as Ventura Ritt
- Saw V2008 · as Charles
- Cold Play2008 · as Nigel
- 100 Films and a Funeral2007 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Time Bomb2006 · as Musab Hyatti
- Cake2005 · as Bob Jackman
- Horsie's Retreat2005 · as Spiro
- The Gospel of John2003 · as Chief of the Temple Guards
- Global Heresy2002 · as Tony Manson
- Recipe for Murder2002
- On Their Knees2001 · as Walter
- Rough Air: Danger on Flight 5342001 · as Cal Matthews
- Phantom of the Megaplex2000 · as Tyler Jesseman
- Trapped in a Purple Haze2000 · as David Lebeff
- Mission to Mars2000 · as Ambassador
- Catch a Falling Star2000 · as Harry Goldberg
- The Boondock Saints1999 · as Yakavetta
- Murder in a Small Town1999 · as Charles
- Naked City: Justice with a Bullet1998 · as Findlay Clerk
- City of Dark1997 · as Plato
- Maximum Risk1996 · as Bohemia Bartender
- First Degree1995 · as Joe Galeno
- Friends at Last1995 · as Neil
- Young at Heart1995 · as Bartender
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould1993 · as C.B.S. Producer
- Six Guns for Hire— · as The Bandit
- Finding Famiglia— · as Carlo
All TV Shows (63)
- Secret Level2024 · as Sorcerer (voice)
- The Edge of Sleep2024 · as Dr. Luis Castaneda
- High Desert2023 · as Arman
- True Lies2023 · as Francois
- Red Iron Road2023 · as Popov
- FBI: Most Wanted2020 · as Anatoly Sabzi
- Hudson & Rex2019 · as Archibald Parsons
- The Rookie2018 · as Anton Petrovich
- Titans2018 · as Oracle (voice)
- Back in Time for Dinner2018
- Ransom2017 · as Damian Delaine
- Conviction2016 · as Vince Scarlata
- Lethal Weapon2016 · as Guillermo Azoulay
- The Player2015 · as Daoud Raqiv
- Jane the Virgin2014 · as Emilio Solano
- The Flash2014 · as Remington Meister
- Scorpion2014 · as General Savic
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.2013 · as Luca Russo
- World Without End2012 · as Edmund
- Scandal2012 · as Ivan
- Grimm2011 · as Hedig
- American Horror Story2011 · as Anton LaVey
- ThunderCats2011 · as Ratar-O (voice)
- Hawaii Five-02010 · as Sean Winston
- Nikita2010 · as Ian Damascus
- The Good Guys2010 · as Asher
- Human Target2010 · as Eli Rosko
- White Collar2009 · as Ghovat
- Stargate Universe2009 · as Carl Strom
- NCIS: Los Angeles2009 · as Kalil Abramson
- Castle2009 · as Bahir Harun
- Sanctuary2008 · as Feodor 'Frank' Glazov
- Sanctuary2008 · as Richard Feliz
- The Mentalist2008 · as Dimitri Zubov
- Breaking Bad2008 · as Benicio Fuentes
- Little Mosque on the Prairie2007 · as Yasir Hamoudi
- Shark2006 · as Anton Robitaille
- At the Hotel2006 · as Albert
- Bones2005 · as Lambert Chaisson
- This Is Wonderland2004 · as Giuseppe Burelli
- Il Duce Canadese2004 · as Avvocato
- Veritas: The Quest2003 · as Ali Hassan Rif
- Adventure Inc.2002 · as Sergi Borodin
- Street Time2002 · as Arthur Marx
- 242001 · as Morris O'Brian
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Barry Fleming
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Felix Courret
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Spiros Papps
- Queer as Folk2000 · as Gardner Vance
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Karl Schrute
- Relic Hunter1999 · as Sultan
- Relic Hunter1999 · as Lagenfeld
- Total Recall 20701999
- Highlander: The Raven1998 · as Mario Cardoza
- Earth: Final Conflict1997 · as Margolis
- La Femme Nikita1997 · as Mick Stoppel
- La Femme Nikita1997 · as Mr. Jones
- The Sentinel1996 · as Jack Buchanan
- Viper1994 · as Harry Ibarra
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues1993 · as Torquemada
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues1993 · as Dassas
- Forever Knight1992
- General Hospital1963 · as Jenz Sidwell