Carlo Rota

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1961-04-17

Place of Birth

London, England, UK
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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.

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Acting History

2025
Pick One
2024
Secret Level as Sorcerer (voice)
2023
High Desert as Arman
2023
True Lies as Francois
2023
Red Iron Road as Popov
2022
Me Time as Alberto
2021
Trigger Point as Dwight Logan
2020
A Perfect Plan as Theo
2020
FBI: Most Wanted as Anatoly Sabzi
2019
Salma's Big Wish as Morlett
2019
Trespassers as Sergeant Daniels
2019
The Diggers as Mister Meister
2019
Cliffs of Freedom as Mustapha Bey
2019
Hudson & Rex as Archibald Parsons
2019
State Like Sleep
2018
The Rookie as Anton Petrovich
2018
Titans as Oracle (voice)
2018
Back in Time for Dinner
2018
Welcome to Nowhere as The General
2018
Spinning Man as Santos
2017
People You May Know as Bill
2017
Ransom as Damian Delaine
2016
Conviction as Vince Scarlata
2016
Lethal Weapon as Guillermo Azoulay
2015
The Player as Daoud Raqiv
2015
After the Ball as Richard
2014
Jane the Virgin as Emilio Solano
2014
The Flash as Remington Meister
2014
Scorpion as General Savic
2014
Brick Mansions as George the Greek
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Luca Russo
2012
World Without End as Edmund
2012
Scandal as Ivan
2011
Grimm as Hedig
2011
American Horror Story as Anton LaVey
2011
Ecstasy as Solo
2011
ThunderCats as Ratar-O (voice)
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Sean Winston
2010
Nikita as Ian Damascus
2010
The Good Guys as Asher
2010
Human Target as Eli Rosko
2009
Shark City as Ventura Ritt
2009
White Collar as Ghovat
2009
Stargate Universe as Carl Strom
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles as Kalil Abramson
2009
Castle as Bahir Harun
2008
Saw V as Charles
2008
Sanctuary as Feodor 'Frank' Glazov
2008
Sanctuary as Richard Feliz
2008
The Mentalist as Dimitri Zubov
2008
Breaking Bad as Benicio Fuentes
2008
Cold Play as Nigel
2007
Little Mosque on the Prairie as Yasir Hamoudi
2006
Shark as Anton Robitaille
2006
Time Bomb as Musab Hyatti
2006
At the Hotel as Albert
2005
Bones as Lambert Chaisson
2005
Cake as Bob Jackman
2005
Horsie's Retreat as Spiro
2004
This Is Wonderland as Giuseppe Burelli
2004
Il Duce Canadese as Avvocato
2003
The Gospel of John as Chief of the Temple Guards
2003
Veritas: The Quest as Ali Hassan Rif
2002
Adventure Inc. as Sergi Borodin
2002
Global Heresy as Tony Manson
2002
Street Time as Arthur Marx
2002
Recipe for Murder
2001
24 as Morris O'Brian
2001
On Their Knees as Walter
2001
The Wandering Soul Murders as Hairdresser
2001
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 as Cal Matthews
2000
Queer As Folk as Gardner Vance
2000
Phantom of the Megaplex as Tyler Jesseman
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Karl Schrute
2000
Trapped in a Purple Haze as David Lebeff
2000
Mission to Mars as Ambassador
2000
Catch a Falling Star as Harry Goldberg
1999
Relic Hunter as Sultan
1999
Relic Hunter as Lagenfeld
1999
The Boondock Saints as Yakavetta
1999
Murder in a Small Town as Charles
1999
Total Recall 2070
1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet as Findlay Clerk
1998
Highlander: The Raven as Mario Cardoza
1997
Earth: Final Conflict as Margolis
1997
City of Dark as Plato
1997
La Femme Nikita as Mick Stoppel
1997
La Femme Nikita as Mr. Jones
1996
Maximum Risk as Bohemia Bartender
1996
The Sentinel as Jack Buchanan
1995
First Degree as Joe Galeno
1995
Friends at Last as Neil
1995
Young at Heart as Bartender
1994
Viper as Harry Ibarra
1993
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould as C.B.S. Producer
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Torquemada
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Dassas
1992
Forever Knight