Carlo Rota
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
91
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-04-17 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Acting

2024

Secret Level as Sorcerer (voice)

2023

True Lies as Francois

2023

Red Iron Road as Popov

2022

Me Time as Alberto

2021

Trigger Point as Dwight Logan

2020

FBI: Most Wanted as Anatoly Sabzi

2020

A Perfect Plan as Theo

2019

Hudson & Rex as Archibald Parsons

2019

Salma's Big Wish as Morlett

2019

Cliffs of Freedom as Mustapha Bey

2019

State Like Sleep as Not available

2019

Trespassers as Sergeant Daniels

2019

The Diggers as Mister Meister

2018

The Rookie as Anton Petrovich

2018

Titans as Oracle (voice)

2018

Spinning Man as Santos

2018

Back in Time for Dinner as Not available

2018

Welcome to Nowhere as The General

2017

Ransom as Damian Delaine

2017

People You May Know as Bill

2016

Lethal Weapon as Guillermo Azoulay

2016

Conviction as Vince Scarlata

2015

The Player as Daoud Raqiv

2015

After the Ball as Richard

2014

The Flash as Remington Meister

2014

Jane the Virgin as Emilio Solano

2014

Scorpion as General Savic

2014

Brick Mansions as George the Greek

2012

Scandal as Ivan

2012

World Without End as Edmund

2011

Grimm as Hedig

2011

American Horror Story as Anton LaVey

2011

ThunderCats as Ratar-O (voice)

2011

Ecstasy as Solo

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Sean Winston

2010

Nikita as Ian Damascus

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Kalil Abramson

2009

Castle as Bahir Harun

2009

White Collar as Ghovat

2009

Stargate Universe as Carl Strom

2009

Shark City as Ventura Ritt

2008

Breaking Bad as Benicio Fuentes

2008

The Mentalist as Dimitri Zubov

2008

Sanctuary as Richard Feliz

2008

Sanctuary as Feodor 'Frank' Glazov

2008

Saw V as Charles

2008

Cold Play as Nigel

2007

Little Mosque on the Prairie as Yasir Hamoudi

2006

Shark as Not available

2006

At the Hotel as Albert

2006

Time Bomb as Musab Hyatti

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

Veritas: The Quest as Ali Hassan Rif

2003

The Gospel of John as Chief of the Temple Guards

2002

Street Time as Arthur Marx

2002

Adventure Inc. as Sergi Borodin

2002

Global Heresy as Tony Manson

2002

Recipe for Murder as Not available

2001

24 as Morris O'Brian

2001

The Wandering Soul Murders as Hairdresser

2001

Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 as Cal Matthews

2001

On Their Knees as Walter

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Karl Schrute

2000

Queer As Folk as Gardner Vance

2000

Mission to Mars as Ambassador

2000

Phantom of the Megaplex as Tyler Jesseman

2000

Trapped in a Purple Haze as David Lebeff

1999

Relic Hunter as Sultan

1999

Relic Hunter as Lagenfeld

1999

Total Recall 2070 as Not available

1999

The Boondock Saints as Yakavetta

1998

Highlander: The Raven as Mario Cardoza

1998

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet as Findlay Clerk

1997

La Femme Nikita as Mick Stoppel

1997

La Femme Nikita as Mr. Jones

1997

Earth: Final Conflict as Margolis

1997

City of Dark as Not available

1996

The Sentinel as Jack Buchanan

1996

Maximum Risk as Bohemia Bartender

1995

Friends at Last as Neil

1995

Young at Heart as Bartender

1994

Viper as Harry Ibarra

1992

Forever Knight as Not available