Portrait of Carlo Rota

Carlo Rota

Acting

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.

Born: April 17, 1961

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2024
Secret Level

as Sorcerer (voice)

2023
High Desert

as Arman

2023
True Lies

as Francois

2023
2022
Me Time

as Alberto

2021
Trigger Point

as Dwight Logan

2020
2020
FBI: Most Wanted

as Anatoly Sabzi

2019
2019
Trespassers

as Sergeant Daniels

2019
The Diggers

as Mister Meister

2019
Cliffs of Freedom

as Mustapha Bey

2019
Hudson & Rex

as Archibald Parsons

2018
The Rookie

as Anton Petrovich

2018
Titans

as Oracle (voice)

2018
Welcome to Nowhere

as The General

2018
Spinning Man

as Santos

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

2012
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
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
2006
Shark

as Anton Robitaille

2006
Time Bomb

as Musab Hyatti

2005
Bones

as Lambert Chaisson

2005
Cake

as Bob Jackman

2005
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

2001
24

as Morris O'Brian

2001
2000
Queer As Folk

as Gardner Vance

2000
Phantom of the Megaplex

as Tyler Jesseman

2000
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
1998
Highlander: The Raven

as Mario Cardoza

1997
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
1995
Young at Heart

as Bartender

1994
Viper

as Harry Ibarra