Actor profile

Carlo Rota

17th April 1961 London, England, UK Acting

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.

44 Movies 57 TV Shows 101 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Busboys poster

Busboys 17th April 2026 as Boyd

Pick One poster

Pick One 10th August 2025

Me Time poster

Me Time 26th August 2022 as Alberto

Trigger Point poster

Trigger Point 23rd April 2021 as Dwight Logan

A Perfect Plan poster

A Perfect Plan 1st May 2020 as Theo

Salma's Big Wish poster

Salma's Big Wish 24th October 2019 as Morlett

Trespassers poster

Trespassers 12th July 2019 as Sergeant Daniels

The Diggers poster

The Diggers 31st May 2019 as Mister Meister

Cliffs of Freedom poster

Cliffs of Freedom 1st March 2019 as Mustapha Bey

State Like Sleep poster

State Like Sleep 4th January 2019

Welcome to Nowhere poster

Welcome to Nowhere 17th July 2018 as The General

Spinning Man poster

Spinning Man 6th April 2018 as Santos

People You May Know poster

People You May Know 7th April 2017 as Bill

After the Ball poster

After the Ball 27th February 2015 as Richard

Brick Mansions poster

Brick Mansions 22nd April 2014 as George the Greek

Pegasus vs. Chimera poster

Pegasus vs. Chimera 15th September 2012 as King Orthos

Ecstasy poster

Ecstasy 10th September 2011 as Solo

Shark City poster

Shark City 1st November 2009 as Ventura Ritt

Saw V poster

Saw V 23rd October 2008 as Charles

Cold Play poster

Cold Play 11th January 2008 as Nigel

100 Films and a Funeral poster

100 Films and a Funeral 3rd December 2007 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Time Bomb poster

Time Bomb 19th March 2006 as Musab Hyatti

Cake poster

Cake 12th May 2005 as Bob Jackman

Horsie's Retreat poster

Horsie's Retreat 27th January 2005 as Spiro

The Gospel of John poster

The Gospel of John 11th September 2003 as Chief of the Temple Guards

Global Heresy poster

Global Heresy 3rd September 2002 as Tony Manson

Recipe for Murder poster

Recipe for Murder 4th May 2002

On Their Knees 25th October 2001 as Walter

Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 poster

Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 1st January 2001 as Cal Matthews

Phantom of the Megaplex poster

Phantom of the Megaplex 10th November 2000 as Tyler Jesseman

Trapped in a Purple Haze poster

Trapped in a Purple Haze 17th April 2000 as David Lebeff

Mission to Mars poster

Mission to Mars 10th March 2000 as Ambassador

Catch a Falling Star poster

Catch a Falling Star 5th March 2000 as Harry Goldberg

The Boondock Saints poster

The Boondock Saints 22nd January 1999 as Yakavetta

Murder in a Small Town poster

Murder in a Small Town 10th January 1999 as Charles

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet poster

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet 4th October 1998 as Findlay Clerk

City of Dark poster

City of Dark 17th September 1997 as Plato

Maximum Risk poster

Maximum Risk 13th September 1996 as Bohemia Bartender

First Degree poster

First Degree 3rd December 1995 as Joe Galeno

Friends at Last poster

Friends at Last 2nd April 1995 as Neil

Young at Heart poster

Young at Heart 12th March 1995 as Bartender

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould poster

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould 26th November 1993 as C.B.S. Producer

Finding Famiglia poster

Finding Famiglia as Carlo

Six Guns for Hire poster

Six Guns for Hire as The Bandit

Secret Level poster

Secret Level 10th December 2024 as Sorcerer (voice)

The Edge of Sleep poster

The Edge of Sleep 15th October 2024 as Dr. Luis Castaneda

High Desert poster

High Desert 16th May 2023 as Arman

True Lies poster

True Lies 1st March 2023 as Francois

Red Iron Road poster

Red Iron Road 16th February 2023 as Popov

FBI: Most Wanted poster

FBI: Most Wanted 7th January 2020 as Anatoly Sabzi

Hudson & Rex poster

Hudson & Rex 25th February 2019 as Archibald Parsons

The Rookie poster

The Rookie 16th October 2018 as Anton Petrovich

Titans poster

Titans 12th October 2018 as Oracle (voice)

Back in Time for Dinner poster

Back in Time for Dinner 21st July 2018

Ransom poster

Ransom 1st January 2017 as Damian Delaine

Conviction poster

Conviction 3rd October 2016 as Vince Scarlata

Lethal Weapon poster

Lethal Weapon 21st September 2016 as Guillermo Azoulay

The Player poster

The Player 24th September 2015 as Daoud Raqiv

Jane the Virgin poster

Jane the Virgin 13th October 2014 as Emilio Solano

The Flash poster

The Flash 7th October 2014 as Remington Meister

Scorpion poster

Scorpion 22nd September 2014 as General Savic

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 24th September 2013 as Luca Russo

World Without End poster

World Without End 4th September 2012 as Edmund

Scandal poster

Scandal 5th April 2012 as Ivan

Grimm poster

Grimm 28th October 2011 as Hedig

American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story 5th October 2011 as Anton LaVey

ThunderCats poster

ThunderCats 29th July 2011 as Ratar-O (voice)

Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0 20th September 2010 as Sean Winston

Nikita poster

Nikita 9th September 2010 as Ian Damascus

The Good Guys poster

The Good Guys 19th May 2010 as Asher

Human Target poster

Human Target 15th January 2010 as Eli Rosko

White Collar poster

White Collar 23rd October 2009 as Ghovat

Stargate Universe poster

Stargate Universe 2nd October 2009 as Carl Strom

NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles 22nd September 2009 as Kalil Abramson

Castle poster

Castle 9th March 2009 as Bahir Harun

Sanctuary poster

Sanctuary 3rd October 2008 as Feodor 'Frank' Glazov

The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist 23rd September 2008 as Dimitri Zubov

Breaking Bad poster

Breaking Bad 20th January 2008 as Benicio Fuentes

Little Mosque on the Prairie poster

Little Mosque on the Prairie 9th January 2007 as Yasir Hamoudi

Shark poster

Shark 21st September 2006 as Anton Robitaille

At the Hotel 7th March 2006 as Albert

Bones poster

Bones 13th September 2005 as Lambert Chaisson

This Is Wonderland poster

This Is Wonderland 12th January 2004 as Giuseppe Burelli

Il Duce Canadese poster

Il Duce Canadese 1st January 2004 as Avvocato

Veritas: The Quest poster

Veritas: The Quest 27th January 2003 as Ali Hassan Rif

Adventure Inc. poster

Adventure Inc. 30th September 2002 as Sergi Borodin

Street Time poster

Street Time 23rd June 2002 as Arthur Marx

24 poster

24 6th November 2001 as Morris O'Brian

A Nero Wolfe Mystery poster

A Nero Wolfe Mystery 22nd April 2001 as Spiros Papps

Queer as Folk poster

Queer as Folk 3rd December 2000 as Gardner Vance

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Karl Schrute

Relic Hunter poster

Relic Hunter 25th September 1999 as Lagenfeld

Total Recall 2070 poster

Total Recall 2070 5th January 1999

Highlander: The Raven poster

Highlander: The Raven 26th September 1998 as Mario Cardoza

Earth: Final Conflict poster

Earth: Final Conflict 6th October 1997 as Margolis

La Femme Nikita poster

La Femme Nikita 13th January 1997 as Mr. Jones

The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel 20th March 1996 as Jack Buchanan

Viper poster

Viper 2nd January 1994 as Harry Ibarra

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues 27th January 1993 as Dassas

Forever Knight poster

Forever Knight 5th May 1992

General Hospital poster

General Hospital 1st April 1963 as Jenz Sidwell