Robert Carlyle (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish television and film actor who portrayed Renard in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.
Away from James Bond, he is best known for his roles as villainous psychopath Francis 'Franco' Begbie in the 1996 dark comedy-drama film Trainspotting and its 2017 sequel T2 Trainspotting, Don Harris in the zombie horror film 28 Days Later and its sequel 28 Weeks Later, Durza in Eragon and Dr Nicholas Rush in the sci-fi series Stargate: Universe.