Acting

Carlo Rota

Born 1961-04-17 · London, England, UK

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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Busboys
as Boyd
2026
Pick One
2025
Secret Level
as Sorcerer (voice)
2024
The Edge of Sleep
as Dr. Luis Castaneda
2024
Tracker
as Bennett Cranston
2024
Six Guns for Hire
as The Bandit
2024
High Desert
as Arman
2023
True Lies
as Francois
2023
Red Iron Road
as Popov
2023
The Forest King
as Popov (voice)
2023
Red Iron Road
as Popov (voice)
2022
Me Time
as Alberto
2022
Trigger Point
as Dwight Logan
2021
A Perfect Plan
as Theo
2020
FBI: Most Wanted
as Anatoly Sabzi
2020
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
as Dr. Iyengar
2019
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
2018
People You May Know
as Bill
2017
Ransom
as Damian Delaine
2017
Conviction
as Vince Scarlata
2016
Lethal Weapon
as Guillermo Azoulay
2016
The Player
as Daoud Raqiv
2015
After the Ball
as Richard
2015
Jane the Virgin
as Emilio Solano
2014
The Flash
as Remington Meister
2014
Scorpion
as General Savic
2014
Brick Mansions
as George the Greek
2014
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Luca Russo
2013
Pegasus vs. Chimera
as King Orthos
2012
World Without End
as Edmund
2012
Scandal
as Ivan
2012
Grimm
as Hedig
2011
American Horror Story
as Anton LaVey
2011
Ecstasy
as Solo
2011
ThunderCats
as Ratar-O (voice)
2011
Hawaii Five-0
as Sean Winston
2010
Nikita
as Ian Damascus
2010
The Good Guys
as Asher
2010
Human Target
as Eli Rosko
2010
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
2009
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
2008
100 Films and a Funeral
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
Little Mosque on the Prairie
as Yasir Hamoudi
2007
Shark
as Anton Robitaille
2006
Time Bomb
as Musab Hyatti
2006
At the Hotel
as Albert
2006
Bones
as Lambert Chaisson
2005
The Last Hit
as Mario
2005
Cake
as Bob Jackman
2005
Horsie's Retreat
as Spiro
2005
This Is Wonderland
as Giuseppe Burelli
2004
Il Duce Canadese
as Avvocato
2004
The Gospel of John
as Chief of the Temple Guards
2003
Veritas: The Quest
as Ali Hassan Rif
2003
Adventure Inc.
as Sergi Borodin
2002
Global Heresy
as Tony Manson
2002
Street Time
as Arthur Marx
2002
Recipe for Murder
2002
24
as Morris O'Brian
2001
On Their Knees
as Walter
2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Barry Fleming
2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Felix Courret
2001