Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 17, 1961
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Carlo D. Rota
- Carlos Rota
- Carlo Dante Rota
Carlo Rota
1.3 Popularity
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
Credits
Pick One
2025
0.0
Secret Level
as Sorcerer (voice)
2024
7.4
The Edge of Sleep
as Dr. Luis Castaneda
2024
7.2
High Desert
as Arman
2023
6.7
True Lies
as Francois
2023
6.1
Red Iron Road
as Popov
2023
6.3
Me Time
as Alberto
2022
5.9
Trigger Point
as Dwight Logan
2021
6.1
A Perfect Plan
as Theo
2020
5.4
FBI: Most Wanted
as Anatoly Sabzi
2020
7.6
Salma's Big Wish
as Morlett
2019
6.9
Trespassers
as Sergeant Daniels
2019
4.9
The Diggers
as Mister Meister
2019
3.0
Cliffs of Freedom
as Mustapha Bey
2019
6.9
Hudson & Rex
as Archibald Parsons
2019
8.4
State Like Sleep
2019
4.7
The Rookie
as Anton Petrovich
2018
8.5
Titans
as Oracle (voice)
2018
7.9
Back in Time for Dinner
2018
9.0
Welcome to Nowhere
as The General
2018
0.0
Spinning Man
as Santos
2018
5.6
People You May Know
as Bill
2017
5.2
Ransom
as Damian Delaine
2017
6.5
Conviction
as Vince Scarlata
2016
6.8
Lethal Weapon
as Guillermo Azoulay
2016
7.3
The Player
as Daoud Raqiv
2015
6.2
After the Ball
as Richard
2015
6.3
Jane the Virgin
as Emilio Solano
2014
7.9
The Flash
as Remington Meister
2014
7.8
Scorpion
as General Savic
2014
8.2
Brick Mansions
as George the Greek
2014
5.9
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Luca Russo
2013
7.5
World Without End
as Edmund
2012
6.8
Scandal
as Ivan
2012
7.2
Grimm
as Hedig
2011
8.3
American Horror Story
as Anton LaVey
2011
8.1
Ecstasy
as Solo
2011
4.9
ThunderCats
as Ratar-O (voice)
2011
7.9
Hawaii Five-0
as Sean Winston
2010
7.8
Nikita
as Ian Damascus
2010
7.2
The Good Guys
as Asher
2010
7.3
Human Target
as Eli Rosko
2010
7.2
Shark City
as Ventura Ritt
2009
3.0
White Collar
as Ghovat
2009
8.2
Stargate Universe
as Carl Strom
2009
7.4
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Kalil Abramson
2009
7.5
Castle
as Bahir Harun
2009
8.0
Saw V
as Charles
2008
6.2
Sanctuary
as Feodor 'Frank' Glazov
2008
7.2
Sanctuary
as Richard Feliz
2008
7.2
The Mentalist
as Dimitri Zubov
2008
8.4
Breaking Bad
as Benicio Fuentes
2008
8.9
Cold Play
as Nigel
2008
1.0
Little Mosque on the Prairie
as Yasir Hamoudi
2007
6.7
Shark
as Anton Robitaille
2006
6.7
Time Bomb
as Musab Hyatti
2006
5.5
🎬
At the Hotel
as Albert
2006
0.0
Bones
as Lambert Chaisson
2005
8.2
Cake
as Bob Jackman
2005
4.8
Horsie's Retreat
as Spiro
2005
0.0
This Is Wonderland
as Giuseppe Burelli
2004
9.0
Il Duce Canadese
as Avvocato
2004
0.0
The Gospel of John
as Chief of the Temple Guards
2003
7.5
Veritas: The Quest
as Ali Hassan Rif
2003
6.5
Adventure Inc.
as Sergi Borodin
2002
8.5
Global Heresy
as Tony Manson
2002
4.9
Street Time
as Arthur Marx
2002
2.5
Recipe for Murder
2002
0.0
24
as Morris O'Brian
2001
7.8
🎬
On Their Knees
as Walter
2001
2.0
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534
as Cal Matthews
2001
4.8
Queer As Folk
as Gardner Vance
2000
8.3
Phantom of the Megaplex
as Tyler Jesseman
2000
6.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Karl Schrute
2000
7.6
Trapped in a Purple Haze
as David Lebeff
2000
4.4
Mission to Mars
as Ambassador
2000
6.0
Catch a Falling Star
as Harry Goldberg
2000
5.6
Relic Hunter
as Sultan
1999
6.7
Relic Hunter
as Lagenfeld
1999
6.7
The Boondock Saints
as Yakavetta
1999
7.3
Murder in a Small Town
as Charles
1999
5.2
Total Recall 2070
1999
6.1
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Findlay Clerk
1998
3.0
Highlander: The Raven
as Mario Cardoza
1998
5.3
Earth: Final Conflict
as Margolis
1997
6.8
City of Dark
as Plato
1997
0.0
La Femme Nikita
as Mick Stoppel
1997
7.4
La Femme Nikita
as Mr. Jones
1997
7.4
Maximum Risk
as Bohemia Bartender
1996
5.8
The Sentinel
as Jack Buchanan
1996
7.1
First Degree
as Joe Galeno
1995
7.1
Friends at Last
as Neil
1995
5.3
Young at Heart
as Bartender
1995
0.0
Viper
as Harry Ibarra
1994
6.1
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
as C.B.S. Producer
1993
7.0
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Torquemada
1993
6.7
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Dassas
1993
6.7
Forever Knight
1992
6.8
General Hospital
as Jenz Sidwell
1963
5.7