How old was Robert Carlyle in the movie Trainspotting?

Robert Carlyle was 33 in Trainspotting when he played the character 'Francis "Franco" Begbie'.

That was over 28 years ago in 1996.

Today he is 63, and has starred in 51 movies in total, 43 of those since Trainspotting was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Trainspotting, I think Robert Carlyle looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Danny Boyle has worked with Robert Carlyle a total of 5 times in his career.
  • Robert Carlyle's first movie was as 'Big Woodsy' in Silent Scream, released in 1990 when he was 27
  • Trainspotting scores 7.97 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Trainspotting

Robert Carlyle's other movies