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Carlyle, born in Glasgow , was abandoned by his mother at the age of four and raised by his father, Joe. Inspired after reading Arthur Miller 's '' The Crucible '', he enrolled in acting class at the age of 21, at the ''Glasgow Arts Centre''. In 1991 , he and four friends founded an acting company and guest starring in '' The Bill ''. He first came to the attention of the public as a psychotic murderer in an episode of '' Cracker '' (in which he killed the character played by Christopher Eccleston among others), but was soon playing a more sympathetic role, that of Highland policeman, Hamish Macbeth , in the eponymous BBC comedy-drama.

In 1997 , Carlyle married Anastasia Shirley . In 2002 , she gave birth to their first child, daughter Ava. In 2002 , their second child, Harvey, was born. The Carlyles' third child, Pearce Joseph, was born in 2006 .

Carlyle is perhaps best remembered for his role in ''''.


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