David Carlyle (born 1 June 1988) is a British actor from Scotland. Following a 10 year stage career, Carlyle starred in the multi-award winning 2021

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Series '' It’s a Sin'' which led to his nomination as Best Supporting Actor in the 2022 British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA) and

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Audience Award for his performance as Gregory Finch, aka Gloria. Carlyle also appeared in ''Bodyguard'' and ''Lip Service''. In 2019 Carlyle starred in Anthony Neilson’s ''

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'' at The Royal National Theatre, London. The two have a long working relationship and also worked together on productions of ''Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland'' for The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in 2016 and Caledonia for the

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in 2010. He performed in the award winning ''To Kill A Mockingbird'' at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and

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. Other notable credits include playing the lead role of The Mayor in the

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nominated revival of ''

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'' for Birmingham Rep Theatre, playing Tusenbach in Anya Reiss’ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s ''Three Sisters'' alongside

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and

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and the award winning The Monster in the Hall by David Greig for Glasgow’s historic

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(the cast were awarded Best Ensemble at the 2011 Stage Awards).

Personal life

Carlyle is gay. In Interviews Carlyle often talks about growing up gay in Scotland, like in his interview in 'Out with Suzi Ruffell' and his activity in the

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community. Carlyle worked with

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to create a two-part documentary called Getting Out exploring

youth homelessness. He was interviewed by

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about the show in June 2022.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Radio

Theatre

References

External links

* *David Carlyle Agency Representation & Voice Agency Representation *Performance Masterclass, supported by Channel 4,

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*STV's Unmuted: It’s a Sin star David Carlyle’s life in lockdown {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlyle, David Living people Scottish male television actors 21st-century Scottish male actors 1988 births