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[[Image:Progaff black-white-grey fo.gif|thumb|Gaffer tape]]
'''Robert Carlyle''' (born [[April 14]], [[1961]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] movie actor, who is considered by many to be one of the best [[United Kingdom|British]] actors of the modern era.
'''Gaffer tape''' (also, '''gaffer's tape''', '''gaff tape''', '''gaffa tape''', '''gaffing tape''', '''cloth tape''', '''(The) Gaff''', '''Roll of Gaff''') is a strong cotton cloth pressure-sensitive [[adhesive tape]] used in the motion picture, television, stage (music and theater) and audio visual production. The tape is manufactured in many colors, including fluorescent and custom colors, but the most common variety is [[matte (surface)|matte]] [[black]]. This matte finish keeps the tape from reflecting light so the tape blends in with the typical [[stage (theatre)|stage]] floor of a [[theatre]].
The tape is most likely named for the [[gaffer (motion picture industry)|gaffer]], the head of the lighting department on a [[film crew]].
Carlyle, born in [[Glasgow]], was abandoned by his mother at the age of four. 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. He first came to the attention of the public as a psychotic murderer in an episode of ''Cracker'' (in which he killed [[Christopher Eccleston]] among others), but was soon playing a more sympathetic role, that of Highland policeman, Hamish McBeth, in the [[BBC]] comedy-drama of the same name.
Gaffer tape is easily torn by hand so no cutting tools are necessary. The adhesive used is a high quality synthetic rubber{{Fact|date=April 2007}} which leaves little or no residue when removed, in contrast to [[duct tape]]. When cables are taped down on a stage or other surface, either for safety or to keep them out of view of the audience or camera, they are said to be ''gaffed'' or ''gaffered''.
In [[1997]], Carlyle got married to [[Anastasia Shirley]]. In [[2002]], she gave birth to their first child, daughter Ava.
A narrow version of gaffer tape, called [[spike (stagecraft)|spike tape]], is used in many colors for stage and theatre floor layout.
Carlyle is perhaps best remembered for his work in ''[[The Full Monty]]'', a comedy movie about a group of men who must perform [[striptease]] to earn their living.
White gaffer tape is also used extensively by live sound engineers who place a strip along the bottom of the mixing board allowing them to label the channels used for a particular show.
==Filmography==
*''[[Hitler: The Rise of Evil]]'' ([[2003]], as [[Adolf Hitler]])
*''[[Black and White (movie)|Black and White]]'' (2002)
*''[[Once Upon a Time in The Midlands]]'' ([[2002]])
*''[[The 51st State]]'' (2001)
*''[[To End All Wars]]'' ([[2001]])
*''[[There's Only one Jimmy Grimble]]'' (2000)
*''[[The Beach]]'' ([[2000]], alongside [[Leonardo DiCaprio]])
*''[[Angela's Ashes]]'' (1999, alongside [[Juliette Lewis]])
*''[[The World is not Enough]]'' (1999)
*''[[Ravenous]]'' ([[1999]])
*''[[Plunkett and MacLeane]]'' (1998)
*''[[Looking After Yo Yo]]'' ([[1998]])
*''[[Face (movie)|Face]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Full Monty]]'' ([[1997]])
*''[[Carla's Song]]'' (1996)
*''[[Trainspotting (movie)|Trainspotting]]'' ([[1996]])
*''[[Go Now]]'' (1995)
*''[[Hamish McBeth]]'' ([[1995]])
*''[[Priest (movie)|Priest]]'' (1994)
*''[[99-1]]'' ([[1994]])
*''[[Being Human]]'' (1993)
*''[[Safe]]'' ([[1993]])
*''[[Tender Blue Eyes]]'' ([[1992]])
*''[[Rif-Raf]]'' (1990)
*''[[Silent Scream]]'' ([[1990]])
[[Category:1961 births|Carlyle, Robert]]
== See also==
[[Category:Cinema actors|Carlyle, Robert]]
*[[Adhesive tape]]
[[Category:Scottish actors and actresses|Carlyle, Robert]]
*[[Film crew]]
[[Category:Television actors|Carlyle, Robert]]
*[[Best boy]]
*[[Dolly grip]]
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[[Category:Adhesive tape]]
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