He played a Highland police officer in Hamish Macbeth and a stripping steelworker in The Full Monty.
Now Scottish actor Robert Carlyle has been pictured for the first time in his latest role – as the man who gunned down John F Kennedy' s assassin.
The star, best-known for his portrayal of Begbie in Trainspotting, will appear as Jack Ruby in a new thriller, November 1963.
Carlyle, 65, plays the nightclub owner with alleged links to organised crime who shot Lee Harvey Oswald.
Ruby killed Oswald two days after JFK was assassinated in Dallas as Oswald was being transferred to the county jail.
Guinness World Records has called Oswald's shooting – on November 24, 1963 – the 'first known human killing seen live on TV'.
Robert Carlyle transforms into Jack Ruby for new thriller November 1963
The Dallas nightclub owner gunned down John F Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television
November 1963 also stars John Travolta, Mandy Patinkin – who played a retired CIA division chief in hit TV series Homeland – and Dermot Mulroney who starred in 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding.
It was directed by two-time Oscar-nominated Roland Joffé, best-known for The Killing Fields – the 1984 biographical drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia – and The Mission, a 1986 historical epic starring Robert De Niro.
The new JFK movie will 'examine the mystery and intrigue that enveloped one of the most significant moments in American history, promising an in-depth, fresh perspective directly from the individuals whose lives were forever changed by the intense 48 hours surrounding the assassination'.
Oswald is played by Jefferson White, who stars in Western TV drama series Yellowstone.
The film's script is said to be based on 'first-hand accounts', including exclusive insights from relatives of Sam Giancana.
As boss of the Chicago Outfit, one of the most powerful Italian-American criminal organisations in the US during the 1950s and early 1960s, Mr Giancana became widely known for his connections to the Kennedy family during his presidential campaign and presidency.
The Scottish actor stars alongside John Travolta, Mandy Patinkin and Dermot Mulroney in the new film
On November 24, 1963, Ruby entered the basement area of Dallas City Hall, which was filled with police officers and journalists.
As Oswald was led out, Ruby shot him in the stomach at close range before being restrained.
His involvement fuelled speculation that gangsters played a role in the Kennedy assassination.
Writer and producer Nicki Celozzi, nephew of Sam Giancana, said: 'The whole essence of the story, the project, why we are doing this, is that it came from Sam Giancana's brother, Pepe, who was in the room with him during these two days.
'The story, the screenplay, is their story, my family story that specifically focuses on the "Outfit' [the Chicago organised crime syndicate led by Giancana], Giancana, and their involvement in setting up the assassination with the second shooter, who was sent there as a fail-safe back-up and implemented.'
November 1963 will be released later this year in the US and early next year in the UK and Ireland.
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