Canadian actor Carlo Dante Rota was born in the United Kingdom on April 17, 1961. He is well-known for playing Morris O’Brian, a systems analyst on the Fox television program 24, as well as for his part in Little Mosque on the Prairie. In Jane the Virgin, he co-starred as Emilio Solano.
Rota’s parents are Rina, who worked in the restaurant business, and Dante Rota, a chef.
With two sisters and a brother, he was raised in Osterley. His family eventually moved in Toronto, but he has lived all over the world throughout his childhood, including Hong Kong (where he attended Island School), the Bahamas, and the U.K.
In addition to 24, Queer as Folk (US version), Castle, La Femme Nikita, Relic Hunter, Adventure Inc, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, The Gospel of John, and Traders, he has also made appearances in a number of other well-known TV shows.
Yasir Hamoudi, a Lebanese-Canadian construction worker, was a character played by Rota in the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie. Charles, a reporter for The Herald who appeared in Saw V in 2008, was portrayed by Rota.
Rota’s Senior High School
As stated earlier, Rota grew at so many places because his family kept moving. He attended Island School in Hong Kong and subsequently, other schools in the Bahamas and United Kingdom.
There is no record of him attending film school.
