He starred in the revealing role of Gaz in the 1997 film The Full Monty and played Ducky in the 2000 film The Beach. His other notable films include Angela's Ashes and 28 Weeks Later.
He worked as a Painter with his father. He dropped out of high school when he was 16, but continued his education at Cardonald College in Glasgow.
He played a priest's gay lover in the film Priest and was also in Trainspotting.
His mother Elizabeth worked for a bus company. After she left the family, Robert was raised by his father, who worked as a Painter and decorator. He married Anastasia Shirley in 1997, and he has two sons named Pearce and Harvey and a daughter named Ava.
He starred with Pierce Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough.
