Carlo Rota (born 17 April 1961) is an English-born Canadian actor, best known to Canadian audiences for his role on Little Mosque on the Prairie and to international audiences as systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the FOX series 24. He also has a co-starring role as Emilio Solano in Jane the Virgin.

Rota was born in London, England, to Italian parents, Rina, who worked in the restaurant business, and Dante Rota, a world-renowned chef. He grew up in Soho with two sisters and one brother.

Almost immediately thereafter, Rota landed roles in the Canadian TV series Street Legal and the critically acclaimed Canadian independent film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Because of his experience prior to acting, he also hosted the Great Canadian Food Show for CBC television in Canada, a series which was nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award for Excellence in Culinary Journalism.

In 2013, he was announced as the new host of Recipe to Riches, a Canadian reality show.

He provided the voice and motion-capture performance for Majid Sadiq, leader of The Engineers and the main antagonist in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.

In 2014, he recurred as Ivan on the hit ABC television show Scandal.

In 2014, he began co-starring in Jane the Virgin as Emilio Solano.

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