Birthday: April 14, 1961
Nickname: Bobby
Height: 5′ 8″ / 1.73 cm
Wife: Anastasia Shirley (28 December 1997 – present)
Kids: Daughter Ava (Born July 2002) and son Harvey (Born March 2004)
Sign: Aries
Chinese Sign: Ox (element: Metal)
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Trivia
1961 - Born in Maryhill, Glasgow
Followed his dad into painting and decorating.
1982 - Age 21, got some book tokens for a birthday presant and picked up Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. We are forever thankful for this, as this was the kick-starter for going along to the Amateur Dram Centre and Glasgow Arts Centre, then joining the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
1990 - Got his big break in Ken Loach’s Riff-Raff
1991 - Helped form ‘Rain Dog Theatre Company’, a theatre group that takes plays to local communities.
1999 - Awarded an OBE in the 1999 New Years honours list.
2001 - Ranked seventh in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British actors.
2002 - July 4 – Him and his wife Anastasia had a baby girl, Ava. Congratulations.
2004 - March – The second child for Anastasia and Robert was born! A little boy named Harvey who weigh 7 lbs. 5oz. and was born at the Glasgow’s Queen Mother Maternity Hospital.