Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 24, 1948
Place of Birth:
Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
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James Cosmo
Biography
James Cosmos (born 24 May 1948) is a British actor, known for his film roles in Highlander, Braveheart, the film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Trainspotting, The Last Legion, Troy, and 2081.
He is also a staple of British television, with credits in hundreds of television shows, Cosmo made a name for himself playing Scottish "tough guy" characters.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Morrigan | Francis Crowley |
| 2025 | Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead | Dida |
| 2025 | The Last Redemption | Lord Goran |
| 2025 | Salvable | Welly |
| 2024 | Can You Hear Me? | Johnny |
| 2024 | The Beast Within | Waylon |
| 2023 | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu |
| 2022 | Breath | Nick |
| 2022 | My Sailor, My Love | Howard |
| 2022 | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Mr. Fezziwig (voice) |
| 2021 | Jagame Thandhiram | Peter Sprott |
| 2021 | The Kindred | Frank Menzies |
| 2020 | Skylines | Grant |
| 2019 | Off Grid | John Tanner |
| 2019 | Tomorrow | Mr. Charles |
| 2019 | The Hole in the Ground | Des Brady |
| 2019 | Get Duked! | Farmer |
| 2019 | Forget Me Not | Benedict |
| 2019 | Shadow Boxer | Eddie Royce |
| 2018 | In Darkness | Niall |
| 2018 | Ashes in the Snow | Mr. Stakas |
| 2018 | Malevolent | Grandpa |
| 2018 | Outlaw King | Robert Bruce Senior |
| 2018 | Darkness Comes | Policeman |
| 2018 | Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre | Narrator |
| 2017 | Eliminators | Cooper |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Renton's Father |
| 2017 | London Heist | Ray |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman | FIeld Marshall Haig |
| 2016 | Breakdown | Albert Chapman |
| 2016 | Bunker: Project 12 | Brian Balanowsky |
| 2016 | Dark Signal | Alan |
| 2016 | Whisky Galore | Macalister the Minister |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur | Quintus Arius |
| 2016 | Monochrome | Roger Daniels |
| 2015 | The Legend of Barney Thomson | James Henderson |
| 2015 | Estranged | Albert |
| 2015 | The Pyramid Texts | Ray |
| 2015 | Amélia & Duarte | Narrator (English) |
| 2015 | Moonwalkers | Dawson |
| 2014 | We Still Kill the Old Way | Arthur |
| 2014 | The Boogeyman | Dr. Harper |
| 2013 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Blucher (voice) |
| 2013 | Hammer of the Gods | King Bagsecg |
| 2013 | Get Lucky | Mr. Zigic |
| 2013 | The Christmas Candle | Herbert Hopewell |
| 2013 | The Golden Scallop | Judge Wellington |
| 2012 | Citadel | Priest |
| 2012 | Songs for Amy | Murdo |
| 2011 | The Glass Man | Pecco |
| 2011 | No Saints for Sinners | |
| 2010 | Outcast | Laird |
| 2010 | The Runway | Shutherland |
| 2010 | The Santa Incident | Nick |
| 2010 | Donkeys | Alfred |
| 2010 | One Night in Emergency | |
| 2009 | 2081 | George Bergeron |
| 2009 | The Narnia Code | Narrator |
| 2009 | The Clan | Hector McKinley |
| 2008 | Futureshock: Comet | Brenden |
| 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Dawson |
| 2007 | The Last Legion | Hrothgar |
| 2007 | Lives of the Saints | Mr. Karva |
| 2006 | Half Light | Finlay Murray |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Father Christmas |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown |
| 2004 | One Last Chance | Big John |
| 2004 | Troy | Glaucus |
| 2004 | The Reckoning | Lambert |
| 2004 | Man Dancin' | Donnie McGlone |
| 2003 | Sweet Dreams | Robert |
| 2003 | Solid Air | Finn |
| 2002 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Billy |
| 2002 | The Four Feathers | Col. Sutch |
| 2001 | To End All Wars | Col. Stuart McLean |
| 2001 | All the Queen's Men | Archie |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | McNab |
| 2000 | Tales from the Madhouse | The Centurion |
| 2000 | Honest | Tommy Chase |
| 1999 | The Match | Billy Bailey |
| 1999 | One More Kiss | Frank |
| 1999 | Sunset Heights | MacDonald |
| 1999 | Billy and Zorba | Zorba |
| 1999 | Split Second | Donald Paterson |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Thelonius (voice) |
| 1998 | Golden Wedding | Eddie |
| 1997 | Santa / Claws | |
| 1996 | Trainspotting | Renton's Father |
| 1996 | Emma | Mr. Weston |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Campbell |
| 1994 | Sin Bin | Jerry |
| 1990 | The Fool | Mr. Bowring |
| 1990 | Treasure Island | Redruth |
| 1989 | The Nightwatch | James Smithson |
| 1988 | Stormy Monday | Tony |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Bonham |
| 1986 | Highlander | Angus MacLeod |
| 1986 | Biggles | German Soldier |
| 1985 | Operation Julie | Longfellow |
| 1982 | Living Apart Together | Priest |
| 1981 | The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch |
| 1974 | The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil | Loch |
| 1973 | The Professional | Sgt. Robbins |
| 1972 | Doomwatch | Bob Gillette |
| 1972 | The Duna Bull | |
| 1972 | The Stone Tape | Cliff Dow |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Officer on Train |
| 1971 | Assault | Det. Sgt. Beale |
| 1970 | Sovereign's Company | Senior Under Officer Patterson |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Jamie |
| 1969 | The Virgin Soldiers | Waller |
| Hotel Caledonia | William Pertwee | |
| Preschool | ||
| Follow the Dark | Gregory Kern |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fear | Allan Berwick |
| 2025 | Hostage | Max Dalton |
| 2024 | Nightsleeper | Fraser Warren |
| 2023 | Highland Cops | Narrator |
| 2023 | Six Four | Jim Mackie |
| 2022 | Karen Pirie | Brodie Grant Snr |
| 2019 | The Bay | Bill Bradwell |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Farder Coram |
| 2019 | The Name of the Rose | Jorge of Burgos |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Miner |
| 2018 | Hold the Sunset | Bob |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Luka Gocharov |
| 2017 | SS-GB | Harry Woods |
| 2016 | The Durrells | Captain Creech |
| 2014 | New Worlds | Goffe |
| 2013 | Shetland | Arthur McCall |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Jeor Mormont |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Roger Seymour |
| 2011 | Case Histories | Len Lomax |
| 2009 | Castle | Finn Rourke |
| 2009 | FlashForward | Phillip |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Galder Weatherwax |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Father Kellan Ashby |
| 2008 | Merlin | Hengist |
| 2005 | Little House on the Prairie | Mr. Scott |
| 2001 | Celebrity Big Brother | Self |
| 2000 | Rebus | Morris Gerald Cafferty |
| 2000 | Rebus | Morris Cafferty |
| 1999 | Badger | |
| 1999 | Cleopatra | Agrippa |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Jack 'Axeman' McKinley |
| 1997 | Ivanhoe | Cedric |
| 1997 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Malky Fraser |
| 1994 | Roughnecks | Tom |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Matthew Chapman |
| 1991 | The House of Eliott | James Maxton |
| 1989 | Winners and Losers | Frank Kerr |
| 1986 | Casualty | John Breckman |
| 1986 | Casualty | Tony |
| 1986 | Running Scared | Detective Inspector McNeil |
| 1985 | Super Gran | Mr. McBigg |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Taggart | |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
| 1981 | The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch |
| 1981 | House on the Hill | Bonfield |
| 1980 | Take the High Road | |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Willis |
| 1979 | Kidnapped | Beggar/Soldier |
| 1979 | Thundercloud | |
| 1979 | Dick Barton: Special Agent | Jock Anderson |
| 1979 | Minder | Jock McLeish |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Glover |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Det. Sgt. Davy Freeth |
| 1975 | Survivors | Lenny Carter |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Robert Bruce |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Inspector Williams |
| 1970 | UFO | Lt. Anderson |
| 1966 | Ransom for a Pretty Girl | |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Private Davidson |