
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-05-24
Place of Birth
Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
The Morrigan as Francis Crowley
2025Hostage as Max Dalton
2025Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead as Dida
2025Salvable as Welly
2025Fear as Allan Berwick
2025The Last Redemption as Lord Goran
2024Nightsleeper as Fraser Warren
2024The Beast Within as Waylon
2024Can You Hear Me? as Johnny
2023Highland Cops as Narrator
2023Six Four as Jim Mackie
2023The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu
2022Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Mr. Fezziwig (voice)
2022My Sailor, My Love as Howard
2022Karen Pirie as Brodie Grant Snr
2022Breath as Nick
2021The Kindred as Frank Menzies
2021Jagame Thandhiram as Peter Sprott
2020Skylines as Grant
2019Off Grid as John Tanner
2019Forget Me Not as Benedict
2019His Dark Materials as Farder Coram
2019Tomorrow as Mr. Charles
2019Chernobyl as Miner
2019The Bay as Bill Bradwell
2019Get Duked! as Farmer
2019The Name of the Rose as Jorge of Burgos
2019The Hole in the Ground as Des Brady
2019Shadow Boxer as Eddie Royce
2018Malevolent as Grandpa
2018Ashes in the Snow as Mr. Stakas
2018Outlaw King as Robert Bruce Senior
2018Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as Luka Gocharov
2018In Darkness as Niall
2018Darkness Comes as Policeman
2018Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre as Narrator
2018Hold the Sunset as Bob
2017London Heist as Ray
2017Wonder Woman as FIeld Marshall Haig
2017SS-GB as Harry Woods
2017T2 Trainspotting as Renton's Father
2017Eliminators as Cooper
2016Monochrome as Roger Daniels
2016Ben-Hur as Quintus Arius
2016Whisky Galore as Macalister the Minister
2016Dark Signal as Alan
2016The Durrells as Captain Creech
2016Breakdown as Albert Chapman
2016Bunker: Project 12 as Brian Balanowsky
2015Estranged as Albert
2015The Legend of Barney Thomson as James Henderson
2015The Pyramid Texts as Ray
2015Amélia & Duarte as Narrator (English)
2015Moonwalkers as Dawson
2014We Still Kill the Old Way as Arthur
2014The Boogeyman as Dr. Harper
2014New Worlds as Goffe
2013The Christmas Candle as Herbert Hopewell
2013Justin and the Knights of Valour as Blucher (voice)
2013Get Lucky as Mr. Zigic
2013Hammer of the Gods as King Bagsecg
2013Shetland as Arthur McCall
2013The Golden Scallop as Judge Wellington
2012Songs for Amy as Murdo
2012Citadel as Priest
2011Death in Paradise as Roger Seymour
2011The Glass Man as Pecco
2011Case Histories as Len Lomax
2011Game of Thrones as Jeor Mormont
2011No Saints for Sinners
2010Outcast as Laird
2010The Santa Incident as Nick
2010Donkeys as Alfred
2010The Runway as Shutherland
2010One Night in Emergency
2009FlashForward as Phillip
20092081 as George Bergeron
2009The Narnia Code as Narrator
2009Castle as Finn Rourke
2009The Clan as Hector McKinley
2008Merlin as Hengist
2008Sons of Anarchy as Father Kellan Ashby
2008The Colour of Magic as Galder Weatherwax
2008Futureshock: Comet as Brenden
2007The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as Dawson
2007The Last Legion as Hrothgar
2007Lives of the Saints as Mr. Karva
2006Half Light as Finlay Murray
2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Father Christmas
2005The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as James Brown
2005Little House on the Prairie as Mr. Scott
2004Troy as Glaucus
2004One Last Chance as Big John
2004The Reckoning as Lambert
2004Man Dancin' as Donnie McGlone
2003Solid Air as Finn
2003Sweet Dreams as Robert
2002The Four Feathers as Col. Sutch
2002Once Upon a Time in the Midlands as Billy
2001All the Queen's Men as Archie
2001To End All Wars as Col. Stuart McLean
2001Celebrity Big Brother as Self
2000The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as McNab
2000Honest as Tommy Chase
2000Rebus as Morris Gerald Cafferty
2000Rebus as Morris Cafferty
2000Tales from the Madhouse as The Centurion
1999One More Kiss as Frank
1999Split Second as Donald Paterson
1999Billy and Zorba as Zorba
1999The Match as Billy Bailey
1999Badger
1999Sunset Heights as MacDonald
1999Cleopatra as Agrippa
1998Babe: Pig in the City as Thelonius (voice)
1998Golden Wedding as Eddie
1997Santa / Claws
1997Ain't Misbehavin' as Malky Fraser
1997Midsomer Murders as Jack 'Axeman' McKinley
1997Ivanhoe as Cedric
1996Emma as Mr. Weston
1996Trainspotting as Renton's Father
1995Braveheart as Campbell
1994Roughnecks as Tom
1994Sin Bin as Jerry
1992Heartbeat as Matthew Chapman
1991The House of Eliott as James Maxton
1990The Fool as Mr. Bowring
1990Treasure Island as Redruth
1989The Nightwatch as James Smithson
1989Winners and Losers as Frank Kerr
1988Stormy Monday as Tony
1988Codename: Kyril as Bonham
1986Casualty as John Breckman
1986Casualty as Tony
1986Biggles as German Soldier
1986Highlander as Angus MacLeod
1986Running Scared as Detective Inspector McNeil
1985Super Gran as Mr. McBigg
1985Operation Julie as Longfellow
1984The Bill
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983Taggart
1982Living Apart Together as Priest
1981House on the Hill as Bonfield
1981The Nightmare Man as Sergeant Carch
1981The Nightmare Man as Sergeant Carch
1980Hammer House of Horror as Willis
1980Take the High Road
1979Minder as Jock McLeish
1979Thundercloud
1979Kidnapped as Beggar/Soldier
1979Dick Barton: Special Agent as Jock Anderson
1977The Professionals as Glover
1975Survivors as Lenny Carter
1975The Sweeney as Det. Sgt. Davy Freeth
1974Churchill's People as Robert Bruce
1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil as Loch
1973The Professional as Sgt. Robbins
1972The Stone Tape as Cliff Dow
1972Young Winston as Officer on Train
1972Doomwatch as Bob Gillette
1972The Duna Bull
1971The Persuaders! as Inspector Williams
1971Assault as Det. Sgt. Beale
1970UFO as Lt. Anderson
1970Sovereign's Company as Senior Under Officer Patterson
1969The Virgin Soldiers as Waller
1969Battle of Britain as Jamie
1966Ransom for a Pretty Girl
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook as Private Davidson
—Follow the Dark as Gregory Kern
—Preschool
—Hotel Caledonia as William Pertwee









