Acting

James Cosmo

Born 1948-05-24 · Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Credits

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Voidance
as Agent Polo
2026
The Morrigan
as Francis Crowley
2026
Preschool
as Joe
2026
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
as Dida
2026
Can You Hear Me?
as Johnny
2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order
as Director Houseman
2025
Hostage
as Max Dalton
2025
Salvable
as Welly
2025
Fear
as Allan Berwick
2025
The Last Redemption
as Lord Goran
2025
Nightsleeper
as Fraser Warren
2024
The Beast Within
as Waylon
2024
Highland Cops
as Narrator
2023
Six Four
as Jim Mackie
2023
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
2023
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Mr. Fezziwig (voice)
2022
My Sailor, My Love
as Howard
2022
Karen Pirie
as Brodie Grant Snr
2022
Breath
as Nick
2022
The Kindred
as Frank Menzies
2021
Jagame Thandhiram
as Peter Sprott
2021
Skylines
as Grant
2020
Off Grid
as John Tanner
2019
Forget Me Not
as Benedict
2019
His Dark Materials
as Farder Coram
2019
Tomorrow
as Mr. Charles
2019
Chernobyl
as Miner
2019
The Bay
as Bill Bradwell
2019
Get Duked!
as Farmer
2019
The Name of the Rose
as Jorge of Burgos
2019
The Hole in the Ground
as Des Brady
2019
Shadow Boxer
as Eddie Royce
2019
Malevolent
as Grandpa
2018
Ashes in the Snow
as Mr. Stakas
2018
Outlaw King
as Robert Bruce Senior
2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Luka Gocharov
2018
In Darkness
as Niall
2018
Darkness Comes
as Policeman
2018
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Hold the Sunset
as Bob
2018
London Heist
as Ray
2017
Wonder Woman
as FIeld Marshall Haig
2017
SS-GB
as Harry Woods
2017
T2 Trainspotting
as Renton's Father
2017
Eliminators
as Cooper
2016
Monochrome
as Roger Daniels
2016
Ben-Hur
as Quintus Arius
2016
Whisky Galore
as Macalister the Minister
2016
Dark Signal
as Alan
2016
The Durrells
as Captain Creech
2016
Stag
as Gamekeeper
2016
Breakdown
as Albert Chapman
2016
Bunker: Project 12
as Brian Balanowsky
2016
Estranged
as Albert
2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson
as James Henderson
2015
The Pyramid Texts
as Ray
2015
Amélia & Duarte
as Narrator (English)
2015
Moonwalkers
as Dawson
2015
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Arthur
2014
The Boogeyman
as Dr. Harper
2014
New Worlds
as Goffe
2014
The Christmas Candle
as Herbert Hopewell
2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Blucher (voice)
2013
Get Lucky
as Mr. Zigic
2013
Hammer of the Gods
as King Bagsecg
2013
Shetland
as Arthur McCall
2013
The Golden Scallop
as Judge Wellington
2013
Songs for Amy
as Murdo
2012
Citadel
as Priest
2012
Death in Paradise
as Roger Seymour
2011
The Glass Man
as Pecco
2011
Case Histories
as Len Lomax
2011
Game of Thrones
as Jeor Mormont
2011
No Saints for Sinners
2011
Outcast
as Laird
2010
The Santa Incident
as Nick
2010
Donkeys
as Alfred
2010
The Runway
as Shutherland
2010
One Night in Emergency
2010
FlashForward
as Phillip
2009