James Cosmo

Known for: Acting

Born: 1948-05-24 (age 78)

From: 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.

Filmography (188)

MOVIE★ 4.5
Voidance
2026
as Agent Polo
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Morrigan
2026
as Francis Crowley
MOVIE★ 6.1
Preschool
2026
as Joe
MOVIE★ 5.7
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
2026
as Dida
MOVIE
Can You Hear Me?
2025
as Johnny
TV★ 6.7
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
as Director Houseman
TV★ 6.8
Hostage
2025
as Max Dalton
MOVIE★ 6.2
Salvable
2025
as Welly
TV★ 5.2
Fear
2025
as Allan Berwick
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Last Redemption
2025
as Lord Goran
TV★ 6.7
Nightsleeper
2024
as Fraser Warren
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Beast Within
2024
as Waylon
TV★ 7.0
Highland Cops
2023
as Narrator
TV★ 5.5
Six Four
2023
as Jim Mackie
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Three Musketeers
2023
as Cardinal Richelieu
MOVIE★ 6.8
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022
as Mr. Fezziwig (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
My Sailor, My Love
2022
as Howard
TV★ 6.9
Karen Pirie
2022
as Brodie Grant Snr
MOVIE★ 3.7
Breath
2022
as Nick
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Kindred
2021
as Frank Menzies
MOVIE★ 5.5
Jagame Thandhiram
2021
as Peter Sprott
MOVIE★ 5.6
Skylines
2020
as Grant
MOVIE★ 10.0
Off Grid
2019
as John Tanner
MOVIE★ 6.0
Forget Me Not
2019
as Benedict
TV★ 7.8
His Dark Materials
2019
as Farder Coram
MOVIE
Tomorrow
2019
as Mr. Charles
TV★ 8.7
Chernobyl
2019
as Miner
TV★ 6.7
The Bay
2019
as Bill Bradwell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Get Duked!
2019
as Farmer
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Rose
2019
as Jorge of Burgos
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Hole in the Ground
2019
as Des Brady
MOVIE
Shadow Boxer
2019
as Eddie Royce
MOVIE★ 5.0
Malevolent
2018
as Grandpa
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ashes in the Snow
2018
as Mr. Stakas
MOVIE★ 6.8
Outlaw King
2018
as Robert Bruce Senior
TV★ 7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as Luka Gocharov
MOVIE★ 6.0
In Darkness
2018
as Niall
MOVIE★ 5.0
Darkness Comes
2018
as Policeman
MOVIE
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre
2018
as Narrator
TV★ 6.4
Hold the Sunset
2018
as Bob
MOVIE★ 5.6
London Heist
2017
as Ray
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wonder Woman
2017
as FIeld Marshall Haig
TV★ 6.2
SS-GB
2017
as Harry Woods
MOVIE★ 6.9
T2 Trainspotting
2017
as Renton's Father
MOVIE★ 6.4
Eliminators
2016
as Cooper
MOVIE★ 4.8
Monochrome
2016
as Roger Daniels
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ben-Hur
2016
as Quintus Arius
MOVIE★ 5.9
Whisky Galore
2016
as Macalister the Minister
MOVIE★ 3.8
Dark Signal
2016
as Alan
TV★ 7.4
The Durrells
2016
as Captain Creech
TV★ 6.0
Stag
2016
as Gamekeeper
MOVIE★ 5.0
Breakdown
2016
as Albert Chapman
MOVIE★ 5.0
Bunker: Project 12
2016
as Brian Balanowsky
MOVIE★ 5.3
Estranged
2015
as Albert
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
as James Henderson
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Pyramid Texts
2015
as Ray
MOVIE★ 6.0
Amélia & Duarte
2015
as Narrator (English)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Moonwalkers
2015
as Dawson
MOVIE★ 6.0
We Still Kill the Old Way
2014
as Arthur
MOVIE★ 1.5
The Boogeyman
2014
as Dr. Harper
TV★ 6.1
New Worlds
2014
as Goffe
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Christmas Candle
2013
as Herbert Hopewell
MOVIE★ 5.9
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Blucher (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Get Lucky
2013
as Mr. Zigic
MOVIE★ 4.4
Hammer of the Gods
2013
as King Bagsecg
TV★ 7.5
Shetland
2013
as Arthur McCall
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Golden Scallop
2013
as Judge Wellington
MOVIE★ 2.7
Songs for Amy
2012
as Murdo
MOVIE★ 5.4
Citadel
2012
as Priest
TV★ 7.5
Death in Paradise
2011
as Roger Seymour
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Glass Man
2011
as Pecco
TV★ 7.8
Case Histories
2011
as Len Lomax
TV★ 8.5
Game of Thrones
2011
as Jeor Mormont
MOVIE★ 5.0
No Saints for Sinners
2011
MOVIE★ 5.0
Outcast
2010
as Laird
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Santa Incident
2010
as Nick
MOVIE★ 6.0
Donkeys
2010
as Alfred
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Runway
2010
as Shutherland
MOVIE★ 8.0
One Night in Emergency
2010
TV★ 7.0
FlashForward
2009
as Phillip
MOVIE★ 6.5
2081
2009
as George Bergeron
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Narnia Code
2009
as Narrator
TV★ 8.0
Castle
2009
as Finn Rourke
MOVIE
The Clan
2009
as Hector McKinley
TV★ 7.8
Merlin
2008
as Hengist
TV★ 8.4
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Father Kellan Ashby
TV★ 6.7
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Galder Weatherwax
MOVIE★ 5.2
Futureshock: Comet
2008
as Brenden
MOVIE
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
as Galder Weatherwax
MOVIE
Where Have I Been All Your Life?
2007
as John
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
as Dawson
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Last Legion
2007
as Hrothgar
MOVIE★ 6.6
Lives of the Saints
2007
as Mr. Karva
MOVIE★ 6.0
Half Light
2006
as Finlay Murray
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Father Christmas
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
as James Brown
TV★ 8.1
Little House on the Prairie
2005
as Mr. Scott
MOVIE★ 7.2
Troy
2004
as Glaucus
MOVIE★ 5.7
One Last Chance
2004
as Big John
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Reckoning
2004
as Lambert
MOVIE★ 4.3
Man Dancin'
2004
as Donnie McGlone
MOVIE★ 9.0
Solid Air
2003
as Finn
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sweet Dreams
2003
as Robert
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Four Feathers
2002
as Col. Sutch
MOVIE★ 6.2
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
2002
as Billy
MOVIE★ 5.0
All the Queen's Men
2001
as Archie
MOVIE★ 6.4
To End All Wars
2001
as Col. Stuart McLean
TV★ 5.0
Celebrity Big Brother
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as McNab
MOVIE★ 3.0
Honest
2000
as Tommy Chase
TV★ 6.9
Rebus
2000
as Morris Cafferty
TV
Easter Tales
2000
as The Centurion
MOVIE★ 5.5
One More Kiss
1999
as Frank
MOVIE★ 4.8
Split Second
1999
as Donald Paterson
MOVIE
Billy and Zorba
1999
as Zorba
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Match
1999
as Billy Bailey
TV
Badger
1999
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sunset Heights
1999
as MacDonald
TV★ 6.6
Cleopatra
1999
as Agrippa
MOVIE★ 5.7
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Thelonius (voice)
MOVIE
Golden Wedding
1998
as Eddie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Santa / Claws
1997
TV★ 7.0
Ain't Misbehavin'
1997
as Malky Fraser
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Jack 'Axeman' McKinley
TV★ 7.1
Ivanhoe
1997
as Cedric
MOVIE★ 6.6
Emma
1996
as Mr. Weston
MOVIE★ 8.0
Trainspotting
1996
as Renton's Father
MOVIE
The Key
1995
as Gangster
MOVIE★ 7.9
Braveheart
1995
as Campbell
TV★ 7.3
Roughnecks
1994
as Tom
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sin Bin
1994
as Jerry
TV★ 7.2
Heartbeat
1992
as Matthew Chapman
TV★ 6.6
The House of Eliott
1991
as James Maxton
TV★ 7.5
The Sharp End
1991
as Carmichael
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Bowring
MOVIE★ 6.6
Treasure Island
1990
as Redruth
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Nightwatch
1989
as James Smithson
TV★ 10.0
The Justice Game
1989
as Glen
TV★ 9.0
Winners and Losers
1989
as Frank Kerr
MOVIE★ 5.7
Stormy Monday
1988
as Tony
MOVIE
Codename: Kyril
1988
as Bonham
TV★ 6.3
Crossbow
1987
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as John Breckman
MOVIE★ 5.2
Biggles
1986
as German Soldier
MOVIE★ 6.9
Highlander
1986
as Angus MacLeod
TV★ 6.7
Running Scared
1986
as Detective Inspector McNeil
TV★ 6.4
Super Gran
1985
as Mr. McBigg
TV★ 7.3
Lytton's Diary
1985
as Harry Owen
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Jerry
MOVIE★ 3.5
Operation Julie
1985
as Longfellow
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Horseman (uncredited)
TV★ 6.6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
TV★ 6.4
Taggart
1983
MOVIE★ 8.0
Living Apart Together
1982
as Priest
TV★ 8.0
House on the Hill
1981
as Bonfield
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Nightmare Man
1981
as Sergeant Carch
TV★ 6.5
The Nightmare Man
1981
as Sergeant Carch
TV★ 7.1
Hammer House of Horror
1980
as Willis
TV★ 6.2
Take the High Road
1980
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Jock McLeish
TV★ 7.0
Thundercloud
1979
as Chief Petty Officer Hawkins
TV★ 7.1
Kidnapped
1979
as Beggar/Soldier
TV
Dick Barton: Special Agent
1979
as Jock Anderson
TV★ 7.3
Strangers
1978
as DS Galbraith
TV★ 7.6
The Professionals
1977
as Glover
TV★ 7.9
Survivors
1975
as Lenny Carter
TV★ 8.0
The Sweeney
1975
as Det. Sgt. Davy Freeth
TV★ 5.0
Churchill's People
1974
as Robert Bruce
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
as Loch
MOVIE
The Professional
1973
as Sgt. Robbins
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Stone Tape
1972
as Cliff Dow
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sutherland's Law
1972
as Ian Campbell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Young Winston
1972
as Officer on Train
MOVIE★ 6.1
Doomwatch
1972
as Bob Gillette
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Duna Bull
1972
TV★ 7.6
The Persuaders!
1971
as Inspector Williams
MOVIE★ 5.5
Assault
1971
as Det. Sgt. Beale
TV★ 7.8
UFO
1970
as Lt. Anderson
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sovereign's Company
1970
as Senior Under Officer Patterson
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Waller
MOVIE★ 6.9
Battle of Britain
1969
as Jamie
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Sgt. Robbins
TV
Ransom for a Pretty Girl
1966
as Charlie Milne
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Senior Under Officer Patterson
TV★ 6.7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Private Davidson
MOVIE
Hotel Caledonia
—
as William Pertwee
MOVIE
Follow the Dark
—
as Gregory Kern