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James Ronald Gordon Copeland, known professionally as James Cosmo, is a Scottish actor known for his appearances in films including Highlander, Braveheart, Trainspotting, Troy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Ben-Hur and Wonder Woman, as well as television series such as Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy, and His Dark Materials. On 3 January 2017 Cosmo entered the nineteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother; on Day 19 of the series he won a pass to the final on 3 February 2017 and finished in fourth place.
Born
Monday, 24 May 1948
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Breath | Nick | 2022 |
| The Kindred | Frank Menzies | 2021 |
| Jagame Thandhiram | Peter Sprott | 2021 |
| Skylines | Grant | 2020 |
| Get Duked! | Farmer | 2020 |
| His Dark Materials | Farder Coram | 2019 |
| Tomorrow | Mr. Charles | 2019 |
| Chernobyl | Miner | 2019 |
| The Bay | Bill Bradwell | 2019 |
| The Name of the Rose | Jorge da Burgos | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Breath | Nick | 2022 |
| The Kindred | Frank Menzies | 2021 |
| Jagame Thandhiram | Peter Sprott | 2021 |
| Skylines | Grant | 2020 |
| Get Duked! | Farmer | 2020 |
| His Dark Materials | Farder Coram | 2019 |
| Tomorrow | Mr. Charles | 2019 |
| Chernobyl | Miner | 2019 |
| The Bay | Bill Bradwell | 2019 |
| The Name of the Rose | Jorge da Burgos | 2019 |
| The Hole in the Ground | Des Brady / Des | 2019 |
| Outlaw King | Robert Bruce Senior | 2018 |
| Ashes in the Snow | Mr. Stakas | 2018 |
| Malevolent | Grandpa | 2018 |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Luca | 2018 |
| In Darkness | Niall | 2018 |
| Dying Light | Policeman | 2018 |
| Mystery of the Lost Paintings | Narrator | 2018 |
| Hold the Sunset | Bob | 2018 |
| Gunned Down | Ray | 2017 |
| Amélia & Duarte | Narrator (English) | 2017 |
| Wonder Woman | Field Marshall Haig | 2017 |
| SS-GB | Harry Woods | 2017 |
| T2 Trainspotting | Renton's Father / Mr. Renton | 2017 |
| Whisky Galore | Macalister the Minister / MacAlister | 2017 |
| Eliminators | Cooper | 2016 |
| Monochrome | Roger Daniels | 2016 |
| The Collection | Jules Trouvier | 2016 |
| Ben-Hur | Quintus / Quintus Arius | 2016 |
| Dark Signal | Alan Keller / Alan | 2016 |
| The Durrells | Captain Creech, Creech | 2016 |
| Stag | The Game-keeper, The Gamekeper | 2016 |
| Breakdown | Albert Chapman | 2016 |
| Bunker: Project 12 | Brian Balanowsky | 2016 |
| Moonwalkers | Dawson | 2015 |
| Estranged | Albert | 2015 |
| The Pyramid Texts | Ray | 2015 |
| Barney Thomson | James Henderson | 2015 |
| Magnum Opus | Moshe Navon | 2015 |
| We Still Kill the Old Way | Arthur | 2014 |
| New Worlds | Goffe | 2014 |
| The Christmas Candle | Herbert Hopewell | 2013 |
| Justin and the Knights of Valour | Blucher / Blucher (voice) | 2013 |
| Hammer of the Gods | King Bagsecg | 2013 |
| Get Lucky | Mr. Zigic | 2013 |
| Shetland | Arthur McCall | 2013 |
| The Golden Scallop | Judge Wellington | 2013 |
| Songs for Amy | Murdo | 2012 |
| Sunday Brunch | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Citadel | Priest | 2012 |
| Death in Paradise | Roger Seymour | 2011 |
| The Glass Man | Pecco | 2011 |
| Case Histories | Len Lomax | 2011 |
| Thronecast | Self | 2011 |
| Game of Thrones | Jeor Mormont | 2011 |
| No Saints for Sinners | Murphy | 2011 |
| Donkeys | Alfred / Alfie | 2010 |
| The Runway | Sutherland / Shutherland | 2010 |
| Outcast | Laird | 2010 |
| The Santa Incident | Nick | 2010 |
| Flashforward | Phillip | 2009 |
| 2081 | George Bergeron | 2009 |
| The Narnia Code | Narrator | 2009 |
| Castle | Finn Rourke | 2009 |
| Merlin | Hengist | 2008 |
| Sons of Anarchy | Father Kellan Ashby | 2008 |
| The Color of Magic | Galder Wetterwachs, Galder Weatherwax | 2008 |
| Futureshock: Comet | Brenden / Brenden Kelly | 2007 |
| The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Dawson | 2007 |
| The Last Legion | Hrothgar | 2007 |
| Free Jimmy | HudMaSpecs / HudMaSpecs (voice) | 2006 |
| Half Light | Finlay Murray | 2006 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Father Christmas | 2005 |
| The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| 20 to 1 | Campbell | 2005 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Mr. Scott | 2005 |
| Troy | Glaucus | 2004 |
| One Last Chance | Big John | 2004 |
| Man Dancin' | Donnie McGlone | 2004 |
| The Reckoning | Lambert | 2003 |
| Skagerrak | Robert | 2003 |
| The Four Feathers | Col. Sutch | 2002 |
| Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Billy | 2002 |
| All the Queen's Men | Archie | 2001 |
| To End All Wars | Lt. Col. Stuart McLean / Col. Stuart McLean | 2001 |
| The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | McNab | 2000 |
| Honest | Tommy Chase | 2000 |
| Rebus | Morris Cafferty, Morris Gerald Cafferty | 2000 |
| The 10th Kingdom | Blind Woodsman | 2000 |
| One More Kiss | Frank | 1999 |
| Loose Women | Self | 1999 |
| The Match | Billy Bailey | 1999 |
| Cleopatra | Agrippa | 1999 |
| Babe: Pig in the City | Thelonius / Thelonius (voice) | 1998 |
| Comedy Lab | David | 1998 |
| Urban Ghost Story | Minister | 1998 |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Malky Fraser | 1997 |
| Emma | Mr Weston | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Jack 'Axeman' McKinley | 1997 |
| Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1997 |
| Trainspotting | Mr. Renton | 1996 |
| Silent Witness | Arnold Mears | 1996 |
| Braveheart | Campbell | 1995 |
| Roughnecks | Tom | 1994 |
| Between the Lines | D.C.C. Birman | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Matthew Chapman | 1992 |
| The House of Eliott | James Maxton | 1991 |
| Soldier Soldier | Lt Col Philip Drysdale | 1991 |
| Alleyn Mysteries | Major Keith Ballantyne | 1990 |
| The Fool | Mr. Bowring | 1990 |
| Treasure Island | Redruth | 1990 |
| Rab C. Nesbitt | Teacher | 1988 |
| Stormy Monday | Tony | 1988 |
| Codename: Kyril | Bonham | 1988 |
| Crossbow | Anton | 1987 |
| Lost Empires | Inspector Furness | 1986 |
| Casualty | John Breckman, Tony | 1986 |
| Biggles: Adventures in Time | German Soldier | 1986 |
| Highlander | Angus MacLeod | 1986 |
| The Campbells | Sgt. Henderson | 1986 |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | McNeill, Howard | 1985 |
| Super Gran | Mr. McBigg | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Jerry | 1985 |
| Operation Julie | Longfellow | 1985 |
| Fairly Secret Army | Crazy Colin Carstairs | 1984 |
| The Master of Ballantrae | Horseman | 1984 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Dr. Ian McCarran | 1983 |
| Taggart | Victor Baird | 1983 |
| Living Apart Together | Priest | 1982 |
| The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch, Sergeant. Carch | 1981 |
| Hammer House of Horror | Willis | 1980 |
| Take the High Road | 1980 | |
| Minder | Jock McLeish | 1979 |
| Kidnapped | Beggar | 1978 |
| The Professionals | Glover | 1977 |
| Midnight Is a Place | Davey Scatcherd | 1977 |
| George & Mildred | Keith | 1976 |
| Quiller | Hamilton | 1975 |
| Survivors | Lenny Carter | 1975 |
| The Sweeney | Det. Sgt. Davy Freeth | 1975 |
| Warship | L / Reg. Fuller, Leading Regulator Fuller | 1973 |
| Young Winston | Officer on Train | 1972 |
| Doomwatch | Bob Gillette | 1972 |
| The Stone Tape | Cliff Dow | 1972 |
| The Onedin Line | Glasgow McDade | 1971 |
| The Persuaders! | Inspector Williams | 1971 |
| In the Devil's Garden | Det. Sgt. Beale | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Loch | 1970 |
| UFO | Lt. Anderson | 1970 |
| The Virgin Soldiers | Waller | 1969 |
| The Battle of Britain | Jamie | 1969 |
| The Borderers | Hector | 1968 |
| Softly Softly | McBride | 1966 |
| The Wednesday Play | Senior Under Officer Patterson | 1964 |
| Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Peter Randall, Private Davidson | 1962 |
