James Cosmo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Cosmos is known for his film roles as Angus MacLeod in Highlander, Campbell in Braveheart and as Father Christmas in the adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Over the years he has also had roles in films such as Trainspotting, The Last Legion, Troy, and 2081 . He also appeared in Take the High Road as Alex Geddes from 1982-83. 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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- Born:
- May 24, 1948 In Clydebank - West Dunbartonshire - Scotland - UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 145
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Islander
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Three Musketeers 2023-03-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Islander | Dida | 2025 |
| Movie | Hotel Caledonia | William Pertwee | 2025 |
| Series | Nightsleeper | 2025 | |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 2023-03-23 |
| Movie | My Sailor, My Love | Howard | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | My Sailor My Love | Howard | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Mr. Fezziwig (voice) | 2022-11-18 |
| Movie | The Kindred | Frank Menzies | 2021-12-28 |
| Movie | Jagame Thandhiram | Peter Sprott | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | Skylines | Grant | 2020-10-25 |
| Movie | Skylin3s | Grant | 2020-12-18 |
| Series | His Dark Materials | Farder Coram | 2019-11-03 |
| Movie | The Hole in the Ground | Des Brady | 2019-03-01 |
| Movie | Tomorrow | Mr. Charles | 2019-09-27 |
| Movie | Off Grid | John Tanner | 2019-12-13 |
| Series | The Name of the Rose | Jorge of Burgos | 2019-03-04 |
| Series | Chernobyl | Miner | 2019-05-06 |
| Series | The Bay | Bill Bradwell | 2019-03-20 |
| Movie | Get Duked! | Farmer | 2019-03-08 |
| Movie | Boyz in the Wood | Farmer | 2019-03-08 |
| Movie | Darkness Comes | Policeman | 2018-05-15 |
| Series | Hold the Sunset | Bob | 2018-02-18 |
| Movie | Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre | Narrator | 2018-05-01 |
| Movie | In Darkness | Niall | 2018-05-25 |
| Series | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Luka Gocharov | 2018-08-30 |
| Movie | Outlaw King | Robert Bruce Senior | 2018-09-06 |
| Movie | Malevolent | Grandpa | 2018-12-13 |
| Movie | Ashes in the Snow | Mr. Stakas | 2018-10-12 |
| Movie | In Darkness | 2018-11-16 | |
| Movie | Wonder Woman | FIeld Marshall Haig | 2017-05-30 |
| Movie | T2 Trainspotting | Renton's Father | 2017-01-27 |
| Series | SS-GB | Harry Woods | 2017-02-19 |
| Movie | London Heist | Ray | 2017-06-17 |
| Movie | Eliminators | Cooper | 2016-12-06 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur | Quintus Arius | 2016-08-17 |
| Movie | Whisky Galore | Macalister the Minister | 2016-06-26 |
| Movie | Dark Signal | Alan | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Breakdown | Albert Chapman | 2016-01-15 |
| Movie | Bunker: Project 12 | Brian Balanowsky | 2016-01-08 |
| Movie | Monochrome | Roger Daniels | 2016-10-01 |
| Movie | The Pyramid Texts | Ray | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | Moonwalkers | Dawson | 2015-03-14 |
| Movie | Amélia & Duarte | Narrator (English) | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | Estranged | Albert | 2015-08-28 |
| Movie | The Legend of Barney Thomson | James Henderson | 2015-07-24 |
| Movie | We Still Kill the Old Way | Arthur | 2014-12-12 |
| Series | New Worlds | Unknown | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Get Lucky | Mr. Zigic | 2013-08-08 |
| Movie | Hammer of the Gods | King Bagsecg | 2013-07-05 |
| Series | Shetland | Arthur McCall | 2013-03-10 |
| Movie | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Blucher (voice) | 2013-08-09 |
| Movie | The Christmas Candle | Herbert Hopewell | 2013-11-22 |
| Movie | Citadel | Priest | 2012-03-11 |
| Movie | The Glass Man | Pecco | 2011-08-26 |
| Series | Game of Thrones | Jeor Mormont | 2011-04-17 |
| Movie | Outcast | Laird | 2010-12-10 |
| Movie | The Santa Incident | Nick | 2010-12-09 |
| Movie | Donkeys | Alfred | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | The Runway | Shutherland | 2010-07-10 |
| Movie | One Night in Emergency | 2010-01-04 | |
| Movie | The Narnia Code | Narrator | 2009-04-09 |
| Series | Castle | Finn Rourke | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | 2081 | George Bergeron | 2009-05-29 |
| Series | FlashForward | Phillip | 2009-09-24 |
| Movie | Braveheart: A Look Back | Self | 2009-09-01 |
| Movie | The Color Of Magic | Unknown | 2008-10-02 |
| Movie | The Color of Magic | Unknown | 2008-10-02 |
| Series | Merlin | Hengist | 2008-09-20 |
| Series | The Colour of Magic | Galder Weatherwax | 2008-03-23 |
| Movie | Futureshock: Comet | Brenden | 2008-01-02 |
| Movie | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Dawson | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | The Last Legion | Hrothgar | 2007-04-19 |
| Movie | Lives of the Saints | Mr. Karva | 2007-01-26 |
| Movie | Free Jimmy | HudMaSpecs (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
| Movie | Half Light | Finlay Murray | 2006-01-17 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Mr. Scott | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Father Christmas | 2005-12-07 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown | 2005-10-29 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Lambert | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | Troy | Glaucus | 2004-05-13 |
| Movie | One Last Chance | Big John | 2004-03-13 |
| Movie | Man Dancin' | Donnie McGlone | 2004-02-20 |
| Movie | Solid Air | Finn | 2003-08-22 |
| Movie | Sweet Dreams | Robert | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Billy | 2002-09-06 |
| Movie | The Four Feathers | Col. Sutch | 2002-09-08 |
| Movie | To End All Wars | Col. Stuart McLean | 2001-09-02 |
| Movie | All the Queen's Men | Archie | 2001-10-14 |
| Movie | Honest | Tommy Chase | 2000-05-26 |
| Movie | Tales from the Madhouse | The Centurion | 2000-04-16 |
| Series | The 10th Kingdom | Blind Woodsman | 2000-02-27 |
| Movie | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | McNab | 2000-08-26 |
| Movie | One More Kiss | Frank | 1999-09-18 |
| Movie | Billy and Zorba | Zorba | 1999-08-22 |
| Movie | The Match | Billy Bailey | 1999-08-13 |
| Series | Badger | Unknown | 1999-07-11 |
| Movie | Sunset Heights | MacDonald | 1999-06-04 |
| Series | Cleopatra | Agrippa | 1999-05-23 |
| Movie | Babe: Pig in the City | Thelonius (voice) | 1998-11-25 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1997-01-12 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1997-01-12 |
| Series | Ain't Misbehavin' | Malky Fraser | 1997-07-28 |
| Series | Midsomer Murders | Unknown | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | Emma | Mr. Weston | 1996-08-02 |
| Movie | Trainspotting | Mr. Renton | 1996-02-23 |
| Movie | Braveheart | Campbell | 1995-05-24 |
| Series | Roughnecks | Tom | 1994-06-16 |
| Movie | Sin Bin | Jerry | 1994-05-18 |
| Series | Heartbeat | Unknown | 1992-04-10 |
| Series | The House of Eliott | James Maxton | 1991-08-31 |
| Movie | The Fool | Mr. Bowring | 1990-12-07 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Redruth | 1990-01-22 |
| Movie | The Nightwatch | James Smithson | 1989-11-19 |
| Movie | Stormy Monday | Tony | 1988-05-01 |
| Movie | Codename: Kyril | Bonham | 1988-03-29 |
| Movie | Highlander | Angus MacLeod | 1986-03-07 |
| Series | Running Scared | Detective Inspector McNeil | 1986-01-15 |
| Series | Casualty | Tony | 1986-09-06 |
| Movie | Biggles | German Soldier | 1986-05-30 |
| Movie | Operation Julie | Longfellow | 1985-01-02 |
| Series | Super Gran | Mr. McBigg | 1985-01-20 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Series | Taggart | Unknown | 1983-09-06 |
| Movie | Living Apart Together | Priest | 1982-11-29 |
| Movie | The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch | 1981-05-01 |
| Series | The Nightmare Man | 1981-05-01 | |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Reunion | Willis | 1980-09-20 |
| Series | Hammer House of Horror | Unknown | 1980-09-13 |
| Series | Take the High Road | 1980-02-19 | |
| Series | Thundercloud | 1979-05-24 | |
| Series | Dick Barton: Special Agent | Jock Anderson | 1979-01-06 |
| Series | Survivors | Unknown | 1975-04-16 |
| Movie | The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil | Loch | 1974-06-06 |
| Series | Warship | 1973-06-07 | |
| Movie | Young Winston | Officer on Train | 1972-07-20 |
| Movie | Doomwatch | Bob Gillette | 1972-03-01 |
| Movie | The Stone Tape | Cliff Dow | 1972-12-25 |
| Series | The Persuaders! | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
| Movie | Assault | Det. Sgt. Beale | 1971-02-11 |
| Series | UFO | Unknown | 1970-09-16 |
| Movie | Sovereign's Company | Senior Under Officer Patterson | 1970-04-21 |
| Movie | The Virgin Soldiers | Waller | 1969-10-14 |
| Movie | Battle of Britain | Jamie | 1969-09-15 |
| Series | Ransom for a Pretty Girl | 1966-09-10 |