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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 24, 1948
Place of Birth
Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Джеймс Космо
- ஜேம்ஸ் காஸ்மோ
James Cosmo
0.9 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.5
Welly
Salvable
2025
5.6
Allan Berwick
Fear
2025
4.1
Lord Goran
The Last Redemption
2024
6.7
Fraser Warren
Nightsleeper
2024
5.8
Waylon
The Beast Within
2024
🎬
0.0
Johnny
Can You Hear Me?
2024
7.0
Narrator
Highland Cops
2023
5.5
Jim Mackie
Six Four
2023
5.2
Cardinal Richelieu
The Three Musketeers
2023
6.8
Mr. Fezziwig (voice)
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022
Credits
Salvable
as Welly
2025
6.5
Fear
as Allan Berwick
2025
5.6
The Last Redemption
as Lord Goran
2024
4.1
Nightsleeper
as Fraser Warren
2024
6.7
The Beast Within
as Waylon
2024
5.8
🎬
Can You Hear Me?
as Johnny
2024
0.0
Highland Cops
as Narrator
2023
7.0
Six Four
as Jim Mackie
2023
5.5
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
2023
5.2
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Mr. Fezziwig (voice)
2022
6.8
My Sailor, My Love
as Howard
2022
6.2
Breath
as Nick
2022
3.8
The Kindred
as Frank Menzies
2021
6.4
Jagame Thandhiram
as Peter Sprott
2021
5.7
Skylines
as Grant
2020
5.5
Off Grid
as John Tanner
2019
10.0
Forget Me Not
as Benedict
2019
5.0
His Dark Materials
as Farder Coram
2019
7.9
Tomorrow
as Mr. Charles
2019
0.0
Chernobyl
as Miner
2019
8.7
The Bay
as Bill Bradwell
2019
6.8
Get Duked!
as Farmer
2019
6.1
The Name of the Rose
as Jorge of Burgos
2019
7.0
The Hole in the Ground
as Des Brady
2019
5.6
Malevolent
as Grandpa
2018
5.0
Ashes in the Snow
as Mr. Stakas
2018
6.6
Outlaw King
as Robert Bruce Senior
2018
6.8
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Luka Gocharov
2018
7.7
In Darkness
as Niall
2018
6.1
Darkness Comes
as Policeman
2018
0.0
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre
as Narrator
2018
0.0
Hold the Sunset
as Bob
2018
6.3
London Heist
as Ray
2017
5.4
Wonder Woman
as FIeld Marshall Haig
2017
7.2
SS-GB
as Harry Woods
2017
6.3
T2 Trainspotting
as Renton's Father
2017
6.9
Eliminators
as Cooper
2017
6.4
Monochrome
as Roger Daniels
2016
4.8
Ben-Hur
as Quintus Arius
2016
5.8
Whisky Galore
as Macalister the Minister
2016
5.9
Dark Signal
as Alan
2016
3.8
The Durrells
as Captain Creech
2016
7.4
Breakdown
as Albert Chapman
2016
5.0
Bunker: Project 12
as Brian Balanowsky
2016
4.8
Estranged
as Albert
2015
5.2
The Legend of Barney Thomson
as James Henderson
2015
6.1
The Pyramid Texts
as Ray
2015
10.0
Amélia & Duarte
as Narrator (English)
2015
5.7
Moonwalkers
as Dawson
2015
6.1
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Arthur
2014
6.0
The Boogeyman
as Dr. Harper
2014
1.5
New Worlds
as Goffe
2014
6.0
The Christmas Candle
as Herbert Hopewell
2013
5.8
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Blucher (voice)
2013
5.9
Get Lucky
as Mr. Zigic
2013
5.0
Hammer of the Gods
as King Bagsecg
2013
4.4
Shetland
as Arthur McCall
2013
7.5
The Golden Scallop
as Judge Wellington
2013
4.5
Songs for Amy
as Murdo
2012
3.5
Citadel
as Priest
2012
5.3
🎬
The Chase Celebrity Special
as Themselves
2011
0.0
Death in Paradise
as Roger Seymour
2011
7.4
The Glass Man
as Pecco
2011
5.5
Case Histories
as Len Lomax
2011
7.8
Game of Thrones
as Jeor Mormont
2011
8.5
No Saints for Sinners
2011
5.0
Outcast
as Laird
2010
5.2
The Santa Incident
as Nick
2010
4.6
Donkeys
as Alfred
2010
6.5
The Runway
as Shutherland
2010
6.1
One Night in Emergency
2010
8.0
FlashForward
as Phillip
2009
7.0
2081
as George Bergeron
2009
6.5
The Narnia Code
as Narrator
2009
8.0
Castle
as Finn Rourke
2009
8.0
The Clan
as Hector McKinley
2009
0.0
Merlin
as Hengist
2008
7.8
Sons of Anarchy
as Father Kellan Ashby
2008
8.4
The Colour of Magic
as Galder Weatherwax
2008
6.7
Futureshock: Comet
as Brenden
2008
5.2
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
as Dawson
2007
5.4
The Last Legion
as Hrothgar
2007
5.6
Lives of the Saints
as Mr. Karva
2007
6.1
Half Light
as Finlay Murray
2006
6.0
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Father Christmas
2005
7.1
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as James Brown
2005
5.4
🎬
Little House on the Prairie
as Mr. Scott
2005
8.2
Troy
as Glaucus
2004
7.2
One Last Chance
as Big John
2004
5.6
The Reckoning
as Lambert
2004
6.4
🎬
Man Dancin'
as Donnie McGlone
2004
1.5
🎬
Solid Air
as Finn
2003
0.0
Sweet Dreams
as Robert
2003
6.1
The Four Feathers
as Col. Sutch
2002
6.6
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
as Billy
2002
6.2
All the Queen's Men
as Archie
2001
4.9
To End All Wars
as Col. Stuart McLean
2001
6.4
Celebrity Big Brother
as Self
2001
4.8
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as McNab
2000
6.7
Honest
as Tommy Chase
2000
1.7
Rebus
as Morris Cafferty
2000
7.0
Rebus
as Morris Gerald Cafferty
2000
7.0
Tales from the Madhouse
as The Centurion
2000
6.5
One More Kiss
as Frank
1999
5.5
Split Second
as Donald Paterson
1999
4.0
Billy and Zorba
as Zorba
1999
0.0
The Match
as Billy Bailey
1999
5.8
🎬
Badger
1999
0.0
Sunset Heights
as MacDonald
1999
6.0
Cleopatra
as Agrippa
1999
6.6
Babe: Pig in the City
as Thelonius (voice)
1998
5.6
🎬
Santa / Claws
1997
0.0
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Malky Fraser
1997
7.0
Midsomer Murders
as Jack 'Axeman' McKinley
1997
7.5
Ivanhoe
as Cedric
1997
6.9
Emma
as Mr. Weston
1996
6.7
Trainspotting
as Renton's Father
1996
8.0
Braveheart
as Campbell
1995
7.9
Roughnecks
as Tom
1994
6.5
Sin Bin
as Jerry
1994
0.0
Heartbeat
as Matthew Chapman
1992
7.0
The House of Eliott
as James Maxton
1991
6.2
🎬
The Fool
as Mr. Bowring
1990
7.0
Treasure Island
as Redruth
1990
6.6
The Nightwatch
as James Smithson
1989
5.0
Winners and Losers
as Frank Kerr
1989
0.0
Stormy Monday
as Tony
1988
5.7
Codename: Kyril
as Bonham
1988
0.0
Casualty
as John Breckman
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Tony
1986
6.1
Biggles
as German Soldier
1986
5.2
Highlander
as Angus MacLeod
1986
6.9
Running Scared
as Detective Inspector McNeil
1986
5.5
Super Gran
as Mr. McBigg
1985
6.5
Operation Julie
as Longfellow
1985
2.0
The Bill
1984
6.7
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.3
Taggart
1983
6.3
🎬
Living Apart Together
as Priest
1982
0.0
The Nightmare Man
as Sergeant Carch
1981
6.5
The Nightmare Man
as Sergeant Carch
1981
6.5
Hammer House of Horror
as Willis
1980
7.1
Take the High Road
1980
5.2
Minder
as Jock McLeish
1979
6.8
🎬
Thundercloud
1979
0.0
Kidnapped
as Beggar/Soldier
1979
6.6
Dick Barton: Special Agent
as Jock Anderson
1979
0.0
The Professionals
as Glover
1977
7.4
Survivors
as Lenny Carter
1975
7.9
The Sweeney
as Det. Sgt. Davy Freeth
1975
7.7
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Loch
1974
0.0
Warship
1973
5.5
🎬
The Professional
as Sgt. Robbins
1973
0.0
The Stone Tape
as Cliff Dow
1972
5.8
Young Winston
as Officer on Train
1972
6.2
Doomwatch
as Bob Gillette
1972
5.9
🎬
The Duna Bull
1972
0.0
The Persuaders!
as Inspector Williams
1971
7.6
Assault
as Det. Sgt. Beale
1971
5.2
UFO
as Lt. Anderson
1970
7.6
🎬
Sovereign's Company
as Senior Under Officer Patterson
1970
7.0
The Virgin Soldiers
as Waller
1969
6.9
Battle of Britain
as Jamie
1969
6.9
🎬
Ransom for a Pretty Girl
1966
0.0
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Private Davidson
1962
6.0
🎬
Preschool
N/A
0.0
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
as Dida
N/A
0.0
🎬
Hotel Caledonia
as William Pertwee
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Morrigan
as Francis Crowley
N/A
0.0
🎬
Hostage
N/A
0.0
Follow the Dark
as Gregory Kern
N/A
0.0