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:
- 139
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Choice
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Last Redemption 2024-09-20
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Fear | 2025 | |
| Series | The Choice | 2025 | |
| Movie | Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead | Dida | 2025 |
| Movie | Hotel Caledonia | William Pertwee | 2025 |
| Series | Nightsleeper | Fraser Warren | 2024-09-15 |
| Movie | Can You Hear Me? | Johnny | 2024-06-14 |
| Movie | The Last Redemption | Lord Goran | 2024-09-20 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 2023-03-23 |
| Series | Six Four | Bill Mackie | 2023-03-30 |
| Movie | My Sailor, My Love | Howard | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Mr. Fezziwig (voice) | 2022-11-18 |
| Movie | Breath | Nick | 2022-01-10 |
| Movie | The Kindred | Frank Menzies | 2021-12-28 |
| Movie | Jagame Thandhiram | Peter Sprott | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | Skylines | Grant | 2020-10-25 |
| Series | His Dark Materials | Farder Coram | 2019-11-03 |
| Movie | Off Grid | John Tanner | 2019-12-13 |
| Series | The Name of the Rose | Jorge of Burgos | 2019-03-04 |
| Movie | Tomorrow | Mr. Charles | 2019-09-27 |
| Movie | Get Duked! | Farmer | 2019-03-08 |
| Movie | The Hole in the Ground | Des Brady | 2019-03-01 |
| Series | Hold the Sunset | Bob | 2018-02-18 |
| Movie | Outlaw King | Robert Bruce Senior | 2018-09-06 |
| Movie | Ashes in the Snow | Mr. Stakas | 2018-10-12 |
| Movie | Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre | Narrator | 2018-05-01 |
| Movie | In Darkness | Niall | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | Darkness Comes | Policeman | 2018-05-15 |
| Movie | Malevolent | Grandpa | 2018-12-13 |
| Movie | T2 Trainspotting | Renton's Father | 2017-01-27 |
| Movie | London Heist | Ray | 2017-06-17 |
| Movie | Wonder Woman | FIeld Marshall Haig | 2017-05-30 |
| Series | SS-GB | Harry Woods | 2017-02-19 |
| Movie | Bunker: Project 12 | Brian Balanowsky | 2016-01-08 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur | Quintus Arius | 2016-08-17 |
| Movie | Eliminators | Cooper | 2016-12-06 |
| Movie | Monochrome | Roger Daniels | 2016-10-01 |
| Movie | Whisky Galore | Macalister the Minister | 2016-06-26 |
| Movie | Dark Signal | Alan | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Breakdown | Albert Chapman | 2016-01-15 |
| Movie | The Legend of Barney Thomson | James Henderson | 2015-07-24 |
| Movie | Amélia & Duarte | Narrator (English) | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | Estranged | Albert | 2015-08-28 |
| Movie | Moonwalkers | Dawson | 2015-03-14 |
| Movie | The Pyramid Texts | Ray | 2015-06-19 |
| Movie | We Still Kill the Old Way | Arthur | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | The Boogeyman | Dr. Harper | 2014-07-01 |
| Series | New Worlds | Unknown | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Get Lucky | Mr. Zigic | 2013-08-08 |
| Movie | The Christmas Candle | Herbert Hopewell | 2013-11-22 |
| Movie | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Blucher (voice) | 2013-08-09 |
| Movie | Hammer of the Gods | King Bagsecg | 2013-07-05 |
| Movie | The Golden Scallop | Judge Wellington | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Songs for Amy | Murdo | 2012-05-02 |
| Movie | Citadel | Priest | 2012-03-11 |
| Movie | The Glass Man | Pecco | 2011-08-26 |
| Series | Game of Thrones | Jeor Mormont | 2011-04-17 |
| Movie | No Saints for Sinners | 2011-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Runway | Shutherland | 2010-07-10 |
| Movie | One Night in Emergency | 2010-01-04 | |
| Movie | The Santa Incident | Nick | 2010-12-09 |
| Movie | Outcast | Laird | 2010-12-10 |
| Movie | Donkeys | Alfred | 2010-10-08 |
| Series | FlashForward | Phillip | 2009-09-24 |
| Series | Castle | Finn Rourke | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | 2081 | George Bergeron | 2009-05-29 |
| Movie | The Narnia Code | Narrator | 2009-04-09 |
| Series | The Colour of Magic | Galder Weatherwax | 2008-03-23 |
| Movie | Futureshock: Comet | Brenden | 2008-01-02 |
| Movie | The Last Legion | Hrothgar | 2007-04-19 |
| Movie | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Dawson | 2007-10-05 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Mr. Scott | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Lambert | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | One Last Chance | Big John | 2004-03-13 |
| Movie | Troy | Glaucus | 2004-05-13 |
| Movie | Man Dancin' | Donnie McGlone | 2004-02-20 |
| 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 | All the Queen's Men | Archie | 2001-10-14 |
| Movie | To End All Wars | Col. Stuart McLean | 2001-09-02 |
| Series | The 10th Kingdom | Blind Woodsman | 2000-02-27 |
| Movie | Tales from the Madhouse | The Centurion | 2000-04-16 |
| Movie | Honest | Tommy Chase | 2000-05-26 |
| Movie | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | McNab | 2000-08-26 |
| Movie | One More Kiss | Frank | 1999-09-18 |
| Series | Cleopatra | Agrippa | 1999-05-23 |
| Movie | The Match | Billy Bailey | 1999-08-13 |
| Series | Badger | Unknown | 1999-07-11 |
| Movie | Sunset Heights | MacDonald | 1999-06-04 |
| Movie | Billy and Zorba | Zorba | 1999-08-22 |
| Movie | Babe: Pig in the City | Thelonius (voice) | 1998-11-25 |
| Series | Ain't Misbehavin' | Malky Fraser | 1997-07-28 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1997-01-12 |
| Series | Midsomer Murders | Unknown | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | Trainspotting | Renton's Father | 1996-02-23 |
| Movie | Emma | Mr. Weston | 1996-08-02 |
| Movie | Braveheart | Campbell | 1995-05-24 |
| Movie | Sin Bin | Jerry | 1994-05-18 |
| Series | Roughnecks | Tom | 1994-06-16 |
| Series | Heartbeat | Unknown | 1992-04-10 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Redruth | 1990-01-22 |
| Movie | The Fool | Mr. Bowring | 1990-12-07 |
| Movie | The Nightwatch | James Smithson | 1989-11-19 |
| Movie | Stormy Monday | Tony | 1988-05-01 |
| Movie | Codename: Kyril | Bonham | 1988-03-29 |
| Series | Casualty | Tony | 1986-09-06 |
| Movie | Highlander | Angus MacLeod | 1986-03-07 |
| Movie | Biggles | German Soldier | 1986-05-30 |
| Series | Running Scared | Detective Inspector McNeil | 1986-01-15 |
| Series | Super Gran | Mr. McBigg | 1985-01-20 |
| Movie | Operation Julie | Longfellow | 1985-01-02 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
| Series | Taggart | Unknown | 1983-09-06 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Movie | Living Apart Together | Priest | 1982-11-29 |
| Movie | The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch | 1981-05-01 |
| Series | The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch | 1981-05-01 |
| Series | Take the High Road | 1980-02-19 | |
| Series | Hammer House of Horror | Unknown | 1980-09-13 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Sovereign's Company | Senior Under Officer Patterson | 1970-04-21 |
| Series | UFO | Unknown | 1970-09-16 |
| Movie | Battle of Britain | Jamie | 1969-09-15 |
| Movie | The Virgin Soldiers | Waller | 1969-10-14 |
| Series | Ransom for a Pretty Girl | 1966-09-10 |