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James Cosmo

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1/1/1948, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

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James Cosmo, a Scottish film and television actor, has been active in screen roles since the late 1960s. He was born on May 24, 1948, in Clydebank, Scotland. James Copeland, his father was a TV actor. James Cosmo is famous for his roles as a tough guy in…more

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Star (32)

Role
- Citadel
  Star
  2012
- The Narnia Code
  Star
  2011
- The Santa Incident
  Star
  2011
- Outcast
  Star
  2010
- The Match
  Star
  2010
- The Runway
  Star
  2010
- The Colour of Magic
  Glader Weatherwax
  2008
- The Colour of Magic
  Glader Weatherwax
  2008
- The Last Legion
  Hrothgar
  2007
- Man Dancin'
  Star
  2007
- Half Light
  Star
  2005
- The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
  Star
  2005
- Take the High Road
  Alex Geddes
  - S 24: Ep 1 Final Episode
    4/27/03
  - S 11: Ep 40 Episode No. 797
    6/27/90
  - S 11: Ep 39 Episode No. 796
    6/26/90
  - S 11: Ep 38 Episode No. 795
    6/25/90
  - S 11: Ep 37 Episode No. 794
    6/24/90
  - + 37 More Credits
- Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
  Star
  2003
- The Four Feathers
  Col. Sutch
  2002
- All the Queen's Men
  Archie
  2001
- To End All Wars
  Star
  2001
- One More Kiss
  Star
  1999
- Babe: Pig in the City
  Thelonius (voice)
  1998
- Soldier Soldier
  Lt Col Philip Drysdale (1997)
  - S 7: Ep 12 No Pain, No Gain
    12/9/97
- Trainspotting
  Mr. Renton
  1996
- Trainspotting: Collector's Edition
  Mr. Renton
  1996
- Emma
  Mr. Weston
  1996
- Braveheart
  Campbell
  1995
- Roughnecks
  Tom
- Stormy Monday
  Star
  1988
- Fairly Secret Army
  Crazy Colin Carstairs
  - S 2: Ep 7 Treacherous Chaps, Causes
    10/13/86
  - S 2: Ep 6 You're Going To Be A Hero, Harry
    10/6/86
  - S 2: Ep 5 Ever Tried Making Love To A Marxist?
    9/29/86
  - S 2: Ep 4 One Mistake, Whole Caboosh Plughole
    9/22/86
  - S 2: Ep 3 This Could Be Extremely Dangerous, Sir
    9/15/86
  - + 8 More Credits
- Warship
  Lieutenant Reg Fuller
  - S 4: Ep 7 Counter-Charge
    2/15/77
  - S 3: Ep 12 Heart of Oak
    3/23/76
  - S 3: Ep 11 Divert With Dispatch
    3/16/76
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Ides of Mark
    3/2/76
  - S 3: Ep 8 Quiet Run Ashore
    2/24/76
  - + 14 More Credits
- Warship
  Leading Reg Fuller
  - S 4: Ep 4 Rendezvous
    1/25/77
  - S 4: Ep 2 Singapore Incident
    1/11/77
  - S 4: Ep 1 Wind Song
    1/4/77
- The Glass Man
  Star
- El Partido
  Star
- Battle of Britain
  Star
  1943
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Sons of Anarchy
  Father Kellan Ashby
  - S 3: Ep 11 Bainne
    11/16/10
  - S 3: Ep 10 Firinne
    11/9/10
  - S 3: Ep 9 Turas
    11/2/10
  - S 3: Ep 8 Lochan Mor
    10/26/10
  - S 3: Ep 7 Widening Gyre
    10/19/10
Guest Star (48)

Role
- Case Histories
  Len Lomax
  - S 39: Ep 1 Started Early, Took My Dog
    5/19/13
- Death in Paradise
  Roger Seymour
  - S 2: Ep 1 Season 2, Episode 1
    1/8/13
- Silent Witness
  Arnold Mears
  - S 15: Ep 6 Paradise Lost, Part 2
    4/16/12
  - S 15: Ep 5 Paradise Lost, Part 1
    4/15/12
- FlashForward
  Phillip
  - S 1: Ep 11 Revelation Zero
    3/18/10
- Castle
  Finn Rourke
  - S 2: Ep 13 Sucker Punch
    1/18/10
- Merlin
  Hengist
  - S 2: Ep 4 Lancelot and Guinevere
    10/10/09
- Midsomer Murders
  Jack 'Axeman' McKinley
  - S 10: Ep 4 The Axeman Cometh
    2/2/07
- Rebus
  Morris Gerald Cafferty
  - S 1: Ep 4 Mortal Causes
    11/1/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Hanging Garden
    9/6/01
- Badger
  Charlie Maddox
  - S 2: Ep 5 Predators
    8/18/00
- The 10th Kingdom
  Juliet the Blind Woodsman
  - S 1: Ep 5 Part 5
    3/12/00
- The Bill
  Patrick Grainger
  - S 15: Ep 84 Haunted
    12/23/99
- Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
  Major Keith Ballantyne
  - S 2: Ep 2 Dead Water
    4/1/94
- Between the Lines
  D.C.C. Birman
  - S 2: Ep 6 Manoeuvre 11
    11/9/93
- Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
  Keith Ballantyne
- The House of Eliott
  James Maxton
  - S 3: Ep 5 Episode Twenty-Nine
    1/30/93
- Rab C Nesbitt
  Teacher
  - S 2: Ep 2 Lesson
    5/21/92
- Heartbeat
  Matthew Chapman
  - S 1: Ep 5 Nowt But a Prank
    5/8/92
- El C.I.D.
  Sands
  - S 1: Ep 6 Getting Even
    3/14/90
- Casualty
  John Breckman
  - S 4: Ep 3 A Grand In The Hand
    9/22/89
- The Bill
  D.C.I. [ sic ] Cameron
  - S 5: Ep 70 Seen to Be Done
    8/31/89
- Taggart
  Victor Baird
  - S 4: Ep 3 Dead Giveaway, Part 3
    9/21/88
  - S 4: Ep 2 Dead Giveaway, Part 2
    9/14/88
  - S 4: Ep 1 Dead Giveaway, Part 1
    9/7/88
- C.A.T.S. Eyes
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 8 Fit
    5/24/86
- C.A.T.S. Eyes
  McNeill
  - S 1: Ep 4 Under Plain Cover
    5/3/85
- Lytton's Diary
  Harry Owen
  - S 1: Ep 2 Daddy's Girls
    1/16/85
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Doctor Ian McCarran
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Legend of Das Geisterschloss
    10/22/84
- The Bill
  D.C.I. Cameron
- Minder (1979)
  Jock McLeish
  - S 4: Ep 2 Senior Citizen Caine
    1/18/84
- Strangers
  DS Galbraith
  - S 4: Ep 3 A Dear Green Place
    10/9/81
- Hammer House of Horror
  Willis
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Thirteenth Reunion
    9/20/80
- The Professionals
  Glover
  - S 3: Ep 7 Runner
    12/8/79
- The Sweeney
  DS Davey Freeth
  - S 4: Ep 2 Hard Men
    9/14/78
- George and Mildred
  Keith
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Dorothy Letters
    12/19/77
- Survivors (1975)
  Lenny Carter
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Chosen
    5/26/76
- Quiller
  Hamilton
  - S 1: Ep 7 Target North
    10/17/75
- The Sweeney
  Davey Freeth
- Sutherland's Law
  Ian Campbell
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Sea
    6/13/73
- Drama Playhouse
  Ian Campbell
  - S 3: Ep 1 Sutherland's Law: Man Overboard
    8/23/72
- The Persuaders!
  Inspector Williams
  - S 1: Ep 15 Element of Risk
    12/24/71
- The View from Daniel Pike
  DC Sanderson
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Tale of Two Cities
    12/23/71
- UFO
  Lt. Anderson
  - S 1: Ep 24 Reflections in the Water
    7/24/71
- The Borderers
  Hector
  - S 2: Ep 9 A Woman or an Epitaph
    3/3/70
- Crossbow
  Anton
  - S 3: Ep 15 Silver Rider
- Softly Softly
  McBride
  - S 5: Ep 3 In at the Death
    9/25/69
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
  Private Davidson
  - S 7: Ep 16 Single Or Return
    6/22/69
- Detective
  Detective Sergeant MacGregor
  - S 2: Ep 2 Dover and the Poison Pen Letters
    5/24/68
- The Revenue Men
  Andrew
  - S 1: Ep 9 A Pretty Flat Kind of Existence
    5/23/67
- This Man Craig
  Douglas McGrath
  - S 2: Ep 10 Nurinder
    11/26/66
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
  Peter Randall
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Vision
    12/26/65

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- Jame's favorite role was as Campbell in Braveheart because it was filmed in Scotland.
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- James studied art and drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Drama and Art and at the Bristol Old Vic.
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- James married Annie Harris on May 24, 2000. They have no children.
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- James, believing Scotland has a thousand and one stories to tell, persuades directors to film their movies there.
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- James usually laughs uncontrollably while acting. He can be seen in many bloopers and outtakes.
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- James hopes to buy a house in Perthshire, Scotland.
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- James often plays tough characters due to his imposing stature.
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- James is 6'2" in height.
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