James Cosmo
Highest Rated: 100% Urban Ghost Story (1998)
Lowest Rated: 7% All the Queen's Men (2001)
Birthday: May 24, 1948
Birthplace: Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
When you want an imposing, tough guy figure in your movie, James Cosmo is one of the leading go-to actors. He is beloved by Scottish audiences for his work in front of the camera but also for his tireless job promoting the country as a viable location for motion pictures and television programs. On-screen, he is best known internationally as the never-say-die warrior Campbell from Mel Gibson's thunderous historical epic "Braveheart"and for playing Angus MacLeod in the sci-fi/fantasy movie "Highlander" from 1986. Although his gruff masculinity serves him well in bold, larger-than-life period pictures like the above titles and others like "Troy" and "The Last Legion," he's also appeared in plenty of contemporary films, including his role as Ewan McGregor's father in Danny Boyle's cult classic "Trainspotting," in another role as an oil-rig worker in the television series "Roughnecks," and a part as a thug in the comedy "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands," to name just a few. Many United States television viewers may recognize the actor for his role on the cable show "Sons of Anarchy" and for his performance as Jeor Mormont on the HBO high fantasy series "Game of Thrones." Younger viewers may know him best as Father Christmas in the big screen adaptation of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breath | Nick (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 69% | 20% | The Kindred | Frank Menzies (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 30% | 56% | Suruli | Peter Sprott (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 56% | 26% | Skylines | Grant (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forget Me Not | Benedict (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 83% | 48% | The Hole in the Ground | Des Brady (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 29% | No Score Yet | Tomorrow | Mr Charles (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 62% | 67% | Outlaw King | Sir Robert VI de Brus (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 47% | 34% | In Darkness | Niall (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 93% | 83% | Wonder Woman | Field Marshall Haig (Character) | $412.8M | 2017 |
| 81% | 78% | T2 Trainspotting | Renton's Father (Character) | $2.4M | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Bunker: Project 12 | Brian Balanowsky (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monochrome | Roger Daniels (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunned Down | Ray Dixon (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 33% | 35% | Dark Signal | Alan Keller (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 42% | 50% | Whisky Galore! | Macalister the Minister (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 10% | 36% | Breakdown | Albert Chapman (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Eliminators | Cooper (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pyramid Texts | Ray (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 62% | 52% | The Legend of Barney Thomson | James Henderson (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 100% | 35% | Estranged | Albert (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | We Still Kill the Old Way | Arthur (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Golden Scallop | Judge Wellington (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 13% | 36% | Justin and the Knights of Valor | Blucher (Voice) | - | 2013 |
| 21% | 74% | The Christmas Candle | Herbert Hopewell (Character) | $2.1M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Get Lucky | Mr. Zigic (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 29% | 61% | Hammer of the Gods | King Bagsecg (Character) | $438 | 2013 |
| 17% | 67% | Songs for Amy | Murdo (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 56% | 32% | Citadel | Priest (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Glass Man | Pecco (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 80% | 68% | The Runway | Sutherland (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 64% | 30% | Outcast | Laird (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Santa Incident |
Nick/ |
- | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Donkeys | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Narnia Code | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | 2081 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 14% | 33% | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Dawson (Character) | $8.8M | 2007 |
| 15% | 34% | The Last Legion | Hrothgar (Character) | $5.9M | 2007 |
| 29% | 46% | Half Light | Finlay Murray (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 76% | No Score Yet | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Father Christmas (Character) | $291.7M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventures on the Kansas Prairie | Mr. Scott (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 54% | 73% | Troy | Glaucus (Character) | $133.2M | 2004 |
| 100% | 22% | One Last Chance | Big John (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Man Dancin' | Donnie McGlone (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Skagerrak | Robert (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 51% | 45% | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Billy (Character) | $171.8K | 2002 |
| 41% | 65% | The Four Feathers | Col. Sutch (Character) | $18.3M | 2002 |
| 62% | 85% | To End All Wars | Lt. Col. Stuart McLean (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 7% | 51% | All the Queen's Men | Archie (Character) | $22.7K | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rebus | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | McNab (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Honest | Tommy Chase (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | One More Kiss | Frank (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | The Match | Billy Bailey (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Split Second | Donald Paterson (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 100% | 43% | Urban Ghost Story | Minister (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunset Heights | MacDonald (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 85% | 77% | Emma | Mr. Weston (Character) | $22.2M | 1996 |
| 91% | 93% | Trainspotting | Mr. Renton (Character) | $16.6M | 1996 |
| 76% | 85% | Braveheart | Campbell (Character) | $75.5M | 1995 |
| 78% | 48% | Stormy Monday | Tony (Character) | $255.9K | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Stone Tape | Cliff Dow (Character) | - | 1972 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Bay | Bill Bradwell (Character) | 2021 |
| 81% | 85% | His Dark Materials | Farder Coram (Character) | 2019-2020 |
| 56% | 62% | Hold the Sunset | Bob (Character) | 2018-2019 |
| 94% | 89% | The Durrells | Captain Creech (Character) | 2019 |
| 89% | 88% | SS-GB | Harry Woods (Character) | 2017 |
| 42% | 95% | The Collection | Jules Trouvier (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Stag | The Gamekeeper (Character) | 2016 |
| 89% | 85% | Game of Thrones |
Commander Mormont (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2011-2013 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Case Histories on Masterpiece | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Death in Paradise | Roger Seymour (Character) | 2013 |
| 87% | 91% | Sons of Anarchy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 80% | 77% | FlashForward | Phillip (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 82% | 87% | Castle | Finn Rourke (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 85% | 86% | Merlin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Midsomer Murders | Jack 'Axeman' McKinley (Character) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ain't Misbehavin' | Malky Fraser (Character) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hammer House of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 1980 |