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:
- 137
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
- Latest Project:
- Movie Salvable 2025-05-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead | Dida | 2026 |
| Movie | Hotel Caledonia | William Pertwee | 2026 |
| Movie | Salvable | Welly | 2025-05-01 |
| Movie | The Last Redemption | Lord Goran | 2025-01-30 |
| Series | Fear | Allan Berwick | 2025-03-04 |
| Series | Nightsleeper | Fraser Warren | 2024-09-15 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 2023-03-23 |
| Movie | Breath | Nick | 2022-01-10 |
| Movie | My Sailor, My Love | Howard | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | Jagame Thandhiram | Peter Sprott | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | The Kindred | Frank Menzies | 2021-12-28 |
| Movie | Skylines | Grant | 2020-10-25 |
| Series | The Name of the Rose | Jorge of Burgos | 2019-03-04 |
| Movie | Get Duked! | Farmer | 2019-03-08 |
| Movie | The Hole in the Ground | Des Brady | 2019-03-01 |
| Series | The Bay | Bill Bradwell | 2019-03-20 |
| Series | His Dark Materials | Farder Coram | 2019-11-03 |
| Movie | Off Grid | John Tanner | 2019-12-13 |
| Movie | Tomorrow | Mr. Charles | 2019-09-27 |
| Series | Hold the Sunset | Bob | 2018-02-18 |
| Movie | Darkness Comes | Policeman | 2018-05-15 |
| Movie | Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre | Narrator | 2018-05-01 |
| Movie | Ashes in the Snow | Mr. Stakas | 2018-10-12 |
| Movie | In Darkness | Niall | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | Malevolent | Grandpa | 2018-12-13 |
| Movie | Outlaw King | Robert Bruce Senior | 2018-09-06 |
| Series | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Luka Gocharov | 2018-08-30 |
| Movie | Eliminators | Cooper | 2017-01-05 |
| Series | SS-GB | Harry Woods | 2017-02-19 |
| Movie | London Heist | Ray | 2017-06-17 |
| Movie | Wonder Woman | FIeld Marshall Haig | 2017-05-30 |
| Movie | T2 Trainspotting | Renton's Father | 2017-01-27 |
| Movie | Bunker: Project 12 | Brian Balanowsky | 2016-01-08 |
| Movie | Breakdown | Albert Chapman | 2016-01-15 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur | Quintus Arius | 2016-08-17 |
| Movie | Monochrome | Roger Daniels | 2016-10-01 |
| Movie | Dark Signal | Alan | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Whisky Galore | Macalister the Minister | 2016-06-26 |
| Movie | Moonwalkers | Dawson | 2015-03-14 |
| Movie | Amélia & Duarte | Narrator (English) | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | The Legend of Barney Thomson | James Henderson | 2015-07-24 |
| Movie | Estranged | Albert | 2015-08-28 |
| Movie | The Pyramid Texts | Ray | 2015-06-19 |
| Series | New Worlds | Unknown | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | We Still Kill the Old Way | Arthur | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Hammer of the Gods | King Bagsecg | 2013-07-05 |
| Movie | The Christmas Candle | Herbert Hopewell | 2013-11-22 |
| Movie | Get Lucky | Mr. Zigic | 2013-08-08 |
| Movie | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Blucher (voice) | 2013-08-09 |
| Movie | Citadel | Priest | 2012-03-11 |
| Movie | No Saints for Sinners | 2011-01-01 | |
| Series | Game of Thrones | Jeor Mormont | 2011-04-17 |
| Movie | The Glass Man | Pecco | 2011-08-26 |
| Movie | One Night in Emergency | 2010-01-04 | |
| Movie | Outcast | Laird | 2010-12-10 |
| Movie | Donkeys | Alfred | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | The Santa Incident | Nick | 2010-12-09 |
| Movie | The Runway | Shutherland | 2010-07-10 |
| Series | Castle | Finn Rourke | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | The Narnia Code | Narrator | 2009-04-09 |
| Series | FlashForward | Phillip | 2009-09-24 |
| Movie | 2081 | George Bergeron | 2009-05-29 |
| Movie | Futureshock: Comet | Brenden | 2008-01-02 |
| Series | The Colour of Magic | Galder Weatherwax | 2008-03-23 |
| Movie | The Last Legion | Hrothgar | 2007-04-19 |
| Movie | Lives of the Saints | Mr. Karva | 2007-01-26 |
| Movie | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Dawson | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | Free Jimmy | HudMaSpecs (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
| Movie | Half Light | Finlay Murray | 2006-01-17 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown | 2005-10-29 |
| 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 | Troy | Glaucus | 2004-05-13 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Lambert | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | One Last Chance | Big John | 2004-03-13 |
| Movie | Man Dancin' | Donnie McGlone | 2004-02-20 |
| Movie | Sweet Dreams | Robert | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | The Four Feathers | Col. Sutch | 2002-09-08 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Billy | 2002-09-06 |
| 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 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | McNab | 2000-08-26 |
| Series | The 10th Kingdom | Blind Woodsman | 2000-02-27 |
| Movie | Tales from the Madhouse | The Centurion | 2000-04-16 |
| Movie | Sunset Heights | MacDonald | 1999-06-04 |
| Series | Cleopatra | Agrippa | 1999-05-23 |
| Movie | The Match | Billy Bailey | 1999-08-13 |
| Movie | Split Second | Donald Paterson | 1999-08-26 |
| Movie | One More Kiss | Frank | 1999-09-18 |
| Movie | Billy and Zorba | Zorba | 1999-08-22 |
| Series | Badger | Unknown | 1999-07-11 |
| Movie | Babe: Pig in the City | Thelonius (voice) | 1998-11-25 |
| Series | Ain't Misbehavin' | Malky Fraser | 1997-07-28 |
| Series | Midsomer Murders | Unknown | 1997-03-23 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1997-01-12 |
| Movie | Trainspotting | Renton's Father | 1996-02-23 |
| Movie | Emma | Mr. Weston | 1996-08-02 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Fool | Mr. Bowring | 1990-12-07 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Redruth | 1990-01-22 |
| Series | Winners and Losers | Frank Kerr | 1989-03-06 |
| Movie | The Nightwatch | James Smithson | 1989-11-19 |
| Movie | Stormy Monday | Tony | 1988-05-01 |
| Movie | Codename: Kyril | Bonham | 1988-03-29 |
| Series | Running Scared | Detective Inspector McNeil | 1986-01-15 |
| Movie | Highlander | Angus MacLeod | 1986-03-07 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch | 1981-05-01 |
| Movie | The Nightmare Man | Sergeant Carch | 1981-05-01 |
| 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 | The Stone Tape | Cliff Dow | 1972-12-25 |
| Movie | Doomwatch | Bob Gillette | 1972-03-01 |
| Movie | Assault | Det. Sgt. Beale | 1971-02-11 |
| Series | The Persuaders! | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
| 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 |