{{Short description|Scottish actor (born 1947)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person |name = James Cosmo |honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] |image = James Cosmo 2023.png |imagesize = |caption = Cosmo in 2023 |birth_name = James Ronald Gordon Copeland |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} |birth_place = [[Dumbarton]], [[Dunbartonshire]], Scotland |othername = |years_active = 1965–present |spouse = {{marriage|Annie Harris|2000}} |children = 2 |website = }} [[File:James Cosmo 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|170px|Cosmo in 2014]] '''James Ronald Gordon Copeland''' (born 1947),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/here-are-the-scottish-actors-made-famous-by-game-of-thrones-1419923|title=Here are the Scottish actors made famous by Game of Thrones|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=12 April 2019|access-date=31 March 2024|first=Alex|last=Nelson}}</ref> known professionally as '''James Cosmo''', is a Scottish actor. Known for his [[character actor|character work]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmhounds.co.uk/2020/12/people-perceive-me-as-the-older-gruffer-authoritarian-figure-james-cosmo-talks-skylines-the-fh-interview/|title="People perceive me as the older gruffer authoritarian figure" – James Cosmo talks Skylines [The FH Interview]|work=Filmhounds Magazine|date=December 2020|access-date=31 March 2024|first=Paul|last=Klein}}</ref> he has played supporting roles in films such as ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'' (1986), ''[[Braveheart]]'' (1995), ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'' (1996), ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' (2004), ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' (2005), ''[[Ben-Hur (2016 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (2016), and ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' (2017). On television, he appeared as Father Kellan Ashby on the [[Sons of Anarchy season 3|third season]] of ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' (2010), [[List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Jeor Mormont|Jeor Mormont]] on [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2013), Farder Coram in the [[BBC]] series ''[[His Dark Materials (TV series)|His Dark Materials]]'' (2019), and Luka Gocharov on the [[Jack Ryan (TV series)#Season 3 (2022)|third season]] of [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]]'s ''[[Jack Ryan (TV series)|Jack Ryan]]'' (2022). Cosmo appeared as a contestant on the [[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 19|nineteenth series]] of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother]]'' in 2017, finishing in fourth place.
==Early life== Cosmo is the son of actor [[James Copeland (actor)|James Copeland]] and Helen Goodlet Findlay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/60/James-Cosmo.html|title=James Cosmo Biography (1948–)|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> He attended Hartfield Primary School in [[Dumbarton]]. Through his father, young James played cricket on [[Hampstead Heath]] with [[Sean Connery]] while his father was in the pub with [[Peter O'Toole]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15255014.james-cosmo-on-game-of-thrones-whisky-galore-and-his-strange-days-on-big-brother/|title=James Cosmo on Game of Thrones, Whisky Galore and his strange days on Big Brother|website=HeraldScotland|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> He has a sister.<ref name=":0"/> When he was 11, he moved back to Glasgow and later he worked for a time at Arnott Young shipbreakers in [[Dalmuir]].<ref name=":0"/>
==Career== At the start of his career he adopted Cosmo, the middle name of his mother Helen, as his stage surname.<ref name=tvguide>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/james-cosmo/bio/3000476767/| title=James Cosmo|website=TVGuide}}</ref> Cosmo is best known for his film roles as Angus MacLeod in ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'', Campbell in ''[[Braveheart]]'' and as [[Father Christmas]] in the adaptation of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13c13bf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310064821/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13c13bf|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2017|title=James Cosmo|website=BFI}}</ref> Over the years he has also had roles in other films such as ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'', ''[[The Last Legion]]'' and ''[[2081 (film)|2081]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/james-cosmo-p123890/filmography|title=James Cosmo | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He appeared in ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' with future ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' cast members [[Sean Bean]] and [[Julian Glover]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/troy-v286522/cast-crew|title=Troy (2004) - Wolfgang Petersen | Cast and Crew | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref> He also appeared in [[UFO (British TV series)|UFO]] as SHADO operative Lieutenant Anderson, in ''[[Take the High Road]]'' as Alex Geddes from 1982 until 1983 and in 1984 played Jock McLeish in the ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' episode ''Senior Citizen Caine''.<ref name=aveleyman>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=3684|title=James Cosmo|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref><ref name=bfi/> He appeared as Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Drysdale in the seventh series of ''[[Soldier Soldier]]''.<ref name=aveleyman/>
From 2011–2013, Cosmo portrayed [[List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Jeor Mormont|Jeor Mormont]], Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and father of [[Jorah Mormont]] (played by [[Iain Glen]]), in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref name="game">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/game-of-thrones-james-cosmo-sex-scenes-b1781176.html |title= Game of Thrones star James Cosmo jokes he ‘drew the short straw’ with sex scenes|date=1 January 2021|website=The Independent}}</ref> He was involved in the filming of the thriller ''[[Breakdown (2016 film)|Breakdown]]'' in which he appeared alongside [[Craig Fairbrass]], [[Bruce Payne]], [[Emmett J. Scanlan|Emmett Scanlan]], [[Olivia Grant (actress, born 1983)|Olivia Grant]] and [[Tamer Hassan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/566766d500494|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025002858/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/566766d500494|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2020|title=Breakdown (2016)|website=BFI}}</ref> He played the antagonist in the Indian film, ''[[Jagame Thandhiram]]'', which released in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/01/james-cosmo-interview-the-bay-the-simpsons|title=James Cosmo: 'My friend said: They're going to drink beer out of your skull'|date=1 January 2021|website=the Guardian}}</ref> He played a Russian intelligence officer named Luka Gocharov in season 3 of the [[Amazon Video|Amazon]] show ''[[Jack Ryan (TV series)|Jack Ryan]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.newsweek.com/jack-ryan-cast-new-season-3-characters-michael-pena-betty-gabriel-1768632?amp=1|title= Every New 'Jack Ryan' Cast Member and What They Mean for the Show|date=21 December 2022|website=Newsweek}}</ref>
He is a patron of the charity Chance for Childhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chanceforchildhood.org/about-us/patrons/|title=Our patrons {{!}} Chance for Childhood - Children's charity|website=Chance for Childhood|access-date=5 October 2020|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724093202/https://chanceforchildhood.org/about-us/patrons/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Title !Role !class=unsortable|Notes |- |rowspan=2|1969||''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]''||Jamie|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Virgin Soldiers|dab=film}}''||Waller|| |- |1971||''[[Assault (film)|Assault]]''||Det. Sgt. Beale|| |- | rowspan="2" |1972||''[[Doomwatch (film)|Doomwatch]]''||Bob Gillette|| |- |''[[Young Winston]]''||Officer on Train|| |- |1982||''[[Living Apart Together (film)|Living Apart Together]]''||Priest|| |- |1986||''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]''||Angus MacLeod|| |- |1988||''[[Stormy Monday (film)|Stormy Monday]]''||Tony|| |- |1990 |''{{sortname|The|Fool|dab=1990 film}}''||Mr. Bowring|| |- |rowspan=2|1995||''[[Braveheart]]''||Campbell|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Key|nolink=y}}''||Gangster||Short film |- |rowspan=2|1996||''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''||David Renton|| |- |''[[Emma (1996 theatrical film)|Emma]]''||Mr. Weston|| |- |1997||''Santa/Claws''||Santa Claus||Short film |- |rowspan=2|1998||''[[Urban Ghost Story]]''||Minister|| |- |''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]''||Thelonius (voice)|| |- | rowspan="4" |1999||''Sunset Heights''||MacDonald|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Match|nolink=y}}''||Billy Bailey|| |- |''Billy and Zorba''||Zorba||Short film |- |''[[One More Kiss (film)|One More Kiss]]''||Frank|| |- | rowspan="2" |2000||''[[Honest (film)|Honest]]''||Tommy Chase|| |- |''Reflections Upon the Origin of the Pineapple''||Narrator (voice)||Short film |- |rowspan=2|2001||''[[To End All Wars]]''||Lt. Col. Stuart McLean|| |- |''[[All the Queen's Men]]''||Archie|| |- |rowspan=2|2002||''[[Once Upon a Time in the Midlands]]''||Billy|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Four Feathers|dab=2002 film}}''||Col. Sutch|| |- |rowspan=4|2003||''[[Skagerrak (film)|Skagerrak]]''||Robert|| |- |''[[Man Dancin']]''||Donnie McGlone|| |- |''[[The Reckoning (2004 film)|The Reckoning]]''||Lambert|| |- |''Solid Air''||Finn|| |- |rowspan=2|2004||''One Last Chance''||Big John|| |- |''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]''||Glaucus|| |- |rowspan=2|2005||''{{sortname|The|Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby}}''||James Brown|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}''||Father Christmas|| |- |rowspan=3|2006||''[[Half Light (film)|Half Light]]''||Finlay Murray|| |- |''[[Free Jimmy]]''||HudMaSpecs (voice)||AKA ''Slipp Jimmy fri'' (Original title) |- |''{{sortname|The|Lives of the Saints|nolink=y}}''||Mr. Karva|| |- | rowspan="3" |2007||''{{sortname|The|Last Legion}}''||Hrothgar|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Seeker: The Dark Is Rising}}''||Dawson|| |- |''Where Have I Been All Your Life?''||John|| rowspan="2" |Short film |- | rowspan="2" |2009||''[[2081 (film)|2081]]''||George Bergeron |- |''{{sortname|The|Clan|nolink=y}}''||Hector McKinley|| |- | rowspan="3" |2010 |''[[Outcast (2010 film)|Outcast]]''||Laird|| |- |''[[Donkeys (film)|Donkeys]]''||Alfie|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Runway|dab=film}}''||Sutherland|| |- |rowspan=2|2011||''No Saints for Sinners''||Murphy|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Glass Man|nolink=y}}''||Pecco|| |- |rowspan=2|2012||''[[Citadel (film)|Citadel]]''||Priest|| |- |''Songs for Amy''||Murdo|| |- |rowspan=7|2013||''[[Get Lucky (film)|Get Lucky]]''||Mr. Zigic|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Golden Scallop|nolink=y}}''||Judge Wellington|| |- |''[[Hammer of the Gods (2013 film)|Hammer of the Gods]]''||King Bagsecg|| |- |''[[Justin and the Knights of Valour]]''||Blucher (voice)|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Christmas Candle}}''||Herbert Hopewell|| |- |''Sea Out''||Old Joe||Short film |- |''[[Dying Light]]''||Policeman|| |- |rowspan=3|2014||''{{sortname|The|Boogeyman|nolink=y}}''||Dr. Harper||Short film |- |''[[We Still Kill the Old Way (2014 film)|We Still Kill the Old Way]]''||Arthur|| |- |''Hole''||Cooper||Short film |- |rowspan=5|2015||''[[Moonwalkers (film)|Moonwalkers]]''||Dawson|| |- |''Carried''||Henry Hunter||Short film |- |''{{sortname|The|Legend of Barney Thomson}}''||James Henderson|| |- |''{{sortname|The|Pyramid Texts|nolink=y}}''||Ray|| |- |''January''||Albert||AKA ''Estranged'' (Original title) |- |rowspan=8|2016||''Project 12: The Bunker''||Brian Balanowsky|| |- |''[[Breakdown (2016 film)|Breakdown]]''||Albert Chapman|| |- |''[[Mikelis]]''||Mikelis||Short film |- |''[[Dark Signal]]''||Alan|| |- |''[[Ben-Hur (2016 film)|Ben-Hur]]''||Quintus|| |- |''[[Whisky Galore! (2016 film)|Whisky Galore!]]''||MacAlister, the Minister|| |- |''Monochrome''||Roger Daniels|| |- |''[[Eliminators (2016 film)|Eliminators]]''||Cooper|| |- |rowspan=4|2017||''London Heist''||Ray Dixon|| |- |''[[T2 Trainspotting]]''||David Renton|| |- |''Last Respects ''||Philip Drummond (voice)||Short film |- |''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]''||[[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Field Marshal Haig]]|| |- |rowspan=6|2018||''Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre''||Narrator (voice)||Short film |- |''[[In Darkness (2018 film)|In Darkness]]''||Niall|| |- |''[[Outlaw King]]''||[[Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale|Robert Bruce Senior]]|| |- |''[[Ashes in the Snow]]''||Mr. Stakas|| |- |''[[Malevolent (2018 film)|Malevolent]]''||Grandpa Sayers|| |- |''Tomorrow''||Mr. Charles|| |- |rowspan="5" |2019||''{{sortname|The|Hole in the Ground|dab=2019 film}}''||Des Brady|| |- |''[[Forget Me Not (2019 film)|Forget Me Not]]''||Benedict||Short film |- |''[[Get Duked!]]''||Farmer|| |- |''Off Grid''||John Tanner||Short film |- |''Shadow Boxer''||Eddie Royce||Short film |- |2020||''[[Skylines (film)|Skylines]]''||Grant|| |- |rowspan=2|2021||''[[Jagame Thanthiram]]''||Peter Sprott||Tamil film |- |''{{sortname|The|Kindred|dab=2021 film}}''||Frank Menzies|| |- |rowspan=3|2022 ||''Breath''||Nick|| |- |''[[My Sailor, My Love]]''||Howard|| |- |''[[Scrooge: A Christmas Carol]]''||[[Mr. Fezziwig]] (voice)|| |- |2023 || ''The Three Musketeers'' || Cardinal Richelieu || |- |rowspan=3|2024 || ''Can You Hear Me?'' ||Johnny|| |- |''[[The Beast Within (2024)|The Beast Within]]'' ||Waylon|| |- |''The Last Redemption'' || Lord Goran || |- |rowspan=2|2025 || ''[[Salvable]]'' ||Welly|| |- | ''The Morrigan'' ||Francis Crowley|| |- |rowspan=3|2026 || ''[[Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead]]'' || Dida || |- | ''[[Preschool (film)|Preschool]]'' || Joe || |- | ''Voidance'' || Agent Polo || |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Title !Role !class=unsortable|Notes |- |1965||''[[Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV and radio)|Dr. Finlay's Casebook]]''||Peter Randall||Episode: "The Vision" |- |rowspan=2|1966||''Ransom for a Pretty Girl''||Charlie Milne||Mini series, 6 episodes |- |''[[This Man Craig]]''||Douglas McGrath||Episode: "Nurinder" |- |rowspan=2|1967||''[[St. Ives (TV series)|St. Ives]]''||Dalmahoy||2 episodes: "The Assembly Ball" and "Journey's End" |- |''{{sortname|The|Revenue Men}}''||Andrew||Episode: "A Pretty Flat Kind of Existence" |- | rowspan="2" |1968||''[[Detective (TV series)|Detective]]''||Det. Sgt. MacGregor||Episode: "Dover and the Deadly Poison Pen Letters" |- |''Splash O.K.'' |Hamish MacPherson |Television film |- |rowspan=2|1969||''[[Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV and radio)|Dr. Finlay's Casebook]]''||Private Davidson||Episode: "Single or Return" |- |''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly Softly]]''||McBride||Episode: "In at the Death" |- |rowspan=2|1970||''{{sortname|The|Borderers}}''||Hector||Episode: "[[The Borderers#A Woman or an Epitaph|A Woman or an Epitaph]]" |- |''{{sortname|The|Wednesday Play}}''||Senior Under Officer Patterson||Episode: "[[The Wednesday Play#Sovereign's Company|Sovereign's Company]]" |- |rowspan=4|1971||''Long Voyage Out of War''||Thorpe||Episode: "Battle at Tematangi" |- |''[[UFO (British TV series)|UFO]]''||Lt. Anderson||Episode: "[[Reflections in the Water]]" |- |''{{sortname|The|Persuaders!}}''||Inspector Williams||Episode: "Element of Risk" |- |''{{sortname|The|View from Daniel Pike}}''||Det. Con. Sanderson||Episode: "A Tale of Two Cities" |- | rowspan="2" |1972 |''[[Sutherland's Law]]'' |Ian Campbell | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |''{{sortname|The|Stone Tape}}'' |Cliff Dow |- |rowspan=2|1973||''[[ITV Playhouse]]''||Sgt. Robbins||Episode: "Professional" |- |''[[Sutherland's Law]]''||Ian Campbell||Episode: "The Sea" |- |1973–1977||''[[Warship (1973 TV series)|Warship]]''||Leading Regulator ("Sheriff") Pat Fuller||21 episodes |- |1974||''[[Play for Today]]''||Loch||Episode: "[[Play for Today#The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil|The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil]]" |- |rowspan=2|1975||''[[Churchill's People]]''||Robert Bruce||Episode: "The Wallace" |- |''[[Quiller (TV series)|Quiller]]''||Hamilton||Episode: "Target North" |- |rowspan=2|1976||''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]''||Lenny Carter||Episode: "The Chosen" |- |''[[Orde Wingate]]''||Brigadier Calvert||3 episodes |- |rowspan=2|1977||''[[George & Mildred]]''||Keith||Episode: "The Dorothy Letters" |- |''{{sortname|The|Mackenzie Affair|nolink=y}}''||James Mackenzie||Mini series, 5 episodes |- |1977–1978||''Midnight Is a Place''||Davey Scatcherd||3 episodes |- |rowspan=3|1978||''{{sortname|The|Standard|dab=TV series}}''||Harry Bray||Episode: "New Standards" |- |''{{sortname|The|Sweeney}}''||Det. Sgt. Davy Freeth||Episode: "[[The Sweeney#Hard Men|Hard Men]]" |- |''[[Kidnapped (1978 miniseries)|Kidnapped]]''||Beggar||Mini series, episode: "Uncle Ebenezer" |- |rowspan=4|1979||''[[Dick Barton#Television|Dick Barton: Special Agent]]''||Jock Anderson||29 episodes |- |''Thundercloud''||CPO Hawkins||13 episodes |- |''{{sortname|The|Onedin Line}}''||Glasgow McDade||Episode: "[[List of Onedin Line episodes#To Honour and Obey|To Honour and Obey]]" |- |''{{sortname|The|Professionals|dab=TV series}}''||Glover||Episode: "[[List of The Professionals episodes#Runner|Runner]]" |- |1980||''[[Hammer House of Horror]]''||Willis||Episode: "The Thirteenth Reunion" |- |rowspan=3|1981||''{{sortname|The|Nightmare Man|dab=TV series}}''||Sergeant Carch||4 episodes |- |''{{sortname|The|House on the Hill|nolink=y}}''||Bonfield||Episode: "Semper Fidelis" |- |''[[Strangers (1978 TV series)|Strangers]]''||Det. Sgt. Galbraith||Episode: "A Dear Green Place" |- |1982||''[[King's Royal]]''||Colin Lindsay||4 episodes |- |1982–1984||''[[Take the High Road]]''||Alex Geddes||42 episodes |- | rowspan="5" |1984||''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''||Jock McLeish||Episode: "[[List of Minder episodes#Senior Citizen Caine|Senior Citizen Caine]]" |- |''Murder Not Proven?''||Sergeant Munro||Episode: "Death on the Mountain" |- |''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]''||Dr. Ian McCarran||Episode: "The Legend of Das Geisterschloss" |- |''[[Fairly Secret Army]]''||Crazy Colin Carstairs||2 episodes: "Romance Plughole" and "The Pulses Quicken" |- |''[[The Master of Ballantrae (1984 film)|The Master of Ballantrae]]'' |Horseman (uncredited) |Television film |- | rowspan="3" |1985||''[[Lytton's Diary]]''||Harry Owen||Episode: "Daddy's Girls" |- |''[[Big Deal (TV series)|Big Deal]]''||McFee||Episode: "Down and Under" |- |''[[Operation Julie]]'' |Longfellow |Television film |- |1985-1986||''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes]]''||McNeill / Howard||2 episodes: "Under Plain Cover" and "Fit" |- |rowspan=2|1986||''[[Running Scared (TV series)|Running Scared]]''||Detective Inspector McNeill||6 episodes |- |''[[Lost Empires]]''||Inspector Furness||Mini series, episode: "#1.6" |- |rowspan=2|1987||''[[Super Gran]]''||Mr. McBigg||Episode: "Supergran Snookered" |- |''[[Brond (TV series)|Brond]]''||Primo||3 episodes |- |rowspan=2|1988||''[[Codename: Kyril]]''||Bonham||Mini series, episode: "#1.1" |- |''[[Taggart]]''||Victor Baird||3 episodes: "[[List of Taggart episodes#Dead Giveaway|Dead Giveaway: Parts 1, 2 & 3]]" |- | rowspan="7" |1989||''[[Crossbow (TV series)|William Tell]]''||Anton||AKA ''Crossbow'' (Original title). Episode: "Silver Rider" |- |''[[Winners and Losers]]''||Frank Kerr||Mini series, 3 episodes |- |''{{sortname|The|Justice Game|nolink=y}}''||Glen||4 episodes |- |''[[Saracen (TV series)|Saracen]]''||Miekera||Episode: "Into Africa" |- |''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''||John Breckman||Episode: "[[Casualty (series 4)#A Grand in the Hand|A Grand in the Hand]]" |- |''{{sortname|The|Bill}}''||D.C.I. Cameron||Episode: "[[The Bill (series 5)#Seen To Be Done|Seen to Be Done]]" |- |''{{sortname|The|Nightwatch|nolink=y}}'' |James Smithson |Television film |- | rowspan="3" |1990||''{{sortname|The|Campbells}}''||Sgt. Henderson||Episode: "Old Ways and New" |- |''[[El C.I.D.]]''||Sands||Episode: "[[El C.I.D.#Getting Even|Getting Even]]" |- |''[[Treasure Island (1990 film)|Treasure Island]]'' |Redruth |Television film |- |rowspan=2|1991||''{{sortname|The|Sharp End}}''||Carmichael||Mini series, 8 episodes |- |''[[Stay Lucky]]''||Bigmac||Episode: "Hard Times, Hard Men" |- |rowspan=4|1992||''[[Screaming (TV series)|Screaming]]''|||| |- |''[[Medics (British TV series)|Medics]]''||Harry Liverege||Episode: "#2.4" |- |''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''||Matthew Chapman||Episode: "[[List of Heartbeat episodes#Nowt But A Prank|Nowt But a Prank]]" |- |''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]''||Teacher||Episode: "Lesson" |- |rowspan=3| 1993||''[[Scene (TV series)|Scene]]''||Reception Officer||Episode: "Pig Boy" |- |''[[Between the Lines (TV series)|Between the Lines]]''||D.C.C. Birman||Episode: "[[Between the Lines (TV series)#Manoeuvre 11|Manoeuvre 11]]" |- |''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''||Tony||Episode: "[[Casualty (series 8)#Cat in Hell|Cat in Hell]]" |- |rowspan=3|1994||''{{sortname|The|House of Eliott}}''||James Maxton||Episode: "#3.5" |- |''[[Alleyn Mysteries]]''||Major Keith Ballantyne||Episode: "Dead Water" |- |''[[Screen Two]]''||Jerry||Episode: "[[Screen Two#Sin Bin|Sin Bin]]" |- |1994–1995||''[[Roughnecks (TV series)|Roughnecks]]''||Tom||13 episodes |- |1996||''Bad Boys''||Tam Devlin||Episode: "Dead Men Don't Wear Bunnets" |- |rowspan=3|1997||''[[Ivanhoe (1997 TV series)|Ivanhoe]]''||Cedric||Mini series, 5 episodes |- |''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (miniseries)|Ain't Misbehavin']]''||Malky Fraser||Mini series, 3 episodes |- |''[[Soldier Soldier]]''||Lt. Col. Philip Drysdale||9 episodes |- |1998||''Two Lives''||Eddie||Episode: "Golden Wedding" |- | rowspan="4" |1999||''[[Cleopatra (miniseries)|Cleopatra]]''||Agrippa||Mini series, 2 episodes: "Parts 1 & 2" |- |''[[Comedy Lab]]''||David (voice)||Episode: "Heart and Sole" |- |''{{sortname|The|Bill}}''||Patrick Grainger: Lennox's Story||Episode: "[[The Bill (series 15)#Haunted|Haunted]]" |- |''Split Second'' |Donald Paterson |Television film |- | rowspan="4" |2000||''{{sortname|The|10th Kingdom}}''||Blind Woodsman||Mini series, 2 episodes: "#1.4" and "#1.10" |- |''Tales from the Madhouse''||The Centurion||Mini series, episode: "The Centurion" |- |''[[Badger (TV series)|Badger]]''||Charlie Maddox||Episode: "Predators" |- |''{{sortname|The|Last of the Blonde Bombshells}}'' |McNab |Television film |- |2000–2001||''[[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]]''||Morris Gerald Cafferty||2 episodes: "[[Rebus (2000 TV series)#The Hanging Garden|The Hanging Garden]]" and "[[Rebus (2000 TV series)#Mortal Causes|Mortal Causes]]" |- |2001||''Best of Both Worlds''||William Landucci|| |- |2004||''[[Biography (TV series)|Biography]]''||Narrator (voice)||Documentary series, episode: "Tchaikovsky" |- |2005||''[[Little House on the Prairie (miniseries)|Little House on the Prairie]]''||Mr. Scott||Mini series, 4 episodes |- | rowspan="2" |2007||''[[Midsomer Murders]]''||Jack 'Axeman' McKinley||Episode: "[[List of Midsomer Murders episodes#The Axeman Cometh|The Axeman Cometh]]" |- |''Impact Earth'' |Brenden Kelly |Television film |- |2008||''{{sortname|The|Colour of Magic|Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic}}''||Galder Weatherwax||Mini series, episode: "Part 1: The Colour of Magic" |- | rowspan="2" |2009||''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''||Hengist||Episode: "Lancelot and Guinevere" |- |''The Narnia Code'' |Narrator |Television film |- | rowspan="5" |2010||''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''||Finn Rourke||Episode: "Sucker Punch" |- |''[[FlashForward]]''||Philip||Episode: "Revelation Zero: Part 2" |- |''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''||Father Kellan Ashby||8 episodes |- |''One Night in Emergency'' | | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |''{{sortname|The|Santa Incident|nolink=y}}'' |Nick |- |2011–2013||''[[Game of Thrones]]''||[[List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Jeor Mormont|Jeor Mormont]]||12 episodes |- |2012||''[[Silent Witness]]''||Arnold Mears||Episode: "[[List of Silent Witness episodes#ep124|Paradise Lost: Parts 1 & 2]]" |- |rowspan=2|2013||''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]''||Roger Seymour||Episode: "[[List of Death in Paradise episodes#A Murder on the Plantation|Murder on the Plantation]]" |- |''[[Case Histories (TV series)|Case Histories]]''||Len Lomax||Episode: "[[Case Histories (TV series)#Started Early, Took My Dog|Started Early, Took My Dog]]" |- |2014||''[[New Worlds (TV series)|New Worlds]]''||Goffe||Mini series, episode: "#1.1" |- |2015||''Magnum Opus''||Moshe Navon||Episode: "Fuck Da Babylon" (Pilot) |- |rowspan=3|2016||''[[Shetland (TV series)|Shetland]]''||Arthur McCall||4 episodes |- |''[[Stag (TV series)|Stag]]''||The Gamekeeper||Mini series, episodes 1 & 2 |- |''{{sortname|The|Collection|dab=TV series}}''||Jules Trouvier||4 episodes |- |2016, 2018–2019||''{{sortname|The|Durrells}}''||Captain Creech||4 episodes |- |rowspan=2|2017||''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother]]''||Himself||[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 19)|Series 19]] finalist and third runner-up, 19 episodes |- |''[[SS-GB (miniseries)|SS-GB]]''||Harry Woods||Mini series, 5 episodes |- |2018||''Mystery of the Lost Paintings''||Narrator (voice)||Documentary series, 8 episodes |- |2018–2019||''[[Hold the Sunset]]''||Bob||9 episodes |- |rowspan=3|2019||''{{sortname|The|Name of the Rose|dab=TV series}}''||Jorge da Burgos||8 episodes |- |''[[Chernobyl (TV series)|Chernobyl]]''||Miner||Episode: 'Open Wide, O Earth' |- |''[[His Dark Materials (TV series)|His Dark Materials]]''||Farder Coram|| rowspan="2" |6 episodes |- |2021 ||''{{sortname|The|Bay|dab=TV series}}''||Bill Bradwell |- |2022 ||''[[Jack Ryan (TV series)|Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan]]''||Luka Gocharov||8 episodes |- |rowspan=2|2023–2025||''Highland Cops''||Narrator (voice)||Documentary series, 18 episodes (3 Series) |- |''[[Six Four (TV series)|Six Four]]''||Jim Mackie||Mini series, 4 episodes |- |2024 ||''[[Nightsleeper]]'' ||Fraser Warren ||6 episodes |- |rowspan=4|2025 || ''[[Fear (2025 TV series)|Fear]]'' || Allan Berwick || 2 episodes |- ||''[[Karen Pirie]]'' ||Brodie Grant Snr ||3 episodes |- |''[[Hostage (TV series)|Hostage]]'' |Max Dalton |3 episodes |- |''[[Talamasca (TV series)|Talamasca]]'' |Director Houseman |1 episode |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://jamescosmo.com/ Official Website] *{{IMDb name|0181920}}
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