James Ronald Gordon Copeland MBE, known professionally as James Cosmo, is a Scottish film and television actor known for his appearances in films including Highlander, Braveheart, Trainspotting, Jagame Thandhiram, Troy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Ben-Hur and Wonder Woman, as well as television series such as Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy, and His Dark Materials. He appeared in the nineteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, finishing in fourth place.

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James Cosmo MBE
James Cosmo MBE at the TGS SpringBreak event in France, in April 2014
Born	James Ronald Gordon Copeland Clydebank, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Years active	1965–present
Spouse	Annie Harris ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2

Early life

Cosmo is the son of actor James Copeland and Helen Goodlet Findlay.[1] 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.[2] He also has a sister named Laura.[2] When he was 11, he moved back to Glasgow and later he worked for a time at Arnott Young shipbreakers in Dalmuir.[2]

Career

At the start of his career he adopted Cosmo, the middle name of his mother Helen, as his stage surname.[2] Cosmo is best 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.[3] Over the years he has also had roles in other films such as Trainspotting, The Last Legion and 2081.[4] He appeared in Troy with future Game of Thrones cast members Sean Bean and Julian Glover.[5] He also appeared in 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 episode Senior Citizen Caine.[6][3] He appeared as Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Drysdale in the seventh series of Soldier Soldier.[6] He portrayed Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, in the HBO series Game of Thrones.[7] He was involved in the filming of the thriller Breakdown in which he appeared alongside Craig Fairbrass, Bruce Payne, Emmett Scanlan, Olivia Grant and Tamer Hassan.[8] He played the antagonist in the Indian film, Jagame Thandhiram, which released in 2021.[9]

He is a patron of the charity Chance for Childhood.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Battle of Britain	Jamie
	The Virgin Soldiers	Waller
1971	Assault	Det. Sgt. Beale
1972	Doomwatch	Bob Gillette
	Young Winston	Officer on train
	Sutherland's Law	Ian Campbell	Television film
	The Stone Tape	Cliff Dow	Television film
1982	Living Apart Together	Priest
1985	Operation Julie	Longfellow	Television film
1986	Highlander	Angus Macleod
1988	Stormy Monday	Tony
1989	The Nightwatch	James Smithson	Television film
1990	Treasure Island	Redruth	Television film
	The Fool	Mr. Bowring
1995	Braveheart	Campbell
1996	Trainspotting	Mr. Renton
	Emma	Mr. Weston
1997	Santa/Claws	Santa Claus	Short film
1998	Urban Ghost Story	Minister
	Babe: Pig in the City	Thelonius
1999	Sunset Heights	MacDonald
	The Match	Billy Bailey
	Billy and Zorba	Zorba	Short film
	Split Second	Donald Paterson	Television film
	One More Kiss	Frank
2000	Honest	Tommy Chase
	Reflections Upon the Origin of the Pineapple	Narrator	Short film
	The Last of the Blonde Bombshells	McNab	Television film
2001	To End All Wars	Lt. Col. Stuart McLean
	All the Queen's Men	Archie
2002	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands	Billy
	The Four Feathers	Col. Sutch
	The Reckoning	Lambert
2003	Skagerrak	Robert
	Man Dancin'	Donnie McGlone
	Solid Air	Finn
2004	One Last Chance	Big John
	Troy	Glaucus
2005	The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby	James Brown
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Father Christmas
2006	Half Light	Finlay Murray
	Slipp Jimmy fri	HudMaSpecs	English version, voice
	The Lives of the Saints	Mr. Karva
2007	The Last Legion	Hrothgar
	The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising	Dawson
	Where Have I Been All Your Life	John	Short film
	Comet Impact	Brenden Kelly	Television film
2009	2081	George Bergeron	Short film
	The Clan	Hector McGinley
2010	One Night in Emergency		Television film
	Outcast	Laird
	Donkeys	Alfie
	The Runway	Sutherland
	The Santa Incident	Nick	Television film
2011	No Saints for Sinners	Murphy
	The Glass Man	Pecco
2012	Citadel	Priest
	Songs for Amy	Murdo
2013	Get Lucky	Mr. Zigic
	The Golden Scallop	Judge Wellington
	Hammer of the Gods	King Bagsecg
	Justin and the Knights of Valour	Blucher	voice
	The Christmas Candle	Herbert Hopewell
	Sea Out	Old Joe	Short film
	Dying Light	Policeman
2014	The Boogeyman	Dr. Harper	Short film
	We Still Kill the Old Way	Arthur
	Hole	Cooper	Short film
2015	Moonwalkers	Dawson
	Carried	Henry Hunter	Short film
	The Legend of Barney Thomson	James Henderson
	The Pyramid Texts	Ray
	Estranged	Albert
2016	Project 12: The Bunker	Brian Balanowsky
	Breakdown	Albert Chapman
	Mikelis	Mikelis	Short film
	Dark Signal	Alan
	Ben-Hur	Quintus
	Whisky Galore!	Macalister the Minister
	Monochrome	Roger Daniels
	Eliminators	Cooper	Post-production
2017	London Heist	Ray Dixon
	T2 Trainspotting	Mr. Renton
	Last Respects	Philip Drummond (voice)	Short film
	Wonder Woman	Field Marshal Haig
2018	Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre	Narrator	Short film
	In Darkness	Niall
	Outlaw King	Robert Bruce Senior
	Ashes in the Snow	Mr. Stakas
	Malevolent	Grandpa Sayers
	Tomorrow	Mr. Charles
2019	The Hole in the Ground	Des Brady
	Forget Me Not	Benedict
	Get Duked!	Farmer
	Shadow Boxer	Eddie Royce	Short film, completed
2020	Skylines	Grant
2021	Jagame Thanthiram	Peter Sprott	Indian film
	The Kindred	Frank Menzies
2022	Breath	Nick
	Scrooge: A Christmas Carol	Mr. Fezziwig	voice; Post-production

Television

References

External links

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