James Cosmo

James Cosmo

1948-05-24 Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK 112 Credits

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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 sh...

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The Morrigan

The Morrigan

2025

as Francis Crowley

Acting

On a remote Irish island, archaeologist Fiona unearths a burial casket containing a mummified figure, unknowingly unleashing an ancient evil upon her ...

Salvable

Salvable

2025

as Welly

6.5
Acting

When a battered boxer past his prime finds his dreams and his relationships on the ropes, he falls back in with a dangerous crowd and has to take the ...

The Last Redemption

The Last Redemption

2024

as Lord Goran

4.2
Acting

In a land of swords and sorcery, bandits break from their gang to protect a little girl, pitting them against their old friends and former leader who ...

The Beast Within

The Beast Within

2024

as Waylon

5.8
Acting

Ten-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of an ancient forest. After witnessing her father undergo...

Can You Hear Me?

2024

as Johnny

Acting

A woman awaiting her brother's return from war falls in love with an allied American soldier.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

2023

as Cardinal Richelieu

5.2
Acting

France is in turmoil and a new, naive King finds himself manipulated by the evil Cardinal Richelieu. With a corrupt commander of the royal guard by hi...

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

2022

as Mr. Fezziwig (voice)

6.8
Acting

On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.

My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

2022

as Howard

6.2
Acting

The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

Breath

Breath

2022

as Nick

3.8
Acting

Lara Winslet is an expert geologist in volcanology. She is together with her team of work on a volcano to conduct surveys. One day Lara decides to sta...

The Kindred

The Kindred

2021

as Frank Menzies

6.4
Acting

After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery fro...

Jagame Thandhiram

Jagame Thandhiram

2021

as Peter Sprott

5.7
Acting

When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that foll...

Skylines

Skylines

2020

as Grant

5.5
Acting

When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries...

Off Grid

Off Grid

2019

as John Tanner

10.0
Acting

A man takes to a remote hideout with his sick wife, where they live in isolation as he battles to protect her life, and his own sanity, from a superna...

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not

2019

as Benedict

5.0
Acting

Lost and alone, a young girl forms an unlikely alliance with a lonely homeless man as she struggles to get a message to her family in time for Christm...

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

2019

as Mr. Charles

Acting

A film about soldiers trying to reintegrate into society after tours of duty.

Get Duked!

Get Duked!

2019

as Farmer

6.2
Acting

An anarchic, hip-hop inspired comedy that follows four city boys on a wilderness trek as they try to escape a mysterious huntsman.

The Hole in the Ground

The Hole in the Ground

2019

as Des Brady

5.6
Acting

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying ...

Malevolent

Malevolent

2018

as Grandpa

5.0
Acting

A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted estate turns very, very real.

Ashes in the Snow

Ashes in the Snow

2018

as Mr. Stakas

6.6
Acting

The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiri...

Outlaw King

Outlaw King

2018

as Robert Bruce Senior

6.8
Acting

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

In Darkness

In Darkness

2018

as Niall

6.1
Acting

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld...

Darkness Comes

Darkness Comes

2018

as Policeman

Acting

When Eddie Bowen hooks up with the sexually aggressive Suze Phillips he thinks it's his lucky night. It's not. He's drugged and trapped within a speci...

Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre

Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre

2018

as Narrator

Acting

Souther and Nordland forces have been locked in war for decades on Nu-Earth. The war has turned the planet toxic. Genetic Infantrymen designed to surv...

London Heist

London Heist

2017

as Ray

5.4
Acting

Armed robber and career criminal Jack Cregan seeks to discover the truth behind his father's murder and his stolen heist money and in doing so puts hi...

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

2017

as FIeld Marshall Haig

7.2
Acting

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

T2 Trainspotting

T2 Trainspotting

2017

as Renton's Father

6.9
Acting

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

Eliminators

Eliminators

2017

as Cooper

6.4
Acting

A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong a...

Monochrome

Monochrome

2016

as Roger Daniels

4.8
Acting

A disillusioned young woman becomes a serial killer who targets wealthy land-owners, and a brilliant detective must use his unusual neurological condi...

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

2016

as Quintus Arius

5.8
Acting

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.

Whisky Galore

Whisky Galore

2016

as Macalister the Minister

5.9
Acting

The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisk...

Dark Signal

Dark Signal

2016

as Alan

3.8
Acting

The spirit of a murdered girl returns with a message. Now a stranded woman must team up with the staff of a local station to solve the mystery of her ...

Breakdown

Breakdown

2016

as Albert Chapman

5.0
Acting

A professional contract killer, haunted by visions of his violent past, spirals out of control. His work compromised as he reaches breaking point, he ...

Bunker: Project 12

Bunker: Project 12

2016

as Brian Balanowsky

4.8
Acting

At the height of the Cold War, Russia was working on a secret scientific mission, which, if successful, would have changed the course of history. The ...

Estranged

Estranged

2015

as Albert

5.3
Acting

Due to a near-fatal accident that has left her incapacitated and depleted of her long-term memory, a temporarily wheelchair-bound woman returns home a...

The Legend of Barney Thomson

The Legend of Barney Thomson

2015

as James Henderson

6.1
Acting

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in fiv...

The Pyramid Texts

The Pyramid Texts

2015

as Ray

10.0
Acting

If we have been remiss in our life, and hurt the people we most love, is it ever too late to redress the balance? Ray, a lonely old boxer, desperately...

Amélia & Duarte

Amélia & Duarte

2015

as Narrator (English)

6.0
Acting

In this story we are guided through the relationship of Amelia and Duarte, two people that felt out of love and are trying to cope with the feelings t...

Moonwalkers

Moonwalkers

2015

as Dawson

6.1
Acting

What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, workin...

We Still Kill the Old Way

We Still Kill the Old Way

2014

as Arthur

6.0
Acting

A group of aging London gangsters go on a vigilante killing spree when one of their number is murdered by a street gang.

The Boogeyman

The Boogeyman

2014

as Dr. Harper

1.5
Acting

Lester Billings is a man tormented by an unseen entity destroying his family one by one, until he is forced to confront the evil taking over his soul....

The Christmas Candle

The Christmas Candle

2013

as Herbert Hopewell

5.8
Acting

Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlem...

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Justin and the Knights of Valour

2013

as Blucher (voice)

5.9
Acting

A heart-warming tale about friendship, honor & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.

Get Lucky

Get Lucky

2013

as Mr. Zigic

5.0
Acting

Lucky is a small time criminal and he's happy just getting by until he agrees to look after some counterfeit money for a friend who is in a bit of tro...

Hammer of the Gods

Hammer of the Gods

2013

as King Bagsecg

4.4
Acting

Action epic sees a passionate young man transform into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother Hak...

The Golden Scallop

The Golden Scallop

2013

as Judge Wellington

4.5
Acting

A comedy about a fried seafood cooking competition. The 43rd Golden Scallop pits a food truck seeking redemption, an aging former champion and a well ...

Songs for Amy

Songs for Amy

2012

as Murdo

3.5
Acting

Sean O'Malley, a struggling Irish musician, writes an album for the love of his life in an attempt to redeem himself, with the help and hindrance of h...

Citadel

Citadel

2012

as Priest

5.3
Acting

Chronically agoraphobic since the day his wife was murdered, Tommy Cowley finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe-wielding feral children, who a...

The Glass Man

The Glass Man

2011

as Pecco

5.5
Acting

The chilling story of a middle class man whose desperate weathering of the current economic crisis ends with the arrival one night of a debt collector...

No Saints for Sinners

No Saints for Sinners

2011

5.0
Acting

Mickey O'Hara is a committed IRA member but his days of freedom fighting are long gone, leaving him peddling drugs and disenchanted with "the cause." ...

Outcast

Outcast

2010

as Laird

5.2
Acting

When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or so...

The Santa Incident

The Santa Incident

2010

as Nick

4.6
Acting

During a ride on his sleigh Santa is mistaken for an alien in a UFO. After an attack, he ends up seriously injured in a small town. Two children must ...

Donkeys

Donkeys

2010

as Alfred

6.5
Acting

Alfred is 64. He's lost touch with his family and a threat to his health makes him realise he wants to make amends. The more he tries to do right, the...

The Runway

The Runway

2010

as Shutherland

6.1
Acting

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town...

One Night in Emergency

One Night in Emergency

2010

8.0
Acting

Over the course of one night, a man struggles to find his wife in the wards of an inner-city hospital. Journeying through the corridors he meets a ser...

2081

2081

2009

as George Bergeron

6.5
Acting

2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapp...

The Narnia Code

The Narnia Code

2009

as Narrator

8.0
Acting

Millions of readers have been captivated by C. S. Lewis’s famed Chronicles of Narnia, but why? What is it about these seven books that makes them so a...

The Clan

The Clan

2009

as Hector McKinley

Acting

A unique insight into a dark brutal world of crime corruption and violence that lies deep within the hills of the Scottish Highlands, based upon a dec...

Futureshock: Comet

Futureshock: Comet

2008

as Brenden

5.2
Acting

A comet hits Ireland, and a bigger one is on its way towards the U.S. where 900 million people have to be evacuated.

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

2007

as Dawson

5.4
Acting

A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the f...

The Last Legion

The Last Legion

2007

as Hrothgar

5.6
Acting

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

Lives of the Saints

Lives of the Saints

2007

as Mr. Karva

6.1
Acting

Mr Karva runs a shady little empire in North London. We don't know exactly how he makes his money but we know it's probably not very nice. Mr Karva's ...

Half Light

Half Light

2006

as Finlay Murray

6.0
Acting

Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scener...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005

as Father Christmas

7.1
Acting

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kin...

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

2005

as James Brown

5.4
Acting

This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.

Troy

Troy

2004

as Glaucus

7.2
Acting

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leav...

One Last Chance

One Last Chance

2004

as Big John

5.6
Acting

A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

2004

as Lambert

6.4
Acting

In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small tow...

Man Dancin'

2004

as Donnie McGlone

1.5
Acting

Tough comedy drama set in Glasgow. Former enforcer Jimmy exits jail a changed man, but both his criminal boss and a corrupt copper think he's bluffing...

Solid Air

Solid Air

2003

as Finn

Acting

Seeking refuge, compulsive gambler Robert Houston Junior comes home to his estranged father, Robert Senior. Discovering a lapsed compensation claim fo...

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

2003

as Robert

6.1
Acting

Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world, Da...

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

2002

as Col. Sutch

6.6
Acting

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends a...

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

2002

as Billy

6.2
Acting

Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her d...

All the Queen's Men

All the Queen's Men

2001

as Archie

4.9
Acting

A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring ...

To End All Wars

To End All Wars

2001

as Col. Stuart McLean

6.4
Acting

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon,...

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000

as McNab

6.7
Acting

After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an ...

Honest

Honest

2000

as Tommy Chase

1.7
Acting

In 1960s London, sisters Gerry, Mandy and Jo don male disguises and rob jewelry stores. Gerry also takes a job at a hip magazine in order to scope out...

Tales from the Madhouse

Tales from the Madhouse

2000

as The Centurion

6.5
Acting

Set inside the crumbling walls of a dilapidated Victorian sanatorium, eight mysterious characters reveal their secret stories to the visiting camera. ...

One More Kiss

One More Kiss

1999

as Frank

5.5
Acting

When Sarah Hopson realizes her successful high-rise New York lifestyle is devoid of meaning, she packs her bags and heads for her home town in the Sco...

Split Second

Split Second

1999

as Donald Paterson

4.0
Acting

A split-second decision made in a fit of rage drives attorney and family man Michael Anderson to desperate measures.The stressed-out lawyer hits his m...

Billy and Zorba

Billy and Zorba

1999

as Zorba

Acting

In a Scottish fishing village squeezed between sea and bluffs, a single mom named Mhairi has accepted an offer from her boyfriend Black to move to the...

The Match

The Match

1999

as Billy Bailey

5.8
Acting

Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure ...

Sunset Heights

Sunset Heights

1999

as MacDonald

6.0
Acting

Irish thriller starring Toby Stephens. Belfast of the near future finds the city ruled by two rival law-enforcing punishment squads. When Luke Bradley...

Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

as Thelonius (voice)

5.6
Acting

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Ba...

Santa / Claws

1997

Acting

A little boy's desire to meet Santa Claus takes a dark turn.

Emma

Emma

1996

as Mr. Weston

6.7
Acting

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are ...

Trainspotting

Trainspotting

1996

as Renton's Father

8.0
Acting

Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seeming...

Braveheart

Braveheart

1995

as Campbell

7.9
Acting

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's sol...

Sin Bin

Sin Bin

1994

as Jerry

Acting

A male nurse in a mental hospital witnesses one patient killing another, but struggles with his loyalties and his conscience to come forward.

The Fool

1990

as Mr. Bowring

7.0
Acting

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1990

as Redruth

6.6
Acting

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led...

The Nightwatch

The Nightwatch

1989

as James Smithson

5.0
Acting

Dark and brooding thriller. A group of mercenaries are assembled in Amsterdam by a British intelligence officer. Believing they are awaiting the detai...

Stormy Monday

Stormy Monday

1988

as Tony

5.7
Acting

When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle, England, he is thwarted by a club attendant and his wait...

Codename: Kyril

Codename: Kyril

1988

as Bonham

Acting

At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark...

Biggles

Biggles

1986

as German Soldier

5.2
Acting

Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles...

Highlander

Highlander

1986

as Angus MacLeod

6.9
Acting

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is C...

Operation Julie

Operation Julie

1985

as Longfellow

2.0
Acting

A TV movie directed by Bob Mahoney. Based on the book by Dick Lee & Colin Pratt it tells the true story of a long running Police investigation which r...

Living Apart Together

Living Apart Together

1982

as Priest

Acting

Starring musician B.A. Robertson as Ritchie Hannah a singer/songwriter returning to his mediocre life in Glasgow after the death of a friend Living Ap...

The Nightmare Man

The Nightmare Man

1981

as Sergeant Carch

6.5
Acting

A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffikin has just discovered a dismembered corpse on th...

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

1974

as Loch

Acting

In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Cu...

The Professional

1973

as Sgt. Robbins

Acting

An insignificant little middle-aged man strikes a heinous bargain with an underworld expert. The man has a problem: his wife. A professional killer wo...

The Stone Tape

The Stone Tape

1972

as Cliff Dow

5.9
Acting

A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Gr...

Young Winston

Young Winston

1972

as Officer on Train

6.2
Acting

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war corres...

Doomwatch

Doomwatch

1972

as Bob Gillette

6.0
Acting

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

The Duna Bull

1972

Acting

A group of Scottish islanders have to figure out how to bring a new bull over from the mainland.

Assault

Assault

1971

as Det. Sgt. Beale

5.2
Acting

After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the ...

Sovereign's Company

Sovereign's Company

1970

as Senior Under Officer Patterson

7.0
Acting

Sovereign's Company is the story of a boy from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction, who goes to a military academy as an of...

The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

1969

as Waller

6.9
Acting

The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier nam...

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

1969

as Jamie

6.9
Acting

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the N...

Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead

Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead

N/A

as Dida

Acting

A young man is haunted by visions of the future ever since he got struck by the lightning.

Hotel Caledonia

N/A

as William Pertwee

Acting

Follows the journey of inconsequential loser, Norman Tickle, his best friend, and a bunch of backpackers to work the summer season at an isolated Scot...

Preschool

N/A

Acting

Two determined fathers engage in a comical battle to enroll their kids in an elite preschool, escalating into an absurd competition with unexpected re...

Follow the Dark

Follow the Dark

N/A

as Gregory Kern

Acting

A grieving detective who stumbles upon a portal to a parallel universe, hoping to find answers about his son's death, only to confront a darkness more...