Acting
James Cosmo
May 24, 1948 (78 years) Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
James Cosmos (born 24 May 1948) is a British actor, known for his film roles in Highlander, Braveheart, the film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Trainspotting, The Last Legion, Troy, and 2081. 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.
Known for
8.5
Game of Thrones
Jeor Mormont
7.2
Wonder Woman
FIeld Marshall Haig
8.0
Castle
Finn Rourke
7.1
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Father Christmas
8.4
Sons of Anarchy
Father Kellan Ashby
8.7
Chernobyl
Miner
7.2
Troy
Glaucus
7.9
Braveheart
Campbell
8.0
Trainspotting
Renton's Father
7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Luka Gocharov
6.9
Highlander
Angus MacLeod
7.5
Midsomer Murders
Jack 'Axeman' McKinley
7.8
His Dark Materials
Farder Coram
7.8
Merlin
Hengist
7.4
Death in Paradise
Roger Seymour
Filmography
5.8
Preschool
2026 · Joe
6.8
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025 · Director Houseman
6.8
Hostage
2025 · Max Dalton
6.2
Salvable
2025 · Welly
5.2
Fear
2025 · Allan Berwick
5.1
The Last Redemption
2025 · Lord Goran
5.6
The Beast Within
2024 · Waylon
6.7
Nightsleeper
2024 · Fraser Warren
5.1
The Three Musketeers
2023 · Cardinal Richelieu
5.5
Six Four
2023 · Jim Mackie
6.8
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022 · Mr. Fezziwig (voice)
6.9
Karen Pirie
2022 · Brodie Grant Snr
6.3
My Sailor, My Love
2022 · Howard
6.4
The Kindred
2021 · Frank Menzies
5.5
Jagame Thandhiram
2021 · Peter Sprott
5.6
Skylines
2020 · Grant
8.7
Chernobyl
2019 · Miner
7.8
His Dark Materials
2019 · Farder Coram
5.7
The Hole in the Ground
2019 · Des Brady
7.0
The Name of the Rose
2019 · Jorge of Burgos
6.5
The Bay
2019 · Bill Bradwell
6.2
Get Duked!
2019 · Farmer
7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · Luka Gocharov
6.8
Outlaw King
2018 · Robert Bruce Senior
6.0
In Darkness
2018 · Niall
5.0
Malevolent
2018 · Grandpa
6.4
Ashes in the Snow
2018 · Mr. Stakas
7.2
Wonder Woman
2017 · FIeld Marshall Haig
6.9
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Renton's Father
6.1
SS-GB
2017 · Harry Woods