James Cosmo

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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(s)	Annie Harris ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2

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. On 3 January 2017 Cosmo entered the nineteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother; on Day 19 of the series he won a pass to the final on 3 February 2017 and finished in fourth place.

Early life[]

James Cosmo attended Hartfield Primary School in Dumbarton. He is the son of actor James Copeland and Helen Goodlet Findlay.^[1] 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[]

Television[]

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External links[]

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