Oliver Cotton
38 movies · 36 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 20, 1944 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- 올리버 코튼
Biography
After training at the Drama Centre London, he has worked extensively at the Royal National Theatre playing in many productions including The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Oedipus, In His Own Write, Hamlet, Tamburlaine, No Man's Land, The Passion, Despatches, Half Life, The World Turned Upside Down, Julius Caesar, The Madras House, The Man With the Flower in His Mouth, Tales from the Vienna Woods, The Crucible, Piano, Troilus and Cressida, Money, Summerfolk, The Villain's Opera, Life x 3.
At the Royal Court Theatre, he has appeared in The Local Stigmatic, The Duchess of Malfi, Man is Man, The Enoch Show, Erronenous Zones, The Tutor by Brecht, Lear and Bingo by Edward Bond and Piano/Forte by Terry Johnson.
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He was a founder member of Joint Stock appearing in their inaugural production The Speakers by Heathcote Williams. At The Royal Shakespeare Company he has played in The Marrying of Ann Leete, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, The Plain Dealer, Some Americans Abroad by Richard Nelson, Brand by Ibsen.
His West End appearances include The Homecoming by Harold Pinter, Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff, Benefactors by Michael Frayn (in whose Liberty Hall he also appeared in at the Greenwich Theatre), An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza, and Brand by Ibsen. He has also played the title role in King Lear at the Southwark Playhouse and Malvolio in Shakespeare's Globe's all-male production of Twelfth Night.
His many TV appearances have included The Borgias (Cesare Borgia), David Copperfield, The Year of the French, The Play on One, Redemption, Poirot, The Camomile Lawn, Westbeach, Zorro, Sharpe's Battle, Rhodes, All Quiet on the Preston Front, Innocents, Judge John Deed, Inspector Lynley, Waking the Dead, M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, Beastly Games, Sensitive Skin, Midsomer Murders, Hotel Babylon.
His films include Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, The Day Christ Died, Firefox, Oliver Twist, The Sicilian, Eleni, Hiding Out, Christopher Columbus, Son of the Pink Panther, The Innocent Sleep, Phoenix Blue, The Opium War, Beowulf, Baby Blue, The Dancer Upstairs, Shanghai Knights, The Bone Collector, Raindogs, Colour Me Kubrick.
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Known for
Oliver Cotton: movies and TV shows
Acting (73)
- Upcoming Raindogs
as Duke
- 2026 Tales of the Underworld
as Flowers
- 2023 Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
as Interviewee
- 2021 The Last Duel
as Jean de Carrouges III
- 2020 Wonder Woman 1984
as Simon Stagg
- 2018
- 2017 Pylon
as The Chairman
- 2015 North v South
as Brian Galloway
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012 The Dark Knight Rises
as 2 Star Air Force General
- 2012 Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as King Henry IV
- 2012 Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as King Henry IV
- 2010
- 2009 Pope Joan
as Arsenius
- 2009 Margaret
as Michael Heseltine
- 2008 Attila the Hun
as Actius
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005 Colour Me Kubrick
as PC Metcalf (uncredited)
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003 Out of the Ashes
as Moshe Perl
- 2003 Shanghai Knights
as Jack the Ripper
- 2002 The Dancer Upstairs
as Merino
- 2001
- 2001 Baby Blue
as Ron Wood
- 1999 Beowulf
as Hrothgar
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 The Innocent Sleep
as Lusano
- 1995 Sharpe's Battle
as Brigadier General Guy Loup
- 1995 Joseph
as Architect
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993 Son of the Pink Panther
as King Haroak
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
as Harana
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991 Redemption
as Neville Nunn
- 1988 The Party
as Andrew Ford
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987 Hiding Out
as Hit-Man
- 1987 The Sicilian
as Cmdr. Roccofino
- 1986
- 1986
- 1985 Eleni
as Katis
- 1984
- 1982 Firefox
as Dmitri Priabin
- 1982 Oliver Twist
as Monks
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 The Day Christ Died
as John
- 1979 Henry VIII
as Earl of Surrey
- 1978 When the Actors Come
as Istvan
- 1977
- 1975
- 1975 Caesar and Claretta
as Giacomo
- 1974
- 1973
- 1970
- 1970 Sovereign's Company
as Sender
- 1969
- 1968 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
as Curtis
- 1967
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
Behind the camera (1)
- 2020