- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1944
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
Oliver Cotton
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. He was a founder member of Joint Stock appearing in their inaugural production The Speakers by Heathcote William…
Filmography
movieTales of the Underworld
2026 · Flowers
Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
movieClancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
2023 · Interviewee
movieThe Last Duel
2021 · Jean de Carrouges III
movieWonder Woman 1984
2020 · Simon Stagg
tvThe English Game
2020 · Creator
tvKilling Eve
2018 · Maciek
moviePylon
2017 · The Chairman
movieNorth v South
2015 · Brian Galloway
tvThe Musketeers
2014
movieGangs of Tooting Broadway
2013
tvRipper Street
2012 · Daniel Goldman
movieThe Dark Knight Rises
2012 · 2 Star Air Force General
movieHenry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 · King Henry IV
movieHenry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 · King Henry IV
tvMoney
2010 · Lorne Guyland
moviePope Joan
2009 · Arsenius
movieMargaret
2009 · Michael Heseltine
movieAttila the Hun
2008 · Actius
tvHotel Babylon
2006
tvSensitive Skin
2005 · Sam
movieColour Me Kubrick
2005 · PC Metcalf (uncredited)
tvNew Tricks
2004 · Hugh Dryden
tvMurder Investigation Team
2003 · Artyom Biartoulis
movieOut of the Ashes
2003 · Moshe Perl
movieShanghai Knights
2003 · Jack the Ripper
movieThe Dancer Upstairs
2002 · Merino
tvWaking the Dead
2001 · Sir Charles Stewart
movieBaby Blue
2001 · Ron Wood
movieBeowulf
1999 · Hrothgar
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Michael Maybury
movieThe Innocent Sleep
1996 · Lusano
movieSharpe's Battle
1995 · Brigadier General Guy Loup
movieJoseph
1995 · Architect
tvSpace Precinct
1994 · Tylan Gershom
tv(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994 · Declan
Harry
tvHarry
1993 · Paul Collier
movieSon of the Pink Panther
1993 · King Haroak
tvSharpe
1993 · Loup
movieChristopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992 · Harana
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Harry Adams
tvThe Camomile Lawn
1992 · Max
movieRedemption
1991 · Neville Nunn
movieThe Party
1988 · Andrew Ford
tvThe Play on One
1988 · Andrew Ford
tvHannay
1988
movieHiding Out
1987 · Hit-Man
movieThe Sicilian
1987 · Cmdr. Roccofino
tvDavid Copperfield
1986 · Edward Murdstone
tvLovejoy
1986 · Frobel
movieEleni
1985 · Katis
tvRobin of Sherwood
1984 · Lord Owen of Clun
movieFirefox
1982 · Dmitri Priabin
movieOliver Twist
1982 · Monks
tvBergerac
1981 · Jacques Laronde
tvThe Borgias
1981 · Cesare Borgia
movieThe Day Christ Died
1980 · John
movieHenry VIII
1979 · Earl of Surrey
movieWhen the Actors Come
1978 · Istvan
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Istvan
tvSpace: 1999
1975 · Spearman
movieCaesar and Claretta
1975 · Giacomo
tvChurchill's People
1974 · Trooper John Roper
Second City Firsts
tvSecond City Firsts
1973 · Cyril
tvThe Adventures of Don Quick
1970 · Beltane
movieSovereign's Company
1970 · Sender
tvStrange Report
1969 · Young Man
movieHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968 · Curtis
tvCallan
1967
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Turkish Captain
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Spy
tvPublic Eye
1965 · Removal Man
movieRaindogs
— · Duke