Oliver Cotton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
Raindogs
Movie · as Duke
Tales of the Underworld
Movie · as Flowers
Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
Movie · as Interviewee
The Last Duel
Movie · as Jean de Carrouges III
Wonder Woman 1984
Movie · as Simon Stagg
Killing Eve
TV · as Maciek · 1 ep
Pylon
Movie · as The Chairman
North v South
Movie · as Brian Galloway
The Musketeers
TV · 1 ep
Gangs of Tooting Broadway
Movie
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as King Henry IV
The Dark Knight Rises
Movie · as 2 Star Air Force General
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as King Henry IV
Ripper Street
TV · as Daniel Goldman · 1 ep
Money
TV · as Lorne Guyland · 2 eps
Margaret
Movie · as Michael Heseltine
Pope Joan
Movie · as Arsenius
Attila the Hun
Movie · as Actius
Hotel Babylon
TV · as Mr. Dovic · 1 ep
Colour Me Kubrick
Movie · as PC Metcalf (uncredited)
Sensitive Skin
TV · as Sam · 8 eps
New Tricks
TV · as Hugh Dryden · 1 ep
Shanghai Knights
Movie · as Jack the Ripper
Out of the Ashes
Movie · as Moshe Perl
Murder Investigation Team
TV · as Artyom Biartoulis · 1 ep
The Dancer Upstairs
Movie · as Merino
Baby Blue
Movie · as Ron Wood
Waking the Dead
TV · as Sir Charles Stewart · 1 ep
Beowulf
Movie · as Hrothgar
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Michael Maybury · 1 ep
The Innocent Sleep
Movie · as Lusano
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Keith Henshaw · 1 ep
Joseph
Movie · as Architect
Sharpe's Battle
Movie · as Brigadier General Guy Loup
Space Precinct
TV · as Tylan Gershom · 1 ep
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
TV · as Declan · 7 eps
Son of the Pink Panther
Movie · as King Haroak
Harry
TV · as Paul Collier · 1 ep
Sharpe
TV · as Loup · 1 ep
Westbeach
TV · as Alan Cromer · 10 eps
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Movie · as Harana
Heartbeat
TV · as Harry Adams · 1 ep
The Camomile Lawn
TV · as Max · 5 eps
Redemption
Movie · as Neville Nunn
The Party
Movie · as Andrew Ford
Hannay
TV · 1 ep
The Play on One
TV · as Andrew Ford · 1 ep
The Sicilian
Movie · as Cmdr. Roccofino
Hiding Out
Movie · as Hit-Man
Lovejoy
TV · as Frobel · 1 ep
David Copperfield
TV · as Edward Murdstone · 4 eps
Eleni
Movie · as Katis
Robin of Sherwood
TV · as Lord Owen of Clun · 2 eps
Oliver Twist
Movie · as Monks
Firefox
Movie · as Dmitri Priabin
Bergerac
TV · as Jacques Laronde · 1 ep
The Borgias
TV · as Cesare Borgia · 10 eps
The Day Christ Died
Movie · as John
Henry VIII
Movie · as Earl of Surrey
When the Actors Come
Movie · as Istvan
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Istvan · 1 ep
The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War
Movie · as Jesus Hernandez
Caesar and Claretta
Movie · as Giacomo
Space: 1999
TV · as Spearman · 1 ep
Churchill's People
TV · as Trooper John Roper · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Cyril · 1 ep
Sovereign's Company
Movie · as Sender
The Adventures of Don Quick
TV · as Beltane · 1 ep
Strange Report
TV · as Young Man · 1 ep
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Movie · as Curtis
Callan
TV · 1 ep
Public Eye
TV · as Removal Man · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Turkish Captain · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Spy · 1 ep