Tales of the Underworld
2026 · Movie
as Flowers
Oliver Cotton
1944-06-20
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London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
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Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
2023 · Movie
as Interviewee
The Last Duel
2021 · Movie
as Jean de Carrouges III
Wonder Woman 1984
2020 · Movie
as Simon Stagg
Killing Eve
2018 · TV Show
as Maciek
Pylon
2017 · Movie
as The Chairman
North v South
2015 · Movie
as Brian Galloway
The Musketeers
2014 · TV Show
Gangs of Tooting Broadway
2013 · Movie
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 · Movie
as King Henry IV
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Movie
as 2 Star Air Force General
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 · Movie
as King Henry IV
Ripper Street
2012 · TV Show
as Daniel Goldman
Money
2010 · TV Show
as Lorne Guyland
Margaret
2009 · Movie
as Michael Heseltine
Pope Joan
2009 · Movie
as Arsenius
Attila the Hun
2008 · Movie
as Actius
Hotel Babylon
2006 · TV Show
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · Movie
as PC Metcalf (uncredited)
Sensitive Skin
2005 · TV Show
as Sam
New Tricks
2004 · TV Show
as Hugh Dryden
Shanghai Knights
2003 · Movie
as Jack the Ripper
Out of the Ashes
2003 · Movie
as Moshe Perl
Murder Investigation Team
2003 · TV Show
as Artyom Biartoulis
The Dancer Upstairs
2002 · Movie
as Merino
Baby Blue
2001 · Movie
as Ron Wood
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV Show
as Sir Charles Stewart
Beowulf
1999 · Movie
as Hrothgar
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV Show
as Michael Maybury
The Innocent Sleep
1996 · Movie
as Lusano
Joseph
1995 · Movie
as Architect
Sharpe's Battle
1995 · Movie
as Brigadier General Guy Loup
Space Precinct
1994 · TV Show
as Tylan Gershom
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994 · TV Show
as Declan
Son of the Pink Panther
1993 · Movie
as King Haroak
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Harry
1993 · TV Show
as Paul Collier
Sharpe
1993 · TV Show
as Loup
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992 · Movie
as Harana
Heartbeat
1992 · TV Show
as Harry Adams
The Camomile Lawn
1992 · TV Show
as Max
Redemption
1991 · Movie
as Neville Nunn
The Party
1988 · Movie
as Andrew Ford
Hannay
1988 · TV Show
The Play on One
1988 · TV Show
as Andrew Ford
The Sicilian
1987 · Movie
as Cmdr. Roccofino
Hiding Out
1987 · Movie
as Hit-Man
Lovejoy
1986 · TV Show
as Frobel
David Copperfield
1986 · TV Show
as Edward Murdstone
Eleni
1985 · Movie
as Katis
Robin of Sherwood
1984 · TV Show
as Lord Owen of Clun
Oliver Twist
1982 · Movie
as Monks
Firefox
1982 · Movie
as Dmitri Priabin
Bergerac
1981 · TV Show
as Jacques Laronde
The Borgias
1981 · TV Show
as Cesare Borgia
The Day Christ Died
1980 · Movie
as John
Henry VIII
1979 · Movie
as Earl of Surrey
When the Actors Come
1978 · Movie
as Istvan
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · TV Show
as Istvan
Caesar and Claretta
1975 · Movie
as Giacomo
Space: 1999
1975 · TV Show
as Spearman
Churchill's People
1974 · TV Show
as Trooper John Roper
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Second City Firsts
1973 · TV Show
as Cyril
Sovereign's Company
1970 · Movie
as Sender
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970 · TV Show
as Beltane
Strange Report
1969 · TV Show
as Young Man
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968 · Movie
as Curtis
Callan
1967 · TV Show
Public Eye
1965 · TV Show
as Removal Man
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV Show
as Turkish Captain
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV Show
as Spy
Raindogs
· Movie
as Duke
