Oliver Cotton
Known for Acting · 69 credits
- Born
- 1944-06-20 (age 81)
- 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.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (31)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Michael Maybury
Heartbeat
1992
as Harry Adams
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Turkish Captain
Waking the Dead
2001
as Sir Charles Stewart
Bergerac
1981
as Jacques Laronde
New Tricks
2004
as Hugh Dryden
Killing Eve
2018
as Maciek
Space: 1999
1975
as Spearman
Ripper Street
2012
as Daniel Goldman
Lovejoy
1986
as Frobel
The Musketeers
2014
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Spy
Sharpe
1993
as Loup
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Istvan
Robin of Sherwood
1984
as Lord Owen of Clun
Public Eye
1965
as Removal Man
Churchill's People
1974
as Trooper John Roper
Callan
1967
Hotel Babylon
2006
Space Precinct
1994
as Tylan Gershom
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
as Declan
The Play on One
1988
as Andrew Ford
Murder Investigation Team
2003
as Artyom Biartoulis
Harry
1993
as Paul Collier
Strange Report
1969
as Young Man
Hannay
1988
The Borgias
1981
as Cesare Borgia
David Copperfield
1986
as Edward Murdstone
The Camomile Lawn
1992
as Max
Money
2010
as Lorne Guyland
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970
as Beltane
Movies (38)
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as 2 Star Air Force General
Wonder Woman 1984
2020
as Simon Stagg
The Last Duel
2021
as Jean de Carrouges III
Shanghai Knights
2003
as Jack the Ripper
Pope Joan
2009
as Arsenius
Joseph
1995
as Architect
Firefox
1982
as Dmitri Priabin
Beowulf
1999
as Hrothgar
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
as King Haroak
The Sicilian
1987
as Cmdr. Roccofino
Hiding Out
1987
as Hit-Man
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Moshe Perl
Oliver Twist
1982
as Monks
The Dancer Upstairs
2002
as Merino
Redemption
1991
as Neville Nunn
Eleni
1985
as Katis
The Innocent Sleep
1996
as Lusano
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
as Harana
Tales of the Underworld
2026
as Flowers
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as PC Metcalf (uncredited)
North v South
2015
as Brian Galloway
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968
as Curtis
When the Actors Come
1978
as Istvan
Margaret
2009
as Michael Heseltine
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012
as King Henry IV
Caesar and Claretta
1975
as Giacomo
Sharpe's Battle
1995
as Brigadier General Guy Loup
Henry VIII
1979
as Earl of Surrey
Gangs of Tooting Broadway
2013
The Party
1988
as Andrew Ford
The Day Christ Died
1980
as John
Attila the Hun
2008
as Actius
Sovereign's Company
1970
as Sender
Baby Blue
2001
as Ron Wood
Raindogs
as Duke
Pylon
2017
as The Chairman
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012
as King Henry IV
Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
2023
as Interviewee
About 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 O… With 69 credits spanning from 1965 to 2026, Oliver Cotton has appeared in 38 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Oliver Cotton Movies
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — as 2 Star Air Force General
- Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) — as Simon Stagg
- The Last Duel (2021) — as Jean de Carrouges III
- Shanghai Knights (2003) — as Jack the Ripper
- Pope Joan (2009) — as Arsenius
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