Oliver Cotton

Oliver Cotton

Born 1944-06-20 (age 81) London, England, UK
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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.

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Known For

The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises

2012

as 2 Star Air Force General

Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman 1984

2020

as Simon Stagg

The Last Duel
The Last Duel

2021

as Jean de Carrouges III

Joseph
Joseph

1995

as Architect

Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Knights

2003

as Jack the Ripper

Pope Joan
Pope Joan

2009

as Arsenius

Firefox
Firefox

1982

as Dmitri Priabin

Beowulf
Beowulf

1999

as Hrothgar

Son of the Pink Panther
Son of the Pink Panther

1993

as King Haroak

The Sicilian
The Sicilian

1987

as Cmdr. Roccofino

Hiding Out
Hiding Out

1987

as Hit-Man

Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist

1982

as Monks

The Dancer Upstairs
The Dancer Upstairs

2002

as Merino

Eleni
Eleni

1985

as Katis

Redemption
Redemption

1991

as Neville Nunn

Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick

2005

as PC Metcalf (uncredited)

Out of the Ashes
Out of the Ashes

2003

as Moshe Perl

North v South
North v South

2015

as Brian Galloway

Sharpe's Battle
Sharpe's Battle

1995

as Brigadier General Guy Loup

The Innocent Sleep
The Innocent Sleep

1996

as Lusano