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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Cosmos is known for his film roles as Angus MacLeod in Highlander, Campbell in Braveheart and as Father Christmas in the adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Over the years he has also had roles in films such as Trainspotting, The Last Legion, Troy, and 2081 . ... more

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Cosmos is known for his film roles as Angus MacLeod in Highlander, Campbell in Braveheart and as Father Christmas in the adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Over the years he has also had roles in films such as Trainspotting, The Last Legion, Troy, and 2081 . He also appeared in Take the High Road as Alex Geddes from 1982-83.

He is also a staple of British television, with credits in hundreds of television shows, Cosmo made a name for himself playing Scottish "tough guy" characters.

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Braveheart
(1995)
Action, Drama, History, War
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Runtime:
178 min
Director:
Mel Gibson
Cast:
Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
8.3
79%
68
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Trainspotting
(1996)
Crime, Drama
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his ...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
8.1
91%
83
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Wonder Woman
(2017)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Runtime:
141 min
Director:
Patty Jenkins
Cast:
Gal Gadot, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Connie Nielsen
7.5
93%
76
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Troy
(2004)
Adventure, History, War
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon ...
Runtime:
163 min
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Cast:
Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Sean Bean
7.3
54%
56
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(2005)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle...
Runtime:
143 min
Director:
Andrew Adamson
Cast:
Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton
6.9
76%
75
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Highlander
(1986)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Russell Mulcahy
Cast:
Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Beatie Edney
7.1
70%
24
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T2 Trainspotting
(2017)
Crime, Drama
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle
7.2
79%
67
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Outlaw King
(2018)
Action, Drama, History, War
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
Runtime:
122 min
Cast:
Chris Pine, Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh
6.9
62%
59
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Emma
(1996)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Douglas McGrath
Cast:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Denys Hawthorne, James Cosmo
6.7
89%
66
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The Four Feathers
(2002)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
The story, set in 1885, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the ...
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Shekhar Kapur
Cast:
Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Kate Hudson, Djimon Hounsou
6.5
41%
49
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Battle of Britain
(1969)
Action, Drama, History, War
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Cast:
Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane
7.0
67%
N/A
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Babe: Pig in the City
(1998)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
George Miller
Cast:
James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney, Magda Szubanski, Elizabeth Daily
5.8
65%
68
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To End All Wars
(2001)
Action, Drama, War
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. W...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
David L. Cunningham
Cast:
Ciarán McMenamin, Ciarán McMenamin, Robert Carlyle, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland
7.0
62%
N/A
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The Last Legion
(2007)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Doug Lefler
Cast:
Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd
5.4
15%
37
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The Colour of Magic
(2008)
Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie
As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey & fate is being decided by the Gods playing a board game the whole time.
Runtime:
191 min
Director:
Vadim Jean
Cast:
David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, Jeremy Irons, Brian Cox
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Half Light
(2006)
Horror, Thriller
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Craig Rosenberg
Cast:
Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Jordan El-Balawi, Jordan El-Balawi, Kate Isitt
6.0
29%
N/A
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The Hole in the Ground
(2019)
Horror
Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Lee Cronin
Cast:
Seána Kerslake, Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, James Cosmo, James Cosmo
5.7
83%
63
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Free Jimmy
(2006)
Animation, Comedy
Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Christopher Nielsen
Cast:
Woody Harrelson, Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg, Simon Pegg, Phil Daniels
6.0
10%
N/A
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Justin and the Knights of Valour
(2013)
Adventure, Animation
A heart-warming tale about friendship, honour & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Manuel Sicilia
Cast:
Saoirse Ronan, Freddie Highmore, Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Julie Walters
6.1
7%
N/A
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
(2002)
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley so much that he proposes to her on national television.
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Shane Meadows
Cast:
Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Shirley Henderson, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson
6.2
51%
56
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The Legend of Barney Thomson
(2015)
Comedy, Drama
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Runtime:
96 min
6.3
N/A
59
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Stormy Monday
(1988)
Thriller
When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle, England, he is thwarted by a club attendant and his waitress girlfriend.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Mike Figgis
Cast:
Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, James Cosmo
6.2
78%
N/A
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Citadel
(2012)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Citadel tells the story of widower and single father Tommy Cowley, a man inflicted with chronic agoraphobia since the day his wife was attacked. He was unable to protect her. He lives in Edenstown, the council estate from hell. Here he finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe wielding feral children, who are intent on taking his b...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Ciaran Foy
Cast:
James Cosmo, Aneurin Barnard, Amy Shiels, Wunmi Mosaku
5.5
55%
60
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2081
(2009)
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General, everyone is "finally equal...." The strong wear weights, the beautiful wear masks and the intelligent wear earpieces that fire off loud noises to keep them from taking unfair ...
Runtime:
25 min
Director:
Chandler Tuttle
Cast:
James Cosmo, Julie Hagerty, Armie Hammer, Patricia Clarkson, Tammy Bruce
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
(2007)
Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
David L. Cunningham
Cast:
Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Gregory Smith, Jonathan Jackson, Wendy Crewson
4.8
N/A
38
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We Still Kill the Old Way
(2014)
Crime
A group of aging London gangsters go on a vigilante killing spree when one of their number is murdered by a street gang.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Sacha Bennett
Cast:
Ian Ogilvy, Alison Doody, Christopher Ellison, Danny-Boy Hatchard, Lysette Anthony
6.0
N/A
N/A
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Biggles
(1986)
Action, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, War
Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
John Hough
Cast:
Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, Peter Cushing, Marcus Gilbert
5.7
N/A
N/A
Ivanhoe
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Ivanhoe
(1997)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
This grand six-part adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's rousing adventure of the Middle Ages tells the epic tale of the idealistic young knight Ivanhoe (Steven Waddington) and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Guilbert (Ciarán Hinds. Caught between the rivalries and religious struggles are Ivanhoe's betrothed Rowena (Victoria Smurf...
Runtime:
270 min
Cast:
Steven Waddington, Ciarán Hinds, Victoria Smurfit, Susan Lynch, Jimmy Chisholm
7.6
N/A
N/A
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The Match
(1999)
Comedy, Romance
The Match is a romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in Ayrshire.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Mick Davis
Cast:
Richard E. Grant, Isla Blair, James Cosmo, Laura Fraser, David Hayman
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Outcast
(2010)
Fantasy, Horror
When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Their hunter, Cathal, soon picks up the trail. Intent on tracking Mary and Fergal, he will go to any lengths to succeed in his quest, often using dark a...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Colm McCarthy
Cast:
Therese Bradley, Niall Bruton, Claire Catterson, James Cosmo, Kate Dickie
5.4
64%
N/A
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Hammer of the Gods
(2013)
Action, Adventure, History
Action epic sees a passionate young man transform into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother Hakan The Ferrocious, whose people are relying on him to restore order to their kingdom.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Farren Blackburn
Cast:
Charlie Bewley, Clive Standen, James Cosmo, Elliot Cowan, Ivan Kaye
4.5
30%
44
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Estranged
(2015)
Horror, Thriller
Due to a near-fatal accident that has left her incapacitated and depleted of her long-term memory, a temporarily wheelchair-bound woman returns home after being abroad for six years accompanied by her bohemian boyfriend, the apparent cause of the accident. Unable to remember her family or her own childhood, she sets out, with the help ...
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Adam Levins
Cast:
James Cosmo, Amy Manson, Nora-Jane Noone, Craig Conway
5.5
N/A
N/A
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Sweet Dreams
(2003)
Drama, Romance
Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world, Danish Marie and Irish Sophie come ashore in Northern Scotland. After another drunken night they are soon parted from all their accumulated cash. Out of money and out of luck ambitious Soph...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Cast:
Iben Hjejle, Bronagh Gallagher, Martin Henderson, Ewen Bremner, Gary Lewis
6.2
N/A
N/A
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One More Kiss
(1999)
Drama, Romance
When Sarah Hopson realizes her successful high-rise New York lifestyle is devoid of meaning, she packs her bags and heads for her home town in the Scottish Borders to look for Sam, her childhood sweetheart and the only man she ever loved. Sam Murray runs a restaurant. He and Sarah grew up together and Sam hoped they'd grow old together...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Vadim Jean
Cast:
Valerie Edmond, Gerard Butler, Valerie Gogan, James Cosmo, Danny Nussbaum
6.5
N/A
N/A
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The Runway
(2010)
Comedy, Drama
The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces...
Runtime:
101 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
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The Christmas Candle
(2013)
Drama, Family
Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.
Runtime:
100 min
5.5
18%
33
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
(2005)
Drama, Family
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
John Henderson
Cast:
Gina McKee, Sean Pertwee, Greg Wise, James Cosmo, Ron Donachie
6.2
N/A
N/A
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London Heist
(2017)
Action, Thriller
Armed robber and career criminal Jack Cregan seeks to discover the truth behind his father's murder and his stolen heist money and in doing so puts his life in danger. The devastation that Jack soon discovers puts his very own existence into question.
Runtime:
91 min
Cast:
Craig Fairbrass, James Cosmo, Mehmet Ferda, Nick Moran, Steven Berkoff
5.2
N/A
N/A
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All the Queen's Men
(2001)
Action, Comedy, Drama, History, War
A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast:
Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo, Nicolette Krebitz, David Tristan Birkin
4.5
7%
19
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Breakdown
(2016)
Thriller
A professional contract killer, haunted by visions of his violent past, spirals out of control. His work compromised as he reaches breaking point, he is forced to defend his family from his ruthless employers.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Jonnie Malachi
Cast:
Craig Fairbrass, Emmett Scanlan, James Cosmo, Mehmet Ferda, Tamer Hassan
5.2
11%
N/A