Oliver Cotton

Oliver Cotton

  • Birthday: 1944-06-20
  • Place of birth: London, England
  • Also know 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. 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

Joseph

1995

As Architekt

Baby Blue

2001

As Ron Wood

Beowulf

1999

As Hrothgar

Shanghai Knights

2003

As Jack the Ripper

Son of the Pink Panther

1993

As King Haroak

Oliver Twist

1982

As Monks

Out of the Ashes

2003

As Moshe Perl

North v South

2015

As Brian Galloway

The Dark Knight Rises

2012

As 2 Star Air Force General

Pope Joan

2009

As Arsenius

The Dancer Upstairs

2002

As Merino

The Innocent Sleep

1996

As Lusano

Sovereign's Company

1970

As Sender

Caesar and Claretta

1975

As Giacomo

Redemption

1991

As Neville Nunn

Attila the Hun

2008

As Actius

Margaret

2009

As Michael Heseltine

Pylon

2017

As The Chairman

Eleni

1985

As Katis

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

As PC Metcalf (uncredited)

Firefox

1982

As Dmitri Priabin

The Day Christ Died

1980

As John

Henry VIII

1979

As Earl of Surrey

Hiding Out

1987

As Hit-Man

Sharpe's Battle

1995

As Loup

Wonder Woman 1984

2020

As Simon Stagg

The Party

1988

As Andrew Ford

Raindogs

0000

As Duke

The Last Duel

2021

As Jean de Carrouges III

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