Oliver Cotton

Born: 1944-06-20

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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Released: 2021-10-13

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Joseph

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Released: 1995-04-10

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Shanghai Knights

as Jack the Ripper
Released: 2003-02-06

The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time,...

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Firefox

as Dmitri Priabin
Released: 1982-06-18

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the...

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Beowulf

as Hrothgar
Released: 1999-04-01

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the...

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Pope Joan

as Arsenius
Released: 2009-10-22

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Son of the Pink Panther

as King Haroak
Released: 1993-08-27

The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.

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Henry VIII

as Earl of Surrey
Released: 1979-02-25

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The Day Christ Died

as John
Released: 1980-03-26

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the...

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Eleni

as Katis
Released: 1985-11-01

Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years...

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Hiding Out

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Released: 1987-11-06

A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into...

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Margaret

as Michael Heseltine
Released: 2009-03-26

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Colour Me Kubrick

as PC Metcalf (uncredited)
Released: 2005-10-06

The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's...

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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

as Curtis
Released: 1968-01-22

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Out of the Ashes

as Moshe Perl
Released: 2003-04-13

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The Dancer Upstairs

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Released: 2002-09-20

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The Opium War

as uncredited
Released: 1997-06-30

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Oliver Twist

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Released: 1982-03-23

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North v South

as Brian Galloway
Released: 2015-10-16

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Sharpe's Battle

as Loup
Released: 1995-04-19

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Attila the Hun

as Actius
Released: 2008-03-16

(History Channel) A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even...

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The Party

as Andrew Ford
Released: 1988-03-08

10 May 1968. In Paris the barricades are about to burst into flames as students and police...

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The Innocent Sleep

as Lusano
Released: 1996-01-25

Inspired by the 1982 Roberto Calvi Affair in which an Italian banker was found hanging from a...

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Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as King Henry IV
Released: 2012-06-25

Hotspur is dead and Prince Hal has proved his mettle on the battlefield, but King Henry IV lies...

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Baby Blue

as Ron Wood
Released: 2001-01-25

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Redemption

as Neville Nunn
Released: 1991-07-03

After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister...

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Gangs of Tooting Broadway

as uncredited
Released: 2013-02-04

Tooting Broadway is an urban crime drama set in 2009, whose South London location lends a gritty...

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Raindogs

as Duke
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Midsomer Murders

as Michael Maybury
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Waking the Dead

as Sir Charles Stewart
First aired: 2001-06-18

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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Space: 1999

as Spearman
First aired: 1975-09-04

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Dalziel & Pascoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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Robin of Sherwood

as Lord Owen of Clun
First aired: 1984-04-28

Robin of Sherwood was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by...

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Ripper Street

as Daniel Goldman
First aired: 2012-12-30

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...

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Killing Eve

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First aired: 2018-04-08

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go...

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New Tricks

as Hugh Dryden
First aired: 2004-01-01

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The Musketeers

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-01-19

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an...

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Bergerac

as Jacques Laronde
First aired: 1981-10-18

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Heartbeat

as Harry Adams
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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(All Quiet on the) Preston Front

as Declan
First aired: 1994-01-04

All Quiet on the Preston Front (or the shortened Preston Front as it became known for series two...

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Space Precinct

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-10-03

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Murder Investigation Team

as Artyom Biartoulis
First aired: 2003-05-03

Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV...

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Hotel Babylon

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-01-19

Hotel Babylon is a British television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen...

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Lovejoy

as Frobel
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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Public Eye

as Removal Man
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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The Camomile Lawn

as Max
First aired: 1992-03-05

The Camomile Lawn is British adaptation of the Mary Wesley's classic novel that aired on Channel...

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Callan

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-07-08

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage....

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Hannay

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-01-06

Hannay was a 1988 spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine...

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The Borgias

as Cesare Borgia
First aired: 1981-10-14

A a serial in ten parts on the lives of one of the most intriguing families in history.

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Money

as Lorne Guyland
First aired: 2010-05-23

A two-part adaptation of Martin Amis's cult '80s novel with Nick Frost as John Self, a...

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