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Oliver Cotton

Oliver Cotton

Known for ActingBorn 1944-06-20 (age 81)London, England, UK
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.Read more

Movies & web series

Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe10.0
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Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2012 · Movie

Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe10.0
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Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2012 · Movie

The Borgias8.7
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The Borgias

1981 · Series

Joseph8.2
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Joseph

1995 · Movie

Killing Eve7.9
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Killing Eve

2018 · Series

Sharpe8.0
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Sharpe

1993 · Series

The Dark Knight Rises7.8
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The Dark Knight Rises

2012 · Movie

Public Eye8.2
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Public Eye

1965 · Series

The Last Duel7.4
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The Last Duel

2021 · Movie

The English Game7.4
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The English Game

2020 · Series

Ripper Street7.4
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Ripper Street

2012 · Series

Midsomer Murders7.5
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Midsomer Murders

1997 · Series

Robin of Sherwood7.6
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Robin of Sherwood

1984 · Series

New Tricks7.3
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New Tricks

2004 · Series

Strange Report7.7
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Strange Report

1969 · Series

Hotel Babylon7.3
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Hotel Babylon

2006 · Series

Waking the Dead7.3
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Waking the Dead

2001 · Series

Lovejoy7.4
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Lovejoy

1986 · Series

Sovereign's Company7.5
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Sovereign's Company

1970 · Movie

The Musketeers7.0
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The Musketeers

2014 · Series

Heartbeat7.2
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Heartbeat

1992 · Series

Murder Investigation Team7.0
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Murder Investigation Team

2003 · Series

Redemption7.0
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Redemption

1991 · Movie

Pope Joan6.8
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Pope Joan

2009 · Movie

Sharpe's Battle6.9
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Sharpe's Battle

1995 · Movie

Space: 19997.1
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Space: 1999

1975 · Series

BBC2 Play of the Week7.0
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BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 · Series

Callan7.0
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Callan

1967 · Series

Attila the Hun6.5
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Attila the Hun

2008 · Movie

Wonder Woman 19846.4
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Wonder Woman 1984

2020 · Movie

Oliver Twist6.7
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Oliver Twist

1982 · Movie

Baby Blue6.5
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Baby Blue

2001 · Movie

Bergerac6.7
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Bergerac

1981 · Series

Henry VIII6.6
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Henry VIII

1979 · Movie

Space Precinct6.4
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Space Precinct

1994 · Series

Out of the Ashes6.2
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Out of the Ashes

2003 · Movie

Shanghai Knights6.1
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Shanghai Knights

2003 · Movie

The Dancer Upstairs6.1
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The Dancer Upstairs

2002 · Movie

The Day Christ Died6.3
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The Day Christ Died

1980 · Movie

Gangs of Tooting Broadway6.0
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Gangs of Tooting Broadway

2013 · Movie

Firefox6.1
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Firefox

1982 · Movie

Margaret5.8
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Margaret

2009 · Movie

Hannay6.0
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Hannay

1988 · Series

The Play on One6.0
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The Play on One

1988 · Series

Eleni6.0
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Eleni

1985 · Movie

Colour Me Kubrick5.7
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Colour Me Kubrick

2005 · Movie

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front5.8
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(All Quiet on the) Preston Front

1994 · Series

The Camomile Lawn5.8
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The Camomile Lawn

1992 · Series