Oliver Cotton

Oliver Cotton

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Oliver Cotton

  • Birthday:

    1944-06-20

  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.2597
  • Also Known As

    올리버 코튼

Oliver Cotton

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.

Top Movie Cast

Joseph
Josephtrue- Architekt

1995-04-10

8.2
Baby Blue
Baby Bluetrue- Ron Wood

2001-01-25

5.7
Beowulf
Beowulftrue- Hrothgar

1999-03-31

4.3
Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Knightstrue- Jack the Ripper

2003-02-06

6.1
Gangs of Tooting Broadway
Gangs of Tooting Broadwaytrue

2013-02-04

6.0
Son of the Pink Panther
Son of the Pink Panthertrue- King Haroak

1993-08-27

4.6
Raindogs
Raindogstrue- Duke

Release Date

0.0
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twisttrue- Monks

1982-03-23

6.8
The Last Duel
The Last Dueltrue- Jean de Carrouges III

2021-10-13

7.4
Out of the Ashes
Out of the Ashestrue- Moshe Perl

2003-04-13

6.5
North v South
North v Southtrue- Brian Galloway

2015-10-16

5.1
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globetrue- King Henry IV

2012-06-25

10.0
Margaret
Margarettrue- Michael Heseltine

2009-03-26

5.8
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Risestrue- 2 Star Air Force General

2012-07-17

7.8
Pope Joan
Pope Joantrue- Arsenius

2009-10-22

6.8
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globetrue- King Henry IV

2012-05-27

10.0
The Dancer Upstairs
The Dancer Upstairstrue- Merino

2002-09-20

6.2
The Innocent Sleep
The Innocent Sleeptrue- Lusano

1996-01-25

4.3
The Sicilian
The Siciliantrue- Cmdr. Roccofino

1987-10-07

5.2
Caesar and Claretta
Caesar and Clarettatrue- Giacomo

1975-05-08

1.0
Redemption
Redemptiontrue- Neville Nunn

1991-07-03

0.0
Attila the Hun
Attila the Huntrue- Actius

2008-03-16

6.5
Pylon
Pylontrue- The Chairman

2017-05-22

0.0
The Opium War
The Opium Wartrue- Gordon Bremer

1997-06-09

6.6
Eleni
Elenitrue- Katis

1985-11-01

6.2
Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubricktrue- PC Metcalf (uncredited)

2005-10-06

5.7
Firefox
Firefoxtrue- Dmitri Priabin

1982-06-18

6.0
The Day Christ Died
The Day Christ Diedtrue- John

1980-03-26

5.8
Henry VIII
Henry VIIItrue- Earl of Surrey

1979-02-25

6.5
Hiding Out
Hiding Outtrue- Hit-Man

1987-11-06

5.5
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bushtrue- Curtis

1968-01-22

5.7
Sharpe's Battle
Sharpe's Battletrue- Loup

1995-04-19

6.8
Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman 1984true- Simon Stagg

2020-12-16

6.4
The Party
The Partytrue- Andrew Ford

1988-03-08

0.0
When the Actors Come
When the Actors Cometrue- Istvan

1978-05-03

0.0
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Christopher Columbus: The Discoverytrue- Harana

1992-08-20

4.9

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