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Oliver Cotton

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Geboren
20. Juni 1944 · London, England, UK

Biografie

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.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises
Film · 2012 · ★ 7,8
Poster zu Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman 1984
Film · 2020 · ★ 6,3
Poster zu The Last Duel
The Last Duel
Film · 2021 · ★ 7,4
Poster zu Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Knights
Film · 2003 · ★ 6,1
Poster zu Killing Eve
Killing Eve
Serie · 2018 · ★ 7,9
Poster zu Firefox
Firefox
Film · 1982 · ★ 6,1
Poster zu Inspector Barnaby
Inspector Barnaby
Serie · 1997 · ★ 7,5
Poster zu Die Päpstin
Die Päpstin
Film · 2009 · ★ 6,8
Poster zu Beowulf
Beowulf
Film · 1999 · ★ 4,4
Poster zu Der Sohn des rosaroten Panthers
Der Sohn des rosaroten Panthers
Film · 1993 · ★ 4,6
Poster zu Die Bibel - Josef
Die Bibel - Josef
Film · 1995 · ★ 8,3
Poster zu Die Musketiere
Die Musketiere
Serie · 2014 · ★ 7,1

Filmografie