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James Cosmo

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James Ronald Gordon Copeland (born 1947), known professionally as James Cosmo, is a Scottish actor. Known for his character work, he has played supporting roles in films such as Highlander (1986), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), Troy (2004), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Ben-Hur (2016), and Wonder Woman (2017). On television, he appeared as Father Kellan Ashby on the third season of Sons of Anarchy (2010), Jeor Mormont on HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2013), Farder Coram in the BBC series His Dark Materials (2019), and Luka Gocharov on the third season of Amazon Prime's Jack Ryan (2022). Cosmo appeared as a contestant on the nineteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2017, finishing in fourth place. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Cosmo is the 1,435th most popular actor (up from 1,707th in 2019), the 1,640th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,677th in 2019) and the 204th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Cosmo ranks 1,435 out of 13,578Before him are Libertad Lamarque, Emmanuelle Seigner, Joshua Jackson, Masako Nozawa, Frances Conroy, and Julian Glover. After him are David Schwimmer, Rhea Seehorn, Dick York, John Schneider, François Périer, and Nino Castelnuovo.

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Among people born in 1947, James Cosmo ranks 184Before him are Robert M. Parker Jr., David Byron, Helena Vondráčková, Mesut Yılmaz, Kerry Melville, and Edward Yang. After him are João Braz de Aviz, Marion Ramsey, Babita, Sandie Shaw, Zdeněk Zeman, and Marcello Semeraro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Cosmo ranks 1,640 out of 8,785Before him are George Grenville (1712), George Bentham (1800), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Anthony Trollope (1815), John Hanning Speke (1827), and Julian Glover (1935). After him are John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Lucinda Riley (1965), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Walafrid Strabo (808), Oliver Lodge (1851), and Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Cosmo ranks 204Before him are Martin Shaw (1945), Michael Redgrave (1908), Stephen Fry (1957), Marina Berti (1924), Iain Glen (1961), and Julian Glover (1935). After him are David Garrick (1717), Emily Blunt (1983), Greer Garson (1904), Paul Ritter (1966), Gemma Jones (1942), and Emilia Clarke (1986).