Oliver Cotton
Date of birth: 1944-06-20
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 올리버 코튼
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.
Movie Credits
Joseph
1995-04-10
Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brot
Baby Blue
2001-01-25
A young Dutch couple gets new English neighbors next-door to their modern home. Of course, everyone
Beowulf
1999-03-31
Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the nigh
Shanghai Knights
2003-02-06
When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their
Gangs of Tooting Broadway
2013-02-04
Tooting Broadway is an urban crime drama set in 2009, whose South London location lends a gritty fee
Son of the Pink Panther
1993-08-27
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
Raindogs
Oliver Twist
1982-03-23
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv
The Last Duel
2021-10-13
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques L
Out of the Ashes
2003-04-13
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz
North v South
2015-10-16
For decades the criminal underworlds of the North and South bumped along begrudgingly. Like the Cold
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012-06-25
Hotspur is dead and Prince Hal has proved his mettle on the battlefield, but King Henry IV lies dyin
Margaret
2009-03-26
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as s
Sovereign's Company
1970-04-21
Sovereign's Company is the story of a boy from an army family with a long tradition of honour and di
The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crime
Pope Joan
2009-10-22
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012-05-27
Prince Hal, son of King Henry IV, seems to be squandering his life away with the fat knight Sir John
The Dancer Upstairs
2002-09-20
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla
The Innocent Sleep
1996-01-25
Inspired by the 1982 Roberto Calvi Affair in which an Italian banker was found hanging from a bridge
The Sicilian
1987-10-07
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leadi
Caesar and Claretta
1975-05-08
'Caesar and Claretta' dramatises the last few hours in the lives of Benito Mussolini (El Duce, playe
Redemption
1991-07-03
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wan
Attila the Hun
2008-03-16
(History Channel) A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even today A
Pylon
2017-05-22
A political thriller directed by Jono Smith.
The Opium War
1997-06-09
The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Em
Eleni
1985-11-01
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for t
Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's las
Firefox
1982-06-18
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet w
The Day Christ Died
1980-03-26
A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Cruc
Henry VIII
1979-02-25
Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine a
Hiding Out
1987-11-06
A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some in
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968-01-22
Jamie McGregor is a virginal sixth-former in suburbia delivering groceries for the local supermarket
Sharpe's Battle
1995-04-19
When Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent
Wonder Woman 1984
2020-12-16
A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious anc
The Party
1988-03-08
10 May 1968. In Paris the barricades are about to burst into flames as students and police clash. In
When the Actors Come
1978-05-03
On a cold day in January 1850, a group of travelling actors arrive out of the snow at the remote cou
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992-08-20
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies
Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
2023-02-21
Clancy Sigal ventured everywhere and accomplished everything a bold spirit possibly can in the turbu
Tales of the Underworld
2026-01-26
A series of short films that create an anthology of stories that will be interlinked to create a fea