James Cosmo (born 1948 in Clydebank, Scotland) is a 'tough guy' actor, with numerous credits in film and television. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Clydebank (Bruach Chluaidh in Gaelic) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, lying on the north bank of the river Clyde. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic and Scots1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

Film roles include: Battle of Britain, Highlander, Braveheart, Trainspotting, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, The Reckoning, Troy, To End All Wars, Greyfriars Bobby and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Battle of Britain is a 1969 film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S Benjamin Fisz. ... Highlander is an American film which opened on March 7, 1986. ... Braveheart is an American 1995 historical action/drama produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role. ... Trainspotting is a 1996 Academy Award nominated, BAFTA winning cult film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. ... Once Upon a Time in the Midlands is a film directed and co-written by Shane Meadows and set in an anonymous town in the Midlands. ... The Reckoning is a murder-mystery set during the medieval period. ... Troy is an Oscar-nominated movie released on May 14, 2004 about the Trojan War, as described in Homers Iliad, Virgils Aeneid, and other Greek myths. ... To End All Wars To End All Wars is a movie starring Robert Carlyle, Keifer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura. ... The Statue of Greyfriars Bobby, in Edinburgh, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ...

TV credits include: Futureshock: Comet Impact, The Borderers, The Persuaders!, The Stone Tape, Sutherland's Law, Warship, Survivors, The Standard, The Sweeney, The 10th Kingdom, The Professionals, The Nightmare Man, Minder, Fairly Secret Army, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Casualty, Between The Lines, Soldier Soldier, Rebus, Roughnecks, The Bill and Midsomer Murders. The Borderers was promoted on the cover of Radio Times magazine. ... The Persuaders! is a British television series, which first aired in 1971 and 1972 in Britains ITV and on the ABC Network in the United States. ... The opening title sequence. ... Sutherlands Law is a British television series made by BBC Scotland between 1973 and 1976. ... Warship was an extremely popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977. ... Survivors was a British television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. ... The Standard is a British television series produced by BBC Scotland in 1978. ... The Sweeney is a British television police drama focusing on two crime-fighting members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the British police force specialising in armed robbery and violent crime. ... The 10th Kingdom is a made-for-TV mini-series written by screenplay writer Simon Moore. ... From Left : Martin Shaw as Ray Doyle, Gordon Jackson as George Cowley, and Lewis Collins as William Bodie. ... The Nightmare Man is a science fiction and horror television serial, produced by the BBC in 1981. ... Minder was a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. ... Fairly Secret Army was a short-lived British sitcom. ... C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987. ... Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world[1], first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. ... Between The Lines was an acclaimed television police drama series created by J.C. Wilsher and produced by World Productions for the BBC. It was first shown on BBC1 between 1992 and 1994, running for three series. ... Soldier Soldier was a British television drama series. ... For information on the Rebus word and picture puzzle see Rebus. ... Roughnecks was a BBC television series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. ... The Bill is a long-running British television police procedural first shown on ITV, at 8pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. ... Midsomer Murders is a popular British television series about murders that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer. ...

External link

• James Cosmo at the Internet Movie Database