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    Oliver Cotton

    1944-06-20 (80 years old) in London, England, UK

    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.

    Movies

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    The Last Duel
    74 %|Oct 13, 2021
    History, Drama, Action
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    Wonder Woman 1984
    64 %|Dec 16, 2020
    Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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    Pylon
    0 %|May 22, 2017
    Thriller
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    North v South
    51 %|Oct 16, 2015
    Crime, Thriller
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    Gangs of Tooting Broadway
    60 %|Feb 4, 2013
    Crime, Drama
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    The Dark Knight Rises
    77.81 %|Jul 17, 2012
    Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
    100 %|Jun 25, 2012
    Comedy, Drama, History
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    Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
    100 %|May 27, 2012
    Comedy, Drama, History, War
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    Pope Joan
    68 %|Oct 22, 2009
    Drama, History, Romance
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    Margaret
    58 %|Mar 26, 2009
    TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Attila the Hun
    65 %|Mar 16, 2008
    Documentary, Drama
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    Colour Me Kubrick
    56.51 %|Oct 6, 2005
    Comedy, Drama
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    Out of the Ashes
    65 %|Apr 13, 2003
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Shanghai Knights
    61 %|Feb 6, 2003
    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
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    The Dancer Upstairs
    61 %|Sep 20, 2002
    Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    Baby Blue
    57 %|Jan 25, 2001
    Thriller
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    Beowulf
    43 %|Mar 31, 1999
    Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Horror
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    The Innocent Sleep
    43 %|Jan 25, 1996
    Thriller
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    Joseph
    82 %|Apr 10, 1995
    Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
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    Son of the Pink Panther
    46 %|Aug 27, 1993
    Comedy, Crime
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    Raindogs
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Adventure
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    The Opium War
    66 %|Jun 9, 1997
    Drama, War, History
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    Sharpe's Battle
    68 %|Apr 19, 1995
    War, Adventure, History, TV Movie
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    Redemption
    0 %|Jul 3, 1991
    TV Movie, Comedy
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    The Party
    0 %|Mar 8, 1988
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Hiding Out
    55 %|Nov 6, 1987
    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Thriller
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    The Sicilian
    51.34 %|Oct 7, 1987
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    Eleni
    62 %|Nov 1, 1985
    Drama, History
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    Firefox
    60 %|Jun 18, 1982
    Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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    Oliver Twist
    68 %|Mar 23, 1982
    Crime, Drama
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    The Day Christ Died
    58 %|Mar 26, 1980
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Henry VIII
    65 %|Feb 25, 1979
    History, Drama, TV Movie
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    When the Actors Come
    0 %|May 3, 1978
    Drama, Mystery, Romance
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    Caesar and Claretta
    10 %|May 8, 1975
    Drama
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    Sovereign's Company
    70 %|Apr 21, 1970
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
    57 %|Jan 22, 1968
    Comedy

    Series

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    Killing Eve
    79 %|Apr 8, 2018
    Crime, Drama
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    The Musketeers
    69.69 %|Jan 19, 2014
    Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Ripper Street
    73.94 %|Dec 30, 2012
    Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    Money
    40 %|May 23, 2010
    Drama
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    Hotel Babylon
    73 %|Jan 19, 2006
    Drama, Comedy
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    New Tricks
    74 %|Jan 1, 2004
    Drama, Comedy
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    Murder Investigation Team
    55 %|May 3, 2003
    Drama
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    Waking the Dead
    72 %|Jun 18, 2001
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Midsomer Murders
    75.54 %|Mar 23, 1997
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Dalziel & Pascoe
    63 %|Mar 16, 1996
    Crime, Mystery
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    Space Precinct
    57 %|Oct 3, 1994
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    (All Quiet on the) Preston Front
    53 %|Jan 4, 1994
    Comedy, Drama
    actor
    Harry
    10 %|Sep 18, 1993
    Drama
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    Heartbeat
    70 %|Apr 10, 1992
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    The Camomile Lawn
    56 %|Mar 5, 1992
    Drama
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    The Play on One
    55 %|Jan 19, 1988
    Drama
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    Hannay
    50 %|Jan 6, 1988
    Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery
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    Lovejoy
    74 %|Jan 10, 1986
    Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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    Robin of Sherwood
    76 %|Apr 28, 1984
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Bergerac
    64 %|Oct 18, 1981
    Drama
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    The Borgias
    70 %|Oct 14, 1981
    Drama
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    BBC Television Shakespeare
    52 %|Dec 3, 1978
    Drama, Comedy
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    Space: 1999
    71 %|Sep 4, 1975
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Callan
    70 %|Jul 8, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Public Eye
    78 %|Jan 23, 1965
    Crime, Drama