James CosmoFilmography

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Actors: James Cosmo, Julie Hagerty, Armie Hammer Jr.

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

Actors: Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy, Ian McShane, Wendy Crewson

Synopsis: Producer Marc E. Platt brings author Susan Cooper's popular series of children's fantasy books to the big screen with this tale of a young boy (Alexander Ludwig) who discovers that he is the latest in a long line of immortal warriors. When the forces of darkness, led by the villainous Rider (Christopher Eccleston Read More

The Last Legion

Actors: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai, Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd

Synopsis: Co-adapted by Tom Butterworth and Jez Butterworth from Valerio Massimo Manfredi's best-selling historical adventure novel, Doug Lefler's period epic The Last Legion unfurls in 470 A.D., just prior to the fall of the colossal Roman Empire. As the most recent in a long line of caesars, a young Roman Read More

The Clan

Actors: James Cosmo, Steve Weston, John Kazek, Lee Hutcheon

Synopsis: Like Romeo and Juliet with a Scottish twist, The Clan centers on two young lovers from warring families. When they decide to flee the blood-soaked highlands, their departure merely ignites further violence between their clans. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Lives of the Saints

Actors: James Cosmo, David Leon, Emma Pierson, Bronson Webb, Sam MacLintock

Synopsis: The Lives of the Saints embodies the first cinematic collaboration between the acclaimed, London-based still photographer-turned-director Rankin, co-helmer Chris Cottam, and veteran scenarist Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). This parable, heavily laden with doses of magic realism and Read More

Free Jimmy

Actors: Woody Harrelson, Jan Saelid, Anders T. Andersen, Simon Pegg, Phil Daniels, Egil Birkeland, Terje Rangnes, Jay Simpson, Kyle MacLachlan, Kristopher Schau

Synopsis: A drug-addled elephant is on the run from people who either want to help him or kill him in this dark computer-animated comedy that is decidedly not for children. Jimmy is a performing elephant who travels with a third-rate Russian circus run by ringmaster Stromowski (voice of Jim Broadbent). Read More

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Actors: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson

Synopsis: Four siblings -- Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Lucy (Georgie Henley), Peter (William Moseley), and Susan (Anna Popplewell) -- are sent from their London home to the country estate of an eccentric professor in order to ensure their safety during World War II. The house is very dull, except for a large Read More

Half Light

Actors: Demi Moore, Hans Matheson, James Cosmo, Henry Ian Cusick, Kate Isitt

Synopsis: A successful mystery writer retreats to a remote fishing village following the tragic death of her son, only to become caught up in a bizarre supernatural murder mystery in this tale of terror directed by Craig Rosenberg and starring Demi Moore. Rachel Carson's (Moore) five-year-old son has Read More

Greyfriars Bobby

Actors: James Cosmo, Oliver Golding, Gina McKee, Sean Pertwee, Chris Lee, Thomas Lockyer, Greg Wise

Troy

Actors: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole

Synopsis: Homer's sprawling tale of love and war in ancient Greece comes to the screen in all its grandeur in this epic-scale adventure. In 1193 B.C., Paris, Prince of Troy (Orlando Bloom), has fallen in love; however, the beautiful woman who has beguiled him is Helen, Queen of Sparta (Diane Kruger), who is Read More

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Actors: Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke, Shirley Henderson, Ricky Tomlinson, Finn Atkins

Synopsis: Shane Meadows directed this film, which is the third and final chapter in his Nottingham Trilogy which also includes 1999's A Room for Romeo Brass and 1997's Twentyfourseven. Starring The Full Monty's Robert Carlyle, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands is a twist on the traditional Western film Read More

Skagerrak

Actors: Bronagh Gallagher, Martin Henderson, Iben Hjejle, Ewen Bremner, Gary Lewis

Synopsis: Two female drifters search for their next short-term jobs and for the reasons their lives have been filled with such wanderlust in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's modern-day romantic fable Skagerrak. Best friends Marie (Iben Hjejle) and Sophie (Bronagh Gallagher) land on the Scottish mainland after a stint Read More

Man Dancin'

Actors: Alex Ferns, Tom Georgeson, Kenneth Cranham, James Cosmo, Jenny Foulds

One Last Chance

Actors: Jamie Sives, Kevin McKidd, Iain Robertson, Neve McIntosh, James Cosmo, Dougray Scott, Jimmy Chisholm

To End All Wars

Actors: Ciarán McMenamin, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong, Yugo Saso

Synopsis: David L. Cunningham follows up on his acclaimed Beyond Paradise with this Bridge Over the River Kwai-like POW drama. Following Japan's surprise invasion of Singapore during the waning days of 1941, a small British battalion headed by Lieutenant Colonel McLean (James Cosmo), Major Campbell (Robert Carlyle Read More

All The Queen's Men

Actors: Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo, Nicolette Krebitz, Udo Kier

Synopsis: A few good men are sent on a secret mission as a few good women in this comic tale of wartime espionage, loosely based upon a true story. Steven O'Rourke (Matt LeBlanc) is an American intelligence agent who, during World War II, has been assigned to obtain an Enigma machine, a special Read More

Honest

Actors: Nicole Appleton, Natalie Appleton, Melanie Blatt

Synopsis: Composer, songwriter, and half of the pop band Eurythmics, Dave Stewart makes his directorial debut with this wacky caper comedy set in the heart of 1960s-era swinging London. Starring three members from British girl band All Saints, the film focuses on a trio of sisters -- cocky Gerry (Nicole Read More

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Actors: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Olympia Dukakis, Leslie Caron, Cleo Laine

Synopsis: A group of trailblazing female musicians try to take another shot at success in this musical comedy-drama produced for the premium cable network HBO. In the 1940s, the Blonde Bombshells were the finest all-female jazz band in the U.K., playing hot swing music that helped raise England's Read More

The 10th Kingdom

Actors: Kimberly Williams, John Larroquette, Scott Cohen, Daniel Lapaine, Dianne Wiest

Synopsis: This ten-hour mini-series extravaganza originally aired on February 26, 2000 on NBC, and concerns the fate of a janitor, Tony (John Larroquette), and his lovely daughter Virginia (Kimberly Williams), who mysteriously find themselves in a land where fairies, trolls, and elves live. Their attempts Read More

One More Kiss

Actors: Gerry Butler, James Cosmo, Valerie Edmond, Valerie Gogan, Danny Nussbaum, Carl Proctor

Synopsis: Vadim Jean directs this strikingly photographed tale about Sarah (Valerie Edmond), a 30-year woman coming to terms with both her life and her terminal cancer. The film opens with her contemplating suicide on top of a New York skyscraper. Cut to northern England, where she returns to her widower Read More

Cleopatra

Actors: Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Billy Zane, Rupert Graves, John Bowe

Synopsis: The epic saga of the Queen of Egypt gets yet another retelling in Cleopatra, a four-hour, two-part spectacular produced for television. Leonor Varela plays Cleopatra, the Egyptian monarch who uses her wisdom, charm, ruthlessness, and seductive powers to work her way into the heart (and bed) of Read More

Babe: Pig in the City

Actors: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney, Julie Godfrey

Synopsis: The 1995 Academy award-winning film Babe was Australian-made and featured the latest in talking animal anima-tronics. It told the heart-warming story of a sheepherding pig named Babe and his rise to community fame. The film was a tremendous hit, both financially and critically. Babe: Pig in the Read More

Urban Ghost Story

Actors: Jason Connery, Stephanie Buttle, Heather Ann Foster, James Cosmo, Elizabeth Berrington

Synopsis: Genevieve Jolliffe directed this British supernatural drama set in Glasgow. A joyride car crash almost leads to the death of 12-year-old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) who lives with her mother Kate (Stephanie Buttle) and with her brother and younger sister in a seedy apartment building. When Lizzie Read More

The Match

Actors: Max Beesley, Isla Blair, James Cosmo, Samantha Fox

Synopsis: The first film by {$Mick Davis), The Match is a contemporary romantic comedy set in the idyllic village of Inverdoune nestling in the Scottish Highlands. Wullie Smith is the shy milkman who carries the physical and emotional scars of a childhood tragedy and who is in love with Rosemary, the Read More

Ain't Misbehavin'

Actors: Robson Green, Jerome Flynn, Jim Carter, Jane Lapotaire, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: Robson Green and Jerome Flynn headline this musical comedy drama set during the 1940 Blitz of London, and following the exploits of unlikely friends Eddie Wallis (Flynn) and Eric Trapp (Green). Principled RAF pilot Eddie Wallis has been discharged from the military on medical grounds following a Read More

Ivanhoe

Actors: Steven Waddington, Victoria Smurfit

Synopsis: A century after the Normans conquer England, evil Prince John (Ralph Brown) seizes control of the realm in the absence of the rightful ruler, his brother Richard the Lion-Hearted (Rory Edwards), who has been crusading in the Holy Land. John means to replace Richard as king. John, a Norman, governs Read More

Emma

Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Jane Austen (who in the '90s seemed to be in the running alongside William Shakespeare and Stephen King for the honors of most adapted author in Hollywood), this period romantic comedy stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who imagines herself an authority on Read More

Trainspotting

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald

Synopsis: Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life Read More

Braveheart

Actors: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis: Mel Gibson, long-time heartthrob of the silver screen, came into his own as a director with Braveheart, an account of the life and times of medieval Scottish patriot William Wallace and, to a lesser degree, Robert the Bruce's struggle to unify his nation against its English oppressors. The story Read More

Fool

Actors: Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack, Ruth Mitchell, Paul Burke, Corin Redgrave

Synopsis: Husband and wife producers Richard Goodwin and Christine Edzard return to the same milieu as in their epic version of Little Dorrit in The Fool. This slight story stars Derek Jacobi as Mr. Frederick, a theatrical clerk in the London of 1857, who concocts a monetary scam to bilk the rich. In order Read More

Treasure Island

Actors: Nicholas Amer, Christian Bale, Julian Glover, Christopher Lee, Oliver Reed, Clive Wood, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson

Synopsis: This full-blooded TV adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island was written, produced and directed by Frasier Heston. His father, Charlton Heston plays Long John Silver. Eschewing the cuteness of Wallace Beery and the unadulterated ham of Robert Newton, Heston plays the character as Read More

Codename: Kyril

Actors: Ian Charleson

Synopsis: Based on John Trenhaile's A Man Called Kyril, this byzantine-plotted spy melodrama stars Ian Charleson in the title role. Kyril is a supposed Soviet defector who relocates in London. In fact, his defection is a smoke-screen: Kyril has been sent by the KGB to seek out a British mole in Moscow Read More

Stormy Monday

Actors: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, Prunella Gee, James Cosmo

Synopsis: Stormy Monday is a four-person character study in which style is all that matters. This tautly constructed, deftly executed crime thriller is set in economically depressed Newcastle England. Sting plays Finney, a relatively honest Newcastle jazz-club owner who crosses the path of crass American Read More

Highlander

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Beatie Edney

Synopsis: With the ultimate throw-down, "There can be only one," Highlander captured the imaginations of fantasy fans seeking a well-executed swordplay epic, becoming a cult classic in the process. Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) is one of a waning few survivors of a clan of immortals. The breed have Read More

Operation Julie

Synopsis: Based on a true story, the three-part British miniseries Operation Julie detailed a massive drug "sting" conducted by British authorities in the mid-'70s. Colin Blakely and David Swift headed the enormous cast as, respectively, Detective Inspector Richard Lee and Detective Superintendent Gosling. Read More

Warship [TV Series]

Actors: David Savile, John Lee, Michael Cochrane, Norman Eshley, Richard Warwick

Synopsis: Produced with the full cooperation of the Royal Navy, the long-running British drama series Warship was set aboard the HMS "Hero." Its action taking place during WWII, the series concentrated on the individual travails of the ship's officers and seamen. Several different commanders took the helm Read More

Young Winston

Actors: Michael Audreson, Robert Lankesheer, Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, John Mills, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm

Synopsis: This historical drama is an account of the early life of Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide Read More

Assault

Actors: Jan Butlin, Anabel Littledale, Siobhan Quinlan

Synopsis: Someone is sexually assaulting and (usually) killing the students of a girls' school. There are entirely too many suspects to make the job of the Scotland Yard detective (Frank Finlay) an easy one. The girls' persistent use of the shortcut through the woods in which the crimes occur has only Read More

The Virgin Soldiers

Actors: Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick, Rachel Kempson

Synopsis: This situation comedy finds rookie soldiers of the British Army trying to cope with military life while stationed in Malaya. Brigg (Hywel Bennett) is a young clerk who falls for the local school teacher Phillipa (Lynn Redgrave), the daughter of Royal Sergeant Major Raskin (Nigel Patrick). Brigg Read More

Battle of Britain

Actors: Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard, Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Laurence Olivier

Synopsis: James Bond-flick director Guy Hamilton helmed this episodic, all-star World War II film. With Sir Laurence Olivier heading up an ensemble cast as flight commander Sir Hugh Dowdling, The Battle of Britain pays tribute to other nationalities instrumental in fending off the waves of Luftwaffe planes Read More