Oliver Cotton
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.
Known For
Midsomer Murders
1997
Heartbeat
1992
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
Sharpe
1993
Waking the Dead
2001
New Tricks
2004
Killing Eve
2018
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Bergerac
1981
Ripper Street
2012
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
as Michael Maybury · 1997
Heartbeat
as Harry Adams · 1992
BBC Play of the Month
as Turkish Captain · 1965
The Dark Knight Rises
as 2 Star Air Force General · 2012
Sharpe
as Loup · 1993
Waking the Dead
as Sir Charles Stewart · 2001
New Tricks
as Hugh Dryden · 2004
Killing Eve
as Maciek · 2018
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Spy · 1965
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Keith Henshaw · 1996
Bergerac
as Jacques Laronde · 1981
Ripper Street
as Daniel Goldman · 2012
Space: 1999
as Spearman · 1975
The Musketeers
· 2014
Wonder Woman 1984
as Simon Stagg · 2020
Lovejoy
as Frobel · 1986
The Play on One
as Andrew Ford · 1988
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Istvan · 1977
The Last Duel
as Jean de Carrouges III · 2021
Churchill's People
as Trooper John Roper · 1974
Public Eye
as Removal Man · 1965
Robin of Sherwood
as Lord Owen of Clun · 1984
Space Precinct
as Tylan Gershom · 1994
Callan
· 1967
Hotel Babylon
as Mr. Dovic · 2006
Shanghai Knights
as Jack the Ripper · 2003
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
as Declan · 1994
Second City Firsts
as Cyril · 1973
Murder Investigation Team
as Artyom Biartoulis · 2003
Harry
as Paul Collier · 1993
Firefox
as Dmitri Priabin · 1982
Strange Report
as Young Man · 1969
Sensitive Skin
as Sam · 2005
Joseph
as Architect · 1995
Hannay
· 1988
The Sicilian
as Cmdr. Roccofino · 1987
Son of the Pink Panther
as King Haroak · 1993
Money
as Lorne Guyland · 2010
The Camomile Lawn
as Max · 1992
Westbeach
as Alan Cromer · 1993
The Adventures of Don Quick
as Beltane · 1970
David Copperfield
as Edward Murdstone · 1986
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
as Harana · 1992
Pope Joan
as Arsenius · 2009
Beowulf
as Hrothgar · 1999
The Borgias
as Cesare Borgia · 1981
Oliver Twist
as Monks · 1982
Out of the Ashes
as Moshe Perl · 2003
The Dancer Upstairs
as Merino · 2002
Eleni
as Katis · 1985
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as King Henry IV · 2012
Colour Me Kubrick
as PC Metcalf (uncredited) · 2005
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
as Curtis · 1968
Hiding Out
as Hit-Man · 1987
Redemption
as Neville Nunn · 1991
The Day Christ Died
as John · 1980
When the Actors Come
as Istvan · 1978
Baby Blue
as Ron Wood · 2001
Tales of the Underworld
as Flowers · 2026
The Party
as Andrew Ford · 1988
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as King Henry IV · 2012
Sharpe's Battle
as Brigadier General Guy Loup · 1995
Gangs of Tooting Broadway
· 2013
The Innocent Sleep
as Lusano · 1996
North v South
as Brian Galloway · 2015
Henry VIII
as Earl of Surrey · 1979
Attila the Hun
as Actius · 2008
Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to 'A' List
as Interviewee · 2023
Caesar and Claretta
as Giacomo · 1975
Sovereign's Company
as Sender · 1970
Margaret
as Michael Heseltine · 2009
Raindogs
as Duke
Pylon
as The Chairman · 2017