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James Cosmo

1947 - Today

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James Ronald Gordon Copeland (b. 1947), known professionally as James Cosmo, is a Scottish actor. Known for his character work, he has played supporting roles in films such as Highlander (1986), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), Troy (2004), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Ben-Hur (2016), and Wonder Woman (2017). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Cosmo has received more than 4,548,915 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). James Cosmo is the 1,707th most popular actor (down from 1,568th in 2019), the 1,676th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,613th in 2019) and the 231st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Cosmos by language

Over the past year James Cosmo has had the most page views in the with 467,393 views, followed by German (53,369), and Italian (29,383). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (58.24%), Korean (55.28%), and Haitian (55.07%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Cosmo ranks 1,707 out of 13,578. Before him are Sofiko Chiaureli, Vladimir Menshov, Jason Miller, Choi Min-sik, Vic Morrow, and Aleksey Batalov. After him are Mirtha Legrand, Shintaro Katsu, Ruan Lingyu, Albert Austin, Liam Cunningham, and Mila Kunis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, James Cosmo ranks 200. Before him are Murray Perahia, Jerry Rawlings, Riyoko Ikeda, Karol Dobiaš, Laurie Anderson, and Eliyahu M. Goldratt. After him are Jacob Bekenstein, Nick Castle, Bryan Brown, Mesut Yılmaz, Mitch Mitchell, and Harry Reems.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Cosmo ranks 1,676 out of 8,785. Before him are Eric Campbell (1880), David Trimble (1944), David A. Stewart (1952), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), and Ken Russell (1927). After him are Peter Collins (1931), Eric Knight (1897), Albert Austin (1881), James McAvoy (1979), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), and Tim Staffell (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Cosmo ranks 231. Before him are Eileen Atkins (1934), Greer Garson (1904), Gemma Jones (1942), Paul Freeman (1943), Ralph Richardson (1902), and Eric Campbell (1880). After him are Albert Austin (1881), James McAvoy (1979), David Tennant (1971), Robert Brown (1921), Robert Pattinson (1986), and James Finlayson (1887).

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Television and Movie Roles

Braveheart
Campbell
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
May 24o 19957.94 / 10
Wonder Woman
FIeld Marshall Haig
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
May 30o 20177.232 / 10
Trainspotting
Mr. Renton
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Feb 23o 19967.969 / 10