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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 20, 1944
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Joseph
1995-04-10
Joseph
Overview: Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph governed the country during a seven year famine, during which his brothers visit Egypt seeking grain, only to encounter their brother, presumed long dead.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-10
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Baby Blue
2001-01-25
Baby Blue
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2001-01-25
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Beowulf
1999-03-31
Beowulf
Overview: Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-31
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Shanghai Knights
2003-02-06
Shanghai Knights
Overview: When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-06
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Gangs of Tooting Broadway
2013-02-04
Gangs of Tooting Broadway
Overview: Tooting Broadway is an urban crime drama set in 2009, whose South London location lends a gritty feel to a fast paced story that highlights a rarely seen gang culture.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-04
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Son of the Pink Panther
1993-08-27
Son of the Pink Panther
Overview: The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-27
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Raindogs
Raindogs
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pl
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Oliver Twist
1982-03-23
Oliver Twist
Overview: The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-23
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The Last Duel
2021-10-13
The Last Duel
Overview: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-13
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Out of the Ashes
2003-04-13
Out of the Ashes
Overview: The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-13
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North v South
2015-10-16
North v South
Overview: For decades the criminal underworlds of the North and South bumped along begrudgingly. Like the Cold War, territories were respected out of the necessity to avoid apocalypse, with each side keeping tabs on the other’s capability. Such a precarious false harmony could not last forever. Now someone has crossed the line, and there’s no going back. An illicit love affair smolders, breaking taboo and threatening catastrophe at the smallest mistake. It is a romance of purest, unadulterated love, yet so forbidden that its discovery would wreak total carnage. The story is told through vignettes of strikingly original characters, with intertwining subplots that echo the complexity of life in the dog-eat-dog criminal underworld.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-16
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Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012-06-25
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: Hotspur is dead and Prince Hal has proved his mettle on the battlefield, but King Henry IV lies dying and the rebels show no sign of surrendering. Even Sir John Falstaff is forced out of the taverns to raise a militia, but will his attachment to Hal be rewarded with promotion and the life of ease he feels sure he deserves? Henry IV Part 2 includes some of the greatest moments in Shakespeare: the deathbed scene of the old King, when Hal contemplates the crown; and Hal's devastating rejection of Falstaff himself. Roger Allam ('a Falstaff to treasure' - The Times) won the 2011 Best Actor Olivier Award for his performance in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. 'Jamie Parker (Prince Hal) is 'terrific to watch' (London Evening Standard); he appeared in As You Like It at the Globe in 2009, and was also in The History Boys at the National Theatre, on Broadway and on film.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-25
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Margaret
2009-03-26
Margaret
Overview: A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-26
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Sovereign's Company
1970-04-21
Sovereign's Company
Overview: Sovereign's Company is the story of a boy from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction, who goes to a military academy as an officer cadet and finds himself temperamentally unsuited to the life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-21
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
The Dark Knight Rises
Overview: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-17
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Pope Joan
2009-10-22
Pope Joan
Overview: A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-22
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Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012-05-27
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: Prince Hal, son of King Henry IV, seems to be squandering his life away with the fat knight Sir John Falstaff and the whores, boozers and petty rogues of Eastcheap. But beside these scenes of glorious misrule gathers a nationwide rebellion led by the Duke of Northumberland and his charismatic son, Hotspur. The first installment of Shakespeare's gripping account of the rise of Hal from idle barfly to monarch-in-waiting combines compelling power politics with the hilarious antics of Falstaff, Shakespeare's greatest comic creation.
Genres: Comedy Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-27
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The Dancer Upstairs
2002-09-20
The Dancer Upstairs
Overview: A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-20
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The Innocent Sleep
1996-01-25
The Innocent Sleep
Overview: Inspired by the 1982 Roberto Calvi Affair in which an Italian banker was found hanging from a bridge across the River Thames, the story follows Alan, a man from Northern England who is homeless after the loss of his wife and job. One night while sleeping in a deserted building, Alan witnesses the murder of a high-profile businessman. He attempts to leave the scene unnoticed, but the killers realize that someone has seen them commit the crime. He goes to the police only to discover that one of the killers is leading the case. To stay alive, Alan recruits the help of Billie Hayman, an American journalist, to cover his story.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-01-25
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The Sicilian
1987-10-07
The Sicilian
Overview: Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-07
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Caesar and Claretta
1975-05-08
Caesar and Claretta
Overview: 'Caesar and Claretta' dramatises the last few hours in the lives of Benito Mussolini (El Duce, played by Robert Hardy) and his mistress Claretta (played by Helen Mirren).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-08
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Redemption
1991-07-03
Redemption
Overview: After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-03
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Attila the Hun
2008-03-16
Attila the Hun
Overview: (History Channel) A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even today Attila's name is a synonym for savagery.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-16
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Pylon
2017-05-22
Pylon
Overview: A political thriller directed by Jono Smith.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-22
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The Opium War
1997-06-09
The Opium War
Overview: The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of Hong Kong by Britain; through the eyes of the key figures, fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu, and opportunistic British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1997-06-09
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Eleni
1985-11-01
Eleni
Overview: Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06
Colour Me Kubrick
Overview: The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-06
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Firefox
1982-06-18
Firefox
Overview: The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-18
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The Day Christ Died
1980-03-26
The Day Christ Died
Overview: A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-26
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Henry VIII
1979-02-25
Henry VIII
Overview: Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-25
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Hiding Out
1987-11-06
Hiding Out
Overview: A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Family Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968-01-22
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Overview: Jamie McGregor is a virginal sixth-former in suburbia delivering groceries for the local supermarket, but he is more interested in other matters - Mary, Linda, Paula, and Caroline. He tries to seduce the girls of his dreams in the swinging sixties.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-22
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Sharpe's Battle
1995-04-19
Sharpe's Battle
Overview: When Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent from the men who believe the British are slaughtering their relatives in Ireland and a spy from within.
Genres: War Adventure History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-19
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Wonder Woman 1984
2020-12-16
Wonder Woman 1984
Overview: A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-16
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The Party
1988-03-08
The Party
Overview: 10 May 1968. In Paris the barricades are about to burst into flames as students and police clash. In London the fashionable Left are having a dialogue.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-08
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When the Actors Come
1978-05-03
When the Actors Come
Overview: On a cold day in January 1850, a group of travelling actors arrive out of the snow at the remote country estate of Count Horvath, in eastern Hungary. The Count is delighted to have an excuse for re-opening the old family theatre, closed since his childhood. But other members of his household wonder whether these unexpected guests should be made quite so welcome.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-03
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