Ep. 510 - James Cosmo

My Time Capsule

Cast Off Productions

Comedy, Lee Mack, Interview, Comedy Interviews, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Rob Brydon, Caroline Quentin, Mike Fenton Stevens, David Mitchell, Michael Fenton Stevens, Arabella Weir, Stephen Fry, Ross Noble

4.8 • 817 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

James Cosmo is an iconic Scottish actor who has starred in over 130 Hollywood movies as well as global classic TV productions. His films include Braveheart, Trainspotting, Troy, The Chronicles of Narnia, Ben Hur and The Last King of Scotland. On television, he’s known to millions as Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones, and has appeared in hit series like Sons of Anarchy, His Dark Materials and Jack Ryan. He appeared as a contestant on the nineteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2017, finishing in fourth place. His latest project is staring in the new series of the ITV drama Karen Pirie, available now on ITVX .

James Cosmo is our guest in episode 510 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

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1:18.1	I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is the podcast where people tell me five things from their life that they wish they had in a time capsule.
1:22.9	They pick four things that they love, and one thing they'd like to bury and forget.
1:28.2	My very special guest in this episode is the Scottish actor James Cosmo.
1:33.7	James is one of those actors that you think has been in everything, and he just about has.
1:44.4	He's been in loads of films, 130 Hollywood movies, in fact, including Highlander, Braveheart, train spotting, Troy, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe, Ben Hur, the Last Legion, and Wonder Woman, as well as the Battle of Britain,
1:50.8	Virgin soldiers, Young Winston, Emma, Babe, Pig in the City, Outcast, Whiskey Galore, Outlaw King,
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