- Films
- 52
- Avg rating
- 5.74
- Peak run
- 1988’98
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
5.74
38 rated films
Vote weighted
5.86
bigger films count more
Median
5.9
half are better
Consistency
±1.13
rating spread
Career
56y
1971 to 2026
Total votes
2.77M
across every film
Best
8.3
Braveheart
Worst
4.3
The Beast Within
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Voidance | Agent Polo | · | 130 |
| 2026 |  Preschool | Joe | · | 613 |
| 2026 | Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead | Dida | 5.7 | 5,229 |
| 2025 | The Morrigan | Francis Crowley | · | 768 |
| 2025 |  Salvable | Welly | 5.8 | 5,877 |
| 2024 | The Beast Within | Waylon | 4.3 | 6,605 |
| 2024 | The Last Redemption | Lord Goran | 6.1 | 7,898 |
| 2023 | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1.8 | 1,119 |
| 2022 | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Mr Fezziwig | 6.2 | 9,340 |
| 2022 | My Sailor, My Love | Howard | 7.1 | 1,773 |
| 2022 | Breath | Nick | 4.8 | 6,351 |
| 2021 | The Kindred | Frank Menzies | · | 901 |
| 2021 |  Jagame Thandhiram | Peter Sprott | 5.8 | 13,221 |
| 2020 |  Skylines | Grant | 4.8 | 10,431 |
| 2019 |  The Hole in the Ground | Des | 5.7 | 25,498 |
| 2019 | Get Duked! | Farmer | 6.2 | 9,844 |
| 2018 | Tomorrow | Mr. Charles | · | 372 |
| 2018 |  In Darkness | Niall | 5.8 | 15,557 |
| 2017 | Gunned Down | Ray | 5.1 | 1,465 |
| 2016 | Bunker: Project 12 | Brian Balanowsky | · | 662 |
Better together?
James Cosmo's regulars
- Craig FairbrassCo-star · 3 films · 4.70 avg▼−0.70
- John RealDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.45 avg▼−0.15
- Sacha BennettDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.15 avg▼−0.34
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On James Cosmo
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