Elliot Cowan
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Elliot Cowan is an English
actor
, known for portraying Corporal Jem Poynton in Ultimate Force
, Mr Darcy
in Lost in Austen
and Ptolemy
in the 2004 film Alexander
.
. He is the son of a consultant physician and a charity worker, and has a younger brother and sister.
Cowan boarded at Uppingham School
in Rutland
. He later obtained a first class degree in Drama at the University of Birmingham
, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
in London
, from which he graduated in July 2001. From 1994 to 1996 Cowan was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre
. He plays guitar
and cello
, and has worked with the London Sinfonia.
He lives in Dalston
.. On 7th August 2011, Elliot swam the 26km distance of Lake Zurich to raise funds for Guy's and St. Thomas's Neonatal Unit, in memory of Alfie Blacksell.
, Ultimate Force
, Jonathan Creek
, Poirot
, Foyle's War
, The Ruby in the Smoke, Lost in Austen
and the television movie The Project
. He also appeared in a 2009 commercial
for Women's Aid.
Cowan has appeared in the films The Golden Compass, Happy-Go-Lucky
, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
and Love and Other Disasters
. His theatre work includes productions of The Revenger's Tragedy
, Women Beware Women
, Henry V
, The Seagull
and Camille
.
He has recently played Stanley Kowalski
in a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire
at the Donmar Warehouse
, and is attached to star in the movie Heaven and Earth, a biopic of James Miranda Barry
.
He played Macbeth
at the Globe Theatre
from 23 April- 27 June alongside Laura Rogers
as Lady Macbeth.
He starred as Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband
at the Vaudeville Theatre
in London's West End from 4 November 2010 to 19 February 2011.
As of 2010, he voiced Alec Trevelyan
in Goldeneye 007
for the Wii
console, also providing his likeness.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, known for portraying Corporal Jem Poynton in Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS...
, Mr Darcy
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Fitzwilliam Darcy, generally referred to as Mr Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist...
in Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen...
and Ptolemy
Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty...
in the 2004 film Alexander
Alexander (film)
Alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It is not a remake of the 1956 film which starred Richard Burton. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role...
.
Background
Cowan was brought up in ColchesterColchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
. He is the son of a consultant physician and a charity worker, and has a younger brother and sister.
Cowan boarded at Uppingham School
Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school of the English public school tradition, situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England...
in Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
. He later obtained a first class degree in Drama at the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, from which he graduated in July 2001. From 1994 to 1996 Cowan was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre
National Youth Music Theatre
The National Youth Music Theatre or NYMT is a UK organisation for young people in the field of musical theatre, based in London. It runs acting auditions, workshops, and musical theatre productions...
. He plays guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
, and has worked with the London Sinfonia.
He lives in Dalston
Dalston
Dalston is a district of north-east London, England, located in the London Borough of Hackney. It is situated northeast of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...
.. On 7th August 2011, Elliot swam the 26km distance of Lake Zurich to raise funds for Guy's and St. Thomas's Neonatal Unit, in memory of Alfie Blacksell.
Career
Cowan's television credits include Judge John DeedJudge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
, Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force
Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS...
, Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek is a British mystery series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. Primarily a crime drama, the show is also peppered with broadly comic touches...
, Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios...
, Foyle's War
Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...
, The Ruby in the Smoke, Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen...
and the television movie The Project
The Project (2002 television programme)
The Project was a BBC two-part 2002 television drama, directed by Peter Kosminsky from a script by Leigh Jackson.The series presented a fictionalised account , seen through the experiences of three young activists, of developments in the Labour Party and its progress into Blairism, from the party's...
. He also appeared in a 2009 commercial
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
for Women's Aid.
Cowan has appeared in the films The Golden Compass, Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British Comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. The screenplay focuses on a cheerful and optimistic primary-school teacher and her relationships with those around her...
, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is a 2007 British film starring Tom Berenger, Joely Richardson, Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Aran Bell, Benjamin Eli and Saoirse Ronan....
and Love and Other Disasters
Love and Other Disasters
Love and Other Disasters is a 2006 romantic comedy produced by Ruby Film, Europa Corp. and Skyline Films presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008, it had its UK premiere in London as the gala screening for the BFI 22nd London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival...
. His theatre work includes productions of The Revenger's Tragedy
The Revenger's Tragedy
The Revenger's Tragedy is an English language Jacobean revenge tragedy, in the past attributed to Cyril Tourneur but is sometimes considered to be the work of Thomas Middleton by "Middletonians"...
, Women Beware Women
Women Beware Women
Women Beware Women is a Jacobean tragedy written by Thomas Middleton, and first published in 1657.-Date:The date of authorship of the play is deeply uncertain. Scholars have estimated its origin anywhere from 1612 to 1627; 1623–24 has been plausibly suggested...
, Henry V
Henry V (play)
Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in approximately 1599. Its full titles are The Cronicle History of Henry the Fifth and The Life of Henry the Fifth...
, The Seagull
The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
and Camille
The Lady of the Camellias
The Lady of the Camellias is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, and subsequently adapted for the stage. The Lady of the Camellias premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France on February 2, 1852. The play was an instant success, and Giuseppe Verdi immediately set...
.
He has recently played Stanley Kowalski
Stanley Kowalski
Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire.-In the play:Stanley lives in the working class Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans with his wife, Stella , and is employed as a factory parts salesman. He was an Army engineer in WWII, having...
in a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
at the Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse is a small not-for-profit theatre in the Covent Garden area of London, with a capacity of 251.-About:Under the artistic leadership of Michael Grandage, the theatre has presented some of London’s most memorable award-winning theatrical experiences, as well as garnered critical...
, and is attached to star in the movie Heaven and Earth, a biopic of James Miranda Barry
James Barry (surgeon)
James Barry , was a military surgeon in the British Army. After graduation from the University of Edinburgh, Barry served in India and Cape Town, South Africa. By the end of his career, he had risen to the rank of Inspector General in charge of military hospitals...
.
He played Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
at the Globe Theatre
Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613...
from 23 April- 27 June alongside Laura Rogers
Laura Rogers
Laura Rogers is a British actress.-Biography:As a youngster Rogers was a member of the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company and Upland Arts, the Swansea Gilbert and Sullivan society...
as Lady Macbeth.
He starred as Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour...
at the Vaudeville Theatre
Vaudeville Theatre
The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on The Strand in the City of Westminster. As the name suggests, the theatre held mostly vaudeville shows and musical revues in its early days. It opened in 1870 and was rebuilt twice, although each new building retained elements of the previous...
in London's West End from 4 November 2010 to 19 February 2011.
As of 2010, he voiced Alec Trevelyan
Alec Trevelyan
Alexander "Alec" Trevelyan , also known as Janus, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, portrayed by actor Sean Bean...
in Goldeneye 007
GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)
GoldenEye 007 is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Eurocom and published by Activision for the Wii video game console, and the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is a reimagining of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and the 1997 Nintendo 64 video game GoldenEye 007...
for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
console, also providing his likeness.
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Judge John Deed Judge John Deed Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove... |
Glen Burroughs | One episode: Duty of Care |
| Jonathan Creek Jonathan Creek Jonathan Creek is a British mystery series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. Primarily a crime drama, the show is also peppered with broadly comic touches... |
Tom | One episode: Satan's Chimney | |
| 2002 | The Project The Project (2002 television programme) The Project was a BBC two-part 2002 television drama, directed by Peter Kosminsky from a script by Leigh Jackson.The series presented a fictionalised account , seen through the experiences of three young activists, of developments in the Labour Party and its progress into Blairism, from the party's... |
Gavin | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| Foyle's War Foyle's War Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002... |
Peter Buckingham | One episode: A Lesson in Murder | |
| Ultimate Force Ultimate Force Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS... |
Corporal Jem Poynton | Eight episodes | |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers | Dean | One episode: Goths |
| 2004 | Dirty Filthy Love Dirty Filthy Love Dirty Filthy Love is a British single television drama starring Michael Sheen as an architect living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome.... |
Gareth | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| 2005 | Egypt | Champollion Jean-François Champollion Jean-François Champollion was a French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs.... |
Two episodes: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone, The Secrets of the Hieroglyphs |
| 2006 | Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios... |
David Hunter | One episode: Taken at the Flood |
| The Ruby in the Smoke | Hendrick Van Eeden | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
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| 2007 | The Mark of Cain The Mark of Cain (2007 film) The Mark of Cain is a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award-winning British television film first broadcast in 2007 following three young men as they experience the extremity of war for the first time, and the permanent effects of what they have seen and done as they return from their... |
Captain Worriss | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| 2008 | Lost in Austen Lost in Austen Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen... |
Mr Darcy Fitzwilliam Darcy Fitzwilliam Darcy, generally referred to as Mr Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist... |
TV series |
| In Love with Barbara In Love with Barbara In Love with Barbara is a 2008 drama which was inspired by the life of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland and tells the story of what made her the Queen of Romance... |
Hugh | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
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| 2009 | The Fixer The Fixer (TV series) The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of an ex-British Special Forces soldier arrested by police after he killed his aunt and uncle following his discharge from the military... |
Matthew Symmonds | |
| Marple Marple (TV series) Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role. She was replaced... |
Wally Hudd | One episode: They Do It with Mirrors | |
| 2010 | Marchlands Marchlands Marchlands is a five-part supernatural drama first shown on ITV in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2011, telling the story of three different families living in the same house at three different time periods, in 1968, 1987 and 2010. The three families are linked by the spirit of a young girl who... |
Mark Ashburn | TV series |
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Alexander Alexander (film) Alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It is not a remake of the 1956 film which starred Richard Burton. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role... |
Ptolemy Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy I Soter I , also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty... |
|
| 2006 | Love and Other Disasters Love and Other Disasters Love and Other Disasters is a 2006 romantic comedy produced by Ruby Film, Europa Corp. and Skyline Films presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008, it had its UK premiere in London as the gala screening for the BFI 22nd London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival... |
James Wildstone | |
| 2007 | The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is a 2007 British film starring Tom Berenger, Joely Richardson, Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Aran Bell, Benjamin Eli and Saoirse Ronan.... |
James McDowell | |
| The Golden Compass | Commanding Officer | ||
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky Happy-Go-Lucky Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British Comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. The screenplay focuses on a cheerful and optimistic primary-school teacher and her relationships with those around her... |
Bookshop Assistant | |
| 2009 | Heaven and Earth | Captain Hatch | Attached |
Videogame
| Year | Game | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise... |
Ser Perth | He voiced for 3 characters in this game |
| Ser Varal | |||
| Lothering Templar | |||
| 2010 | GoldenEye 007 GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game) GoldenEye 007 is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Eurocom and published by Activision for the Wii video game console, and the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is a reimagining of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and the 1997 Nintendo 64 video game GoldenEye 007... |
Alec Trevelyan | |