Elliot Cowan

Elliot Cowan Biography

Elliot Cowan (born 9 July 1976) 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 also starred as Lorenzo de' Medici in Da Vinci's Demons.

Background

Although born in London, Cowan was brought up in Colchester, Essex. 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, London. On 7 August 2011, Elliot swam the 16 miles long Lake Zurich Swim race 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 Deed, Ultimate Force, Jonathan Creek, Poirot, Foyle's War, The Ruby in the Smoke, Lost in Austen and the television movie The Project,2009 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple 'They Do It With Mirrors' as Wally Hudd. 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, Love and Other Disasters, and Howl. 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 and can currently be seen in Les blancs at the National Theatre until June 2nd.

He played Macbeth at the Globe Theatre from 23 April- 27 June 2010 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.

Filmography

Television

Year	Show	Role	Other notes
2001	Judge John Deed	Glen Burroughs	One episode: Duty of Care
2001	Jonathan Creek	Tom	One episode: Satan's Chimney
2002	The Project	Gavin	Television film
	Foyle's War	Peter Buckingham	One episode: A Lesson in Murder
	Ultimate Force	Corporal Jem Poynton	Eight episodes
2003	Spine Chillers	Dean	One episode: Goths
2004	Dirty Filthy Love	Gareth	Television film
2005	Egypt	Champollion	Two episodes: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone, The Secrets of the Hieroglyphs
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	David Hunter	One episode: Taken at the Flood
2006	The Ruby in the Smoke	Hendrick Van Eeden	Television film
2007	The Mark of Cain	Captain Worriss	Television film
2008	Lost in Austen	Mr Darcy	TV series
2008	In Love with Barbara	Hugh	Television film
2009	The Fixer	Matthew Symmonds
2009	Agatha Christie's Marple	Wally Hudd	One episode: They Do It with Mirrors
2010	Marchlands	Mark Ashburn	TV series
2012	Sinbad	Gunnar	TV series
2013	Luther	Tom Marwood	Season 3 - Episodes 3 + 4
2013	Da Vinci's Demons	Lorenzo de' Medici	TV series
2013	Ambassadors	Stephen Pembridge	TV series
2014	Cilla	George Martin	TV series
2016	Beowulf	Abrican	TV series

Film

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2004	Alexander	Ptolemy
2006	Love and Other Disasters	James Wildstone
2007	The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey	James McDowell
2007	The Golden Compass	Commanding Officer
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky	Bookshop Assistant
2009	Heaven and Earth	Captain Hatch	Attached
2013	Hammer of the Gods	Hakan
2015	Howl	Adrian
2015	Narcopolis	Frank Grieves
2017	Muse	Samuel Solomon

Videogame

Year	Game	Role
2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Ser Perth
		Ser Varal
		Lothering Templar
2010	GoldenEye 007	Alec Trevelyan

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