Elliot Cowan
Birthday: 9 July 1976, London, England, UK
Height: 188 cm
Elliot Cowan was born on July 9, 1976 in London, England. He is an actor and writer, known for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Alexander (2004) and The Golden Compass (2007).
Even though momentarily I thought about being a doctor, I was always involved in theatre and did a d Show more
Even though momentarily I thought about being a doctor, I was always involved in theatre and did a drama degree. I just didn't have the guts to go, 'Yes, I'm going to be an actor,' until I was probably 21. Hide
As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was in Show more
As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was in my twenties. Hide
I've not been distracted by a long-running TV show or visits to America for pilot season.
I've not been distracted by a long-running TV show or visits to America for pilot season.
Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to Show more
Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional levels that hurt so I've some other reference for extreme experience that isn't me shouting at my girlfriend or my mum. It's a way of controlling the uncontrollable. Hide
I do revel slightly in the fact that I am what I am - an English, middle-class, public-school-educat Show more
I do revel slightly in the fact that I am what I am - an English, middle-class, public-school-educated bloke. There is a reputation with that of being slightly stiff, but whoever gets to know me will see some other element - whether it be vulnerable or silly or camp. Hide
I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. Show more
I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world. Hide
At a party in L.A., I met this middle-aged gentleman who I was talking to for ages when I asked, 'So Show more
At a party in L.A., I met this middle-aged gentleman who I was talking to for ages when I asked, 'So, what do you do?' Turns out I was speaking to legendary music producer 'Quincy Jones', who worked on Michael Jackson's hits. And there was little old me rattling on - I was so embarrassed. Hide
I've done some bits of shockingly bad TV that have never been shown, or at least I hope they've neve Show more
I've done some bits of shockingly bad TV that have never been shown, or at least I hope they've never been shown... Please don't dig them out! Hide
What we consider typical of the male is a question I ask myself quite often - it's relevant to my li Show more
What we consider typical of the male is a question I ask myself quite often - it's relevant to my life as an actor and as a man. Hide
I'm still very much about being an actor. That's why I'm not married with kids.
I'm still very much about being an actor. That's why I'm not married with kids.
Elliot Cowan's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (118)
Elliot Cowan'S roles
Sir Bentley Warburton
Commanding Officer
Tom Marwood
Abrecan
Lorenzo il Magnifico
James Wildstone
Gunnar
