Oliver Cotton (born 20 June 1944 in London, England) is an actor equally well known for his work on stage, TV and Film.

He has worked extensively at the Royal National Theatre playing in many productions including The Royal Hunt Of The Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Oedipus, In His Own Write, Hamlet, Tamburlaine, No Mans Land, The Passion, Despatches, Half Life, The World Turned Upside Down, Julius Caesar, The Madras House, The Man With A Flower In His Mouth, Tales from The Vienna Woods, The Crucible, Piano, Troilus and Cressida, Money, Summerfolk, The Villain’s Opera, Life x 3.

At the Royal Court Theatre, he has appeared in The Local Stigmatic, The Duchess of Malfi, Man is Man, The Enoch Show, Eronenous Zones, The Tutor by Brecht, Lear and Bingo by Edward Bond and Piano/Forte by Terry Johnson.

He was a founder member of Joint Stock appearing in their inaugural production The Speakers by Heathcote Williams. At The Royal Shakespeare Company he has played in The Marrying of Ann Leete, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, The Plain Dealer, Some Americans Abroad by Richard Nelson, Brand by Ibsen

His West End appearances include The Homecoming by Harold Pinter, Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff, Benefactors by Michael Frayn, An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza, and Brand by Ibsen. He has also played the title role in King Lear at the Southwark Playhouse and recently played Malvolio in Shakespeare’s Globe’s all-male production of Twelfth Night.

His many TV appearances have included The Borgias (Cesare Borgia), David Copperfield, The Year of the French, The Party, Redemption, Poirot, The Camomile Lawn, Westbeach, Sharpe's Battle, Rhodes, All Quiet on the Preston Front, Innocents, Judge John Deed, Inspector Lynley, Waking the Dead, MIT, Beastly Games, Sensitive Skin, Midsomer Murders, Hotel Babylon.

His Films include Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, The Day Christ Died, Firefox, Oliver Twist, The Sicilian, Eleni, Hiding Out, Christopher Columbus, Son of the Pink Panther, The Innocent Sleep, Phoenix Blue, The Opium War, Beowulf, Baby Blue, The Dancer Upstairs, Shanghai Knights, The Bone Collector, Rain Dogs, Colour Me Kubrick.

Trained for the theatre at the Drama Centre in London under John Blatchley and Yat Malmgren.

He plays the classical Spanish Guitar in his spare time.