Personal Info
Known Credits
45
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1947-05-19 (78 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Also Known For
Michael Cochrane
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing upper class characters, sometimes with a suaveness that hides their villainy. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, The Pallisers (1974), Wings (1977-78), The Citadel (1983), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984), No Job for a Lady, The Chief (1990-1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the Sharpe series. He has twice ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
| Self - Archie Pennington-Booth
2022 --
Living
| Sir James
2018 --
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek
2015 --
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
| Arnold Ridley
2015 --
Coalition
| Senior Tory MP Buchanan
2014 --
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
| Ian MacGregor
2012 --
Panto!
| Johnny
2012 --
Run For Your Wife
| Man on Bus
2011 --
The Iron Lady
| William
2009 --
Margaret
| Alan Clark
2008 --
Sharpe's Peril
| Simmerson
2008 --
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
| Sir Waldron Smithers
2006 --
HG Wells: War with the World
| Minister
2006 --
Sharpe's Challenge
| Simmerson
2005 --
The Government Inspector
| Sir Richard Dearlove
2005 --
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
| Lord Lyttleton
2004 --
A Different Loyalty
| Dick Madsen
2003 --
Reversals
| Derek Barry
2002 --
The Falklands Play
| Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
2002 --
The Cry
| Nathaniel Wakely
2001 --
The Innocent
| Harold Haig
2000 --
Longitude
| Waddington, Gould's solicitor
1999 --
Nancherrow
| Sir George Rawlings
1997 --
Incognito
| Detective Inspector Deeks
1997 --
Sharpe: The Legend
| Simmerson
1997 --
The Saint
|
1996 --
Sharpe's Regiment
| Sir Henry Simmerson
1995 --
Sharpe's Sword
| Sir Henry Simmerson
1993 --
Sharpe's Eagle
| Colonel/General Sir Henry Simmerson
1992 --
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
| Winston Churchill
1991 --
A Murder of Quality
| Charles Hecht
1991 --
Tell Me That You Love Me
| Geoff
1990 --
Number One Gun
| Flash Fairmaid
1989 --
The Return of Sam McCloud
| Geraint Davies
1989 --
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
| Redvers Fenn-Cooper
1984 --
Hay Fever
| Sandy Tyrell
1984 --
Frankenstein
| Henry Clervell
1984 --
Real Life
| Lipton
1983 --
The Return of the Soldier
| Stephen
1983 --
Ascendancy
| Officer
1982 --
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
| Lord Cranleigh
1981 --
Escape to Victory
| Farrell
1981 --
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
| Charles Masterman
1978 --
Daphne Laureola
| Bill
1977 --
The Country Wife
| Sparkish