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).

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. Show less «

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. Show less «

I'm still very much about being an actor. That's why I'm not married with kids.

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. Show less «

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. Show less «

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. Show less «

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. Show less «

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! Show less «

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. Show less «

Elliot Cowan

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