My Take
Cosmo Jarvis is one of those rare talents who quietly builds a body of work that suddenly makes you go — wait, he's been in everything I love? He started out as a singer-songwriter with a genuinely offbeat catalog, then pivoted to acting and never looked back. Lady Macbeth showed he could hold a frame with real intensity, Calm with Horses confirmed it wasn't a fluke, and then Shōgun in 2024 put him in front of the whole world as John Blackthorne — a physically demanding, emotionally complex lead that he pulled off with total conviction. Born in New Jersey but raised in England, he's always felt like someone operating slightly outside the usual Hollywood machinery, which honestly makes his work more interesting. I'm rooting for him hard.
Overview
Harrison Cosmo Krikoryan-Jarvis (Armenian: Հարիսոն Կոսմո Կրիկորյան-Ջարվիս; born 1989 or 1990) is an English actor and former singer-songwriter. He has starred in the films Lady Macbeth (2016), Calm with Horses (2019), Persuasion (2022), and Warfare (2025). In 2024, he portrayed John Blackthorne in the historical drama series Shōgun.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cosmo Jarvis
- Name (Japanese)
- コズモ・ジャーヴィス
- Reading
- こずも・じゃーゔぃす
- Born
- September 1, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Snake
- Origin
- Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- songwriter / actor / screenwriter / guitarist / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- King Edward VI Community College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.