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Brian Cox

Acting 79 years old Dundee, Scotland, UK ★ 3.5
Born: June 1, 1946

Biography

Brian Denis Cox (born June 1, 1946) is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for his work on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a British Academy Television Award. In 2003, he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire at the rank of Commander.

Cox trained at the Dundee Repertory Theatre before becoming a founding member of the Royal Lyceum Theatre. He went on to train as a Shakespearean actor, starring in numerous productions with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Cox received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his roles in Rat in the Skull (1984), for Royal Court, and Titus Andronicus (1988). He received two more Olivier Award nominations for Misalliance (1986) and Fashion (1988).

Known as a character actor in film, he played Robert McKee in Spike Jonze's Adaptation (2002) and William Stryker in X2 (2003). For his starring role in L.I.E. (2001), he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. His other notable films include Manhunter (1986), Iron Will (1994), Braveheart (1995), The Boxer (1997), The Rookie (2002), Troy (2004), Match Point (2005), The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007), Coriolanus (2011), Pixels (2015), and Churchill (2017).

Cox won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his portrayal of Hermann Göring in the television film Nuremberg (2001). The following year, he guest starred on the NBC sitcom Frasier, earning his second Emmy nomination in 2002. He portrayed Jack Langrishe in the HBO series Deadwood. He starred as Logan Roy on the HBO series Succession (2018-2023), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series.

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Known For

Troy
Troy King Agamemnon 2004
Her
Her Alan Watts (voice) 2013
Braveheart
Braveheart Argyle Wallace 1995
The Bay of Silence
The Bay of Silence Milton 2020
Zodiac
Zodiac Melvin Belli 2007

Jimmy's Seen (1)

25th Hour
25th Hour James Brogan 2002

Filmography

Acting Credits (292)

Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers
Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers Capt. John O’Hagan 2026
Glenrothan
Glenrothan Sandy 2026
The Marbles
The Marbles Self - Interviewee 2025
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction Gustaf Wallenberg (voice) 2025
VE Day 80
VE Day 80 Self 2025
The Parenting
The Parenting Frank 2025
AMR: Dying to Change the World
AMR: Dying to Change the World AMR 2025
The Electric State
The Electric State Popfly (voice) 2025
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Helm Hammerhand (voice) 2024
That Christmas
That Christmas Santa (voice) 2024
Unsinkable
Unsinkable Robert Dodds 2024
Skelly
Skelly Grandpa 2024
Little Wing
Little Wing Jaan Vari 2024
007: Road to a Million
007: Road to a Million The Controller 2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius Self 2023
Made of Money with Brian Cox
Made of Money with Brian Cox 2023
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend Narrator (voice) 2023
Prisoner's Daughter
Prisoner's Daughter Max 2023
Mending the Line
Mending the Line Ike Fletcher 2023
Quasi
Quasi Narrator (voice) 2023
An Interview with Brian Cox
An Interview with Brian Cox Himself 2023
Ooh the Banter!
Ooh the Banter! Self 2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba Self 2022
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live Presenter 2022
Bonnie
Bonnie Self 2022
The Independent
The Independent Nick Booker 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self – Actor 2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Ukraine: Answering the Call Self 2022
Remembers…
Remembers… 2022
Piers Morgan Uncensored
Piers Morgan Uncensored Self 2022
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Blade Runner: Black Lotus Niander Wallace Sr. (voice) 2021
Amol Rajan Interviews
Amol Rajan Interviews Self - Interviewed Guest 2021
Separation
Separation Rivers 2021
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story Narrator (voice) 2021
The Bay of Silence
The Bay of Silence Milton 2020
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues John Rebus 2020
Last Moment of Clarity
Last Moment of Clarity Gilles 2020
Lawrence After Arabia
Lawrence After Arabia Father (Voice) 2020
The Last Right
The Last Right Father Reilly 2019
Strange but True
Strange but True Bill 2019
Pretenders
Pretenders Henry 2019
Remember Me
Remember Me Shane 2019
Good Omens
Good Omens Death (voice) 2019
Kubrick by Candlelight
Kubrick by Candlelight The Narrator 2018
Widdershins
Widdershins voice 2018
Succession
Succession Logan Roy 2018
Super Troopers 2
Super Troopers 2 John O'Hagen 2018
The Etruscan Smile
The Etruscan Smile Rory MacNeil 2018
The Russell Howard Hour
The Russell Howard Hour Self 2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series Self 2017
An Evening with Brian Cox
An Evening with Brian Cox Himself 2017
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie Conrad / Crunch (voice) 2017
Churchill
Churchill Winston Churchill 2017
Brian Cox's Russia
Brian Cox's Russia Host 2017
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation Narrator 2017
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC Self 2016
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe Tommy Tilden 2016
Medici: Masters of Florence
Medici: Masters of Florence Bernardo Guadagni 2016
Morgan
Morgan Jim Bryce 2016
The Carer
The Carer Sir Michael 2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light Self 2016
War and Peace
War and Peace Mikhail Kutuzov 2016
Killing Thyme
Killing Thyme Norman 2015
Forsaken
Forsaken James McCurdy 2015
Pacific Warriors
Pacific Warriors Narrator 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Pixels
Pixels Admiral Porter 2015
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace Andrew Carnegie (voice) 2015
The Slap
The Slap Manolis 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
The Gospel of John
The Gospel of John Narrator (voice) – King James Version 2014
The Game
The Game Daddy 2014
Scotland In A Day
Scotland In A Day 2014
The Great War: The People's Story
The Great War: The People's Story Rev. Andrew Clark 2014
The Anomaly
The Anomaly Dr. Langham 2014
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful Jared Talbot 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver God 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Her
Her Alan Watts (voice) 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
An Adventure in Space and Time Sydney Newman 2013
The Curse of Edgar
The Curse of Edgar Edgar Hoover 2013
Anna
Anna Sebastian 2013
Believe
Believe Matt Busby 2013
Blumenthal
Blumenthal Harold Blumenthal 2013
RED 2
RED 2 Ivan 2013
Shetland
Shetland Magnus Bain 2013
The Last Leg
The Last Leg Self 2013
Bob Servant
Bob Servant Bob Servant 2013
Addicted to Pleasure
Addicted to Pleasure Self - Host 2012
Blood
Blood Lenny Fairburn 2012
A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth Bill Ball 2012
The Campaign
The Campaign Raymond 2012
Tooned
Tooned The Mechanic 2012
All at Sea
All at Sea Wally 2012
The Straits
The Straits Harry Montebello 2012
I Missed My Mother's Funeral
I Missed My Mother's Funeral Old Man 2012
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Self - Participant 2011
Exit Humanity
Exit Humanity Malcolm Young (voice) 2011
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Glover 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show Self 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show Self - Guest 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes John Landon 2011
The Veteran
The Veteran Gerry 2011
Ironclad
Ironclad Albany 2011
The Key Man
The Key Man Irving 2011
Coriolanus
Coriolanus Menenius 2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
The Sinking of the Laconia Captain Sharp 2011
RED
RED Ivan Simanov 2010
On Expenses
On Expenses 2010
As Good As Dead
As Good As Dead Reverend Kalahan 2010
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids Dennis Masen 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox Action 12 Reporter (voice) 2009
Brian Cox's Jute Journey
Brian Cox's Jute Journey Self 2009
The Good Heart
The Good Heart Jacques 2009
The Take
The Take Ozzy 2009
Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale Van Doren 2009
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Green Dragon (voice) 2009
Kings
Kings King Vesper Abaddon 2009
Red
Red Avery Ludlow 2008
The Escapist
The Escapist Frank Perry 2008
The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic Narrator 2008
Agent Crush
Agent Crush Spanners (voice) 2008
The Water Horse
The Water Horse Old Angus 2007
The Secret of the Nutcracker
The Secret of the Nutcracker Drosselmeyer 2007
Shoot on Sight
Shoot on Sight Daniel Tennant 2007
Trick 'r Treat
Trick 'r Treat Mr. Kreeg 2007
Battle for Terra
Battle for Terra General Hemmer (voice) 2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 2007
A Woman in Winter
A Woman in Winter Dr. Hunt 2007
Zodiac
Zodiac Melvin Belli 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
M.I. High
M.I. High Voice of the Mastermind 2007
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors Dr. Finch 2006
The Outsiders
The Outsiders Gabriel 2006
The Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman Douglas Baxter 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self - Guest 2006
Carry On Ken
Carry On Ken Self 2006
The Ringer
The Ringer Gary Barker 2005
Match Point
Match Point Alec Hewett 2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report 2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle Joseph Bell 2005
Red Eye
Red Eye Joe Reisert 2005
Hitler in Colour
Hitler in Colour Narrator 2005
Blue/Orange
Blue/Orange Dr. Robert Smith 2005
Japan's War in Colour
Japan's War in Colour Self - Narrator (voice) 2005
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Danza Show Self 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Other Voices (voice) 2004
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy Ward Abbott 2004
Troy
Troy King Agamemnon 2004
Deadwood
Deadwood Jack Langrishe 2004
Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers Self 2004
The Reckoning
The Reckoning Tobias 2004
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 Self 2003
One Life
One Life 2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Self 2003
X2
X2 William Stryker 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Sin
Sin Captain Oakes 2003
25th Hour
25th Hour James Brogan 2002
Adaptation.
Adaptation. Robert McKee 2002
Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World
Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World Narrator 2002
Top Gear
Top Gear Self 2002
The Ring
The Ring Richard Morgan 2002
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Trials of Henry Kissinger Self 2002
The Biographer
The Biographer Michael O'Mara 2002
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity Ward Abbott 2002
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch Narrator 2002
The Rookie
The Rookie Jim Morris Sr. 2002
Bug
Bug Cyr 2002
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh Narrator 2002
Masters of Darkness
Masters of Darkness Narrator 2002
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon Narrator 2002
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace Minister Breteuil 2001
Richard & Judy
Richard & Judy Self 2001
L.I.E.
L.I.E. Big John Harrigan 2001
Strictly Sinatra
Strictly Sinatra Chisolm 2001
Super Troopers
Super Troopers Captain O'Hagen 2001
Inside 'Manhunter'
Inside 'Manhunter' Himself 2001
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Anubis (voice) 2000
Saltwater
Saltwater George Beneventi 2000
Nuremberg
Nuremberg Herman Wilhelm Goering 2000
Complicity
Complicity Inspector McDunn 2000
A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory Martin Smith 2000
Mad About Mambo
Mad About Mambo Sidney McLoughlin 2000
The Invention of Dr. Morel
The Invention of Dr. Morel Dr. Morel 2000
The Making of 'Rushmore'
The Making of 'Rushmore' Self 2000
Longitude
Longitude Lord Morton 2000
Longitude
Longitude Lord Morton 2000
The History of the British Police Force
The History of the British Police Force Narrator (voice) 1999
The Minus Man
The Minus Man Doug 1999
For Love of the Game
For Love of the Game Gary Wheeler 1999
The Corruptor
The Corruptor Sean Wallace 1999
Rushmore
Rushmore Dr. Nelson Guggenheim 1998
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs Clayton Blackstone 1998
Battle of the Clans
Battle of the Clans Narrator 1998
Merchants of Venus
Merchants of Venus Uncle Vladimir 1998
Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures Captain Jeremiah Cassidy 1998
The Boxer
The Boxer Joe Hamill 1997
Food for Ravens
Food for Ravens Aneurin Bevan 1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend Hogan 1997
Kiss the Girls
Kiss the Girls Chief Hatfield, Durham PD 1997
I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Narrator 1997
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight Dr. Nathan Waldman 1996
The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man Mr. Smith 1996
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series Dr. Earl Garver (voice) 1996
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction Lyman Earl Collier 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Witness Against Hitler
Witness Against Hitler Judge Freisler 1996
Braveheart
Braveheart Argyle Wallace 1995
Rob Roy
Rob Roy Killearn 1995
The Maltese Double Cross
The Maltese Double Cross Narrator (voice) 1994
The Negotiator
The Negotiator Charlie King 1994
Grushko
Grushko Colonel Yevgeni Grushko 1994
Prince of Jutland
Prince of Jutland Aethelwine 1994
Iron Will
Iron Will Angus McTeague 1994
Frasier
Frasier Harry Moon 1993
Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Eagle Major Michael Hogan 1993
Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe's Rifles Major Michael Hogan 1993
Sharpe
Sharpe Major Hogan 1993
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Six Characters in Search of An Author The Director 1992
Macbeth
Macbeth Macbeth 1992
The Big Battalions
The Big Battalions Edward Hoyland 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Macbeth (voice) 1992
The Cutter
The Cutter 1992
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes Owen Benjamin 1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
The Cloning of Joanna May Carl May 1992
Deceptions
Deceptions Carlton Heard 1992
Red Fox
Red Fox Geoffrey Harrison 1991
Performance
Performance The Director 1991
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda Peter Kerrigan 1990
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You Self 1990
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' self 1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Perfect Scoundrels Father Amedy 1990
Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon Andrew Neil 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Kostas Becker (voice) 1989
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy Self 1989
The Blasphemers' Banquet
The Blasphemers' Banquet Rev. Wallace (voice) 1989
Murder on the Moon
Murder on the Moon Voronov 1989
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Voiceover Narrator 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun Jack Purves 1988
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf The King 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers Henrik Ibsen (voice) 1988
Acting
Acting 1987
Shoot for the Sun
Shoot for the Sun Dunny 1987
French & Saunders
French & Saunders King Lear 1987
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse Michael Steppings 1987
Rat in the Skull
Rat in the Skull Detective Inspector Nelson 1987
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People Narrator 1987
Home Cooking
Home Cooking Vic 1986
Unnatural Causes
Unnatural Causes Vic 1986
Manhunter
Manhunter Dr. Hannibal Lecktor 1986
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale Dr. McGregor 1985
The Cantor of St Thomas's
The Cantor of St Thomas's Johann Sebastian Bach 1985
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II Father Góra 1984
King Lear
King Lear Burgundy 1983
A Cotswold Death
A Cotswold Death Dr. Gillespie 1982
The Privilege
The Privilege Young Laird 1982
House on the Hill
House on the Hill Leon Douglas 1981
Hammer House of Horror
Hammer House of Horror Chuck 1980
Dalhousie's Luck
Dalhousie's Luck Dalhousie 1980
Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin Laurent LeClaire 1980
Minder
Minder Frank 1979
Question Time
Question Time Self - Panellist 1979
Out
Out McGrath 1978
The Devil's Crown
The Devil's Crown Henry II 1978
Target
Target Billy Voss 1977
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden George Simpson 1976
In Celebration
In Celebration Steven Shaw 1975
Churchill's People
Churchill's People William Wallace 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Dalhousie 1974
The Changeling
The Changeling Alsemero 1974
Van der Valk
Van der Valk Stefan Szabo 1972
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra Trotsky 1971
Great Performances
Great Performances Self - Narration (voice) 1971
Play for Today
Play for Today Dr. Gillespie 1970
Manhunt
Manhunt Anton 1970
The Year of the Sex Olympics
The Year of the Sex Olympics Lasar Opie 1968
The Gamblers
The Gamblers Mickey 1967
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Alsemero 1965
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
A Knight in Tarnished Armour Nelson 1965
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 Lasar Opie 1964
A Modern Magician
A Modern Magician The Voice
The Glove
The Glove
The Planets
The Planets
Wittgenstein's Poker
Wittgenstein's Poker Bertrand Russell (voice)
Old Pals
Old Pals Jimmy
The Sunrise File
The Sunrise File Oded Ailam (voice)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Himself - Panellist

Directing Credits (2)

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