About

Known credits:
225
Birthday:
1946-06-01
Place of birth:
Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Brian Cox

Overview

Brian Denis Cox CBE (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

Acting
2025 The Parenting Actor Frank 58
Average
2025 The Electric State Actor Popfly (voice) 62
Fair
2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Actor Helm Hammerhand (voice) 62
Fair
2024 That Christmas Actor Santa (voice) 63
Fair
2024 Unsinkable Actor Robert Dodds N/A
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2024 Skelly Actor Grandpa 58
Average
2024 Little Wing Actor Jaan Vari 59
Average
2023 007: Road to a Million Actor The Controller 69
Fair
2023 Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius Actor Self 68
Fair
2023 Made of Money with Brian Cox Actor N/A
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2023 Bill Douglas: My Best Friend Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2023 Prisoner's Daughter Actor Max 59
Average
2023 Mending the Line Actor Ike Fletcher 59
Average
2023 Quasi Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
2023 An Interview with Brian Cox Actor Himself N/A
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2022 Ooh the Banter! Actor Self N/A
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2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba Actor Self 58
Average
2022 Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live Actor Presenter N/A
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2022 Bonnie Actor Self 58
Average
2022 The Independent Actor Nick Booker 60
Fair
2022 Ukraine: Answering the Call Actor Self N/A
N/A
2021 Separation Actor Rivers 58
Average
2021 Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
2020 The Bay of Silence Actor Milton 56
Average
2020 John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues Actor John Rebus N/A
N/A
2020 Last Moment of Clarity Actor Gilles 57
Average
2020 Lawrence After Arabia Actor Father (Voice) 58
Average
2019 The Last Right Actor Father Reilly 58
Average
2019 Strange but True Actor Bill 59
Average
2019 Pretenders Actor Henry 58
Average
2019 Doctor Who: The End of Time - Part One Actor Voice of Elder Ood N/A
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2019 Remember Me Actor Shane 59
Average
2018 Kubrick by Candlelight Actor The Narrator 59
Average
2018 Widdershins Actor voice 59
Average
2018 Succession Actor Logan Roy 82
Very good
2018 Super Troopers 2 Actor John O'Hagen 58
Average
2018 The Etruscan Smile Actor Rory MacNeil 59
Average
2017 An Evening with Brian Cox Actor Himself N/A
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2017 Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie Actor Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice) 59
Average
2017 Churchill Actor Winston Churchill 60
Fair
2017 Brian Cox's Russia Actor Host N/A
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2017 Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation Actor Narrator N/A
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2016 The Autopsy of Jane Doe Actor Tommy Tilden 67
Fair
2016 Morgan Actor Jim Bryce 58
Average
2016 The Carer Actor Sir Michael 59
Average
2016 Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light Actor Self N/A
N/A
2016 War and Peace Actor Mikhail Kutuzov 74
Good
2015 Forsaken Actor James McCurdy 59
Average
2015 Pacific Warriors Actor Narrator 59
Average
2015 Pixels Actor Admiral Porter 57
Average
2015 Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace Actor Andrew Carnegie (voice) 58
Average
2015 The Slap Actor Manolis 66
Fair
2014 The Gospel of John Actor Narrator (voice) – King James Version 59
Average
2014 The Game Actor Daddy 71
Good
2014 Scotland In A Day Actor N/A
N/A
2014 The Anomaly Actor Dr. Langham 55
Average
2013 Her Actor Alan Watts (voice) 77
Good
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time Actor Sydney Newman 64
Fair
2013 The Curse of Edgar Actor Edgar Hoover 59
Average
2013 Anna Actor Sebastian 62
Fair
2013 Believe Actor Matt Busby 59
Average
2013 Blumenthal Actor Harold Blumenthal N/A
N/A
2013 RED 2 Actor Ivan 64
Fair
2013 Bob Servant Actor Bob Servant 69
Fair
2012 Addicted to Pleasure Actor Self - Host N/A
N/A
2012 Blood Actor Lenny Fairburn 58
Average
2012 The Campaign Actor Raymond 58
Average
2012 Wide Blue Yonder Actor Wally 58
Average
2012 The Straits Actor Harry Montebello 70
Good
2012 I Missed My Mother's Funeral Actor Old Man N/A
N/A
2011 Exit Humanity Actor Malcolm Young (voice) 57
Average
2011 Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Actor Glover 58
Average
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Actor John Landon 72
Good
2011 The Veteran Actor Gerry 58
Average
2011 Ironclad Actor Albany 60
Fair
2011 The Key Man Actor Irving 58
Average
2011 Coriolanus Actor Menenius 58
Average
2011 The Sinking of the Laconia Actor Captain Sharp 67
Fair
2010 RED Actor Ivan Simanov 66
Fair
2010 On Expenses Actor N/A
N/A
2010 As Good As Dead Actor Reverend Kalahan 58
Average
2009 The Day of the Triffids Actor Dennis Masen 62
Fair
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Actor Action 12 Reporter (voice) 76
Good
2009 Brian Cox's Jute Journey Actor Self N/A
N/A
2009 The Good Heart Actor Jacques 59
Average
2009 The Take Actor Ozzy N/A
N/A
2009 The Take Actor Ozzy 72
Good
2009 The Take Actor Ozzy 61
Fair
2009 Tell-Tale Actor Van Doren 57
Average
2009 Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Actor Green Dragon (voice) 65
Fair
2008 The Color Of Magic Actor N/A
N/A
2008 The Color of Magic Actor N/A
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2008 Red Actor Avery Ludlow 59
Average
2008 The Escapist Actor Frank Perry 59
Average
2008 The Colour of Magic Actor Narrator 67
Fair
2008 Agent Crush Actor Spanners (voice) 58
Average
2007 The Water Horse Actor Old Angus 63
Fair
2007 The Secret of the Nutcracker Actor Drosselmeyer 58
Average
2007 Shoot on Sight Actor Daniel Tennant 58
Average
2007 Trick 'r Treat Actor Mr. Kreeg 67
Fair
2007 Battle for Terra Actor General Hemmer (voice) 59
Average
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Actor Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 73
Good
2007 A Woman in Winter Actor Dr. Hunt 58
Average
2007 Zodiac Actor Melvin Belli 74
Good
2006 Running with Scissors Actor Dr. Finch 58
Average
2006 The Outsiders Actor Gabriel 58
Average
2006 The Outsiders Actor N/A
N/A
2006 The Flying Scotsman Actor Douglas Baxter 59
Average
2006 Carry on Ken Actor Self N/A
N/A
2005 The Ringer Actor Gary Barker 58
Average
2005 Match Point Actor Alec Hewett 72
Good
2005 The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle Actor Joseph Bell 59
Average
2005 Red Eye Actor Joe Reisert 62
Fair
2005 Hitler in Colour Actor Narrator 59
Average
2005 Blue/Orange Actor Dr. Robert Smith 58
Average
2005 Japan's War In Colour Actor Narrator 58
Average
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Actor Other Voices (voice) 59
Average
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Actor Ward Abbott 72
Good
2004 Troy Actor King Agamemnon 71
Good
2004 Murder by Numbers Actor Self N/A
N/A
2004 The Reckoning Actor Tobias 59
Average
2004 Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? Actor Interviewee N/A
N/A
2003 The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2 Actor N/A
N/A
2003 The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 Actor Himself 60
Fair
2003 The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Actor Self 59
Average
2003 X2 Actor William Stryker 69
Fair
2003 Sin Actor Captain Oakes 58
Average
2002 25th Hour Actor James Brogan 70
Good
2002 Adaptation. Actor Robert McKee 71
Good
2002 Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World Actor Narrator 58
Average
2002 The Ring Actor Richard Morgan 66
Fair
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger Actor 59
Average
2002 The Biographer Actor Michael O'Mara N/A
N/A
2002 The Bourne Identity Actor Ward Abbott 74
Good
2002 Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2002 The Rookie Actor Jim Morris Sr. 63
Fair
2002 Bug Actor Cyr 59
Average
2002 Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2002 Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon Actor Narrator 59
Average
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Actor Minister Breteuil 58
Average
2001 L.I.E. Actor Big John Harrigan 60
Fair
2001 Strictly Sinatra Actor Chisolm 58
Average
2001 Super Troopers Actor John O'Hagen 63
Fair
2001 Inside 'Manhunter' Actor Himself 59
Average
2000 Saltwater Actor George Beneventi 58
Average
2000 Nuremberg Actor Herman Wilhelm Goering 73
Good
2000 Nuremberg Actor Herman Wilhelm Goering 60
Fair
2000 Complicity Actor Inspector McDunn 58
Average
2000 A Shot at Glory Actor Martin Smith 58
Average
2000 Mad About Mambo Actor Sidney McLoughlin 58
Average
2000 The Invention of Dr. Morel Actor Dr. Morel N/A
N/A
2000 The Making of 'Rushmore' Actor Self 58
Average
2000 Longitude Actor Lord Morton 59
Average
2000 Longitude Actor Lord Morton 69
Fair
1999 For Love of the Game Actor Gary Wheeler 61
Fair
1999 The Corruptor Actor Sean Wallace 59
Average
1999 The Minus Man Actor Doug 58
Average
1998 Rushmore Actor Dr. Nelson Guggenheim 71
Good
1998 Poodle Springs Actor Clayton Blackstone 58
Average
1998 Merchants of Venus Actor Uncle Vladimir 59
Average
1998 Desperate Measures Actor Captain Jeremiah Cassidy 59
Average
1997 The Boxer Actor Joe Hamill 61
Fair
1997 Food for Ravens Actor Aneurin Bevan 58
Average
1997 Kiss the Girls Actor Chief Hatfield, Durham PD 63
Fair
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Actor Dr. Nathan Waldman 63
Fair
1996 The Glimmer Man Actor Mr. Smith 56
Average
1996 Chain Reaction Actor Lyman Earl Collier 57
Average
1996 Witness Against Hitler Actor Judge Freisler N/A
N/A
1995 Braveheart Actor Argyle Wallace 78
Good
1995 Rob Roy Actor Killearn 63
Fair
1994 The Maltese Double Cross Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1994 The Negotiator Actor Charlie King N/A
N/A
1994 Grushko Actor Colonel Yevgeni Grushko 59
Average
1994 Prince of Jutland Actor Aethelwine 58
Average
1994 Iron Will Actor Angus McTeague 61
Fair
1993 Sharpe's Eagle Actor Major Michael Hogan 59
Average
1993 Sharpe's Rifles Actor Major Michael Hogan 59
Average
1992 Six Characters in Search of An Author Actor The Director 59
Average
1992 The Big Battalions Actor Edward Hoyland N/A
N/A
1992 The Cutter Actor N/A
N/A
1992 The Lost Language of Cranes Actor Owen Benjamin 59
Average
1992 The Cloning of Joanna May Actor Carl May 58
Average
1992 Deceptions Actor Carlton Heard N/A
N/A
1991 Red Fox Actor Geoffrey Harrison 59
Average
1990 Hidden Agenda Actor Peter Kerrigan 60
Fair
1990 The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' Actor self N/A
N/A
1990 Secret Weapon Actor Andrew Neil 58
Average
1989 Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy Actor Self N/A
N/A
1989 The Blasphemers' Banquet Actor Rev. Wallace (voice) N/A
N/A
1989 Murder on the Moon Actor Voronov 58
Average
1988 Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Actor Voiceover Narrator 59
Average
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun Actor Jack Purves N/A
N/A
1987 Shoot for the Sun Actor Dunny N/A
N/A
1987 Rat in the Skull Actor Detective Inspector Nelson N/A
N/A
1987 Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1986 Home Cooking Actor Vic N/A
N/A
1986 Manhunter Actor Dr. Hannibal Lecktor 67
Fair
1985 The Cantor of St Thomas's Actor Johann Sebastian Bach N/A
N/A
1985 Florence Nightingale Actor Dr. McGregor 58
Average
1984 Pope John Paul II Actor Father Góra 59
Average
1983 King Lear Actor Burgundy 59
Average
1982 A Cotswold Death Actor Dr. Gillespie 58
Average
1982 The Privilege Actor Young Laird N/A
N/A
1980 Dalhousie's Luck Actor Dalhousie N/A
N/A
1980 Therese Raquin Actor Laurent 68
Fair
1978 The Devil's Crown Actor Henry II of England 69
Fair
1976 Clay, Smeddum and Greenden Actor George Simpson 58
Average
1975 In Celebration Actor Steven Shaw 58
Average
1974 The Changeling Actor Alsemero 59
Average
1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Actor Trotsky 60
Fair
1968 The Year of the Sex Olympics Actor Lasar Opie 58
Average
1965 A Knight in Tarnished Armour Actor Nelson N/A
N/A
The Glove Actor N/A
N/A
The Planets Actor N/A
N/A
Succession Actor logan roy N/A
N/A
Old Pals Actor Jimmy N/A
N/A
The Colour of Magic Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
A Modern Magician Actor The Voice N/A
N/A
Wittgenstein's Poker Actor Bertrand Russell (voice) N/A
N/A
Glenrothan Actor N/A
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Directing
Glenrothan Directing Director N/A
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Production
2025 Seven Jewish Children Production Executive Producer N/A
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2024 Little Wing Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2008 Red Production Associate Producer 59
Average
2008 The Escapist Production Executive Producer 59
Average