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  • BIRTH 01/06/1946
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 44
  • MOVIES 96
  • DIRECTOR 1
  • PRODUCTION 2

Brian Cox

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Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 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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Brian Cox

Shows (44)

Succession
Succession
Logan Roy
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Kostas Becker (voice)
Good Omens
Good Omens
Death (voice)
War & Peace (2016)
War & Peace (2016)
Mikhail Kutuzov
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful
Jared Talbot
Shetland
Shetland
Magnus Bain
Deadwood
Deadwood
Jack Langrishe
Medici
Medici
Bernardo Guadagni
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
Frasier
Frasier
Harry Moon
Top Gear
Top Gear
Self
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series
Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
God
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
Narrator
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf
The King
A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth
Bill Ball
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Himself / Self
007: Road to a Million
007: Road to a Million
The Controller
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
Self
Hammer House of Horror
Hammer House of Horror
Chuck
The Slap (US)
The Slap (US)
Manolis
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Take
The Take
Ozzy
Minder
Minder
Frank
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Game (2014)
The Game (2014)
Daddy
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Sharpe
Sharpe
Major Hogan
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
Dennis Masen
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Anubis (voice)
The Straits
The Straits
Harry Montebello
The Sinking of the Laconia
The Sinking of the Laconia
Captain Sharp
Bob Servant Independent
Bob Servant Independent
Bob Servant
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
Michael Steppings
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
French & Saunders
French & Saunders
King Lear
The Last Leg
The Last Leg
Self
Play for Today
Play for Today
Dr. Gillespie
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Variety: Actors on Actors
Variety: Actors on Actors
Self
Question Time
Question Time
Self - Panellist
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Himself - Panellist

Movies (96)

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the…
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
That Christmas
That Christmas
Santa (voice)
The Electric State
The Electric State
Popfly (voice)
Troy
Troy
King Agamemnon
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
John Landon
X2
X2
William Stryker
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy
Ward Abbott
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
Ward Abbott
Braveheart
Braveheart
Argyle Wallace
Zodiac
Zodiac
Melvin Belli
Pixels
Pixels
Admiral Porter
RED
RED
Ivan Simanov
Kiss the Girls
Kiss the Girls
Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
RED 2
RED 2
Ivan
Red Eye
Red Eye
Joe Reisert
The Ring
The Ring
Richard Morgan
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
Match Point
Match Point
Alec Hewett
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Tommy Tilden
The Parenting
The Parenting
Frank
25th Hour
25th Hour
James Brogan
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction
Lyman Earl Collier
Manhunter
Manhunter
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Rob Roy
Rob Roy
Killearn
Morgan
Morgan
Jim Bryce
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Dr. Nathan Waldman
The Campaign
The Campaign
Raymond
The Water Horse
The Water Horse
Old Angus
Churchill
Churchill
Winston Churchill
The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man
Mr. Smith
Rushmore
Rushmore
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Iron Will
Iron Will
Angus McTeague
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Green Dragon (voice)
Trick 'r Treat
Trick 'r Treat
Mr. Kreeg
The Corruptor
The Corruptor
Sean Wallace
Anna
Anna
Sebastian
Separation
Separation
Rivers
The Rookie
The Rookie
Jim Morris Sr.
Prisoner's Daughter
Prisoner's Daughter
Max
Forsaken
Forsaken
James McCurdy
Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale
Van Doren
An Adventure in Space and Time
An Adventure in Space and Time
Sydney Newman
The Anomaly
The Anomaly
Dr. Langham
The Making of 'Rushmore'
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
Red
Red
Avery Ludlow
Super Troopers
Super Troopers
John O'Hagen
Ironclad
Ironclad
Albany
Blood
Blood
Lenny Fairburn
Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
Peter Kerrigan
La Malédiction d'Edgar
La Malédiction d'Edgar
Edgar Hoover
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Dr. McGregor
The Boxer
The Boxer
Joe Hamill
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Dr. McGregor
Strange but True
Strange but True
Bill
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
Menenius
Witness Against Hitler
Witness Against Hitler
Judge Freisler
Bug
Bug
Cyr
Battle for Terra
Battle for Terra
General Hemmer (voice)
The Independent
The Independent
Nick Booker
The Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman
Douglas Baxter
Mending the Line
Mending the Line
Ike Fletcher
The Reckoning
The Reckoning
Tobias
For Love of the Game
For Love of the Game
Gary Wheeler
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors
Dr. Finch
Super Troopers 2
Super Troopers 2
John O'Hagen
Pretenders
Pretenders
Henry
The Gospel of John
The Gospel of John
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Mad About Mambo
Mad About Mambo
Sidney McLoughlin
Last Moment of Clarity
Last Moment of Clarity
Gilles
The Bay of Silence
The Bay of Silence
Milton
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of…
Other Voices (voice)
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Minus Man
The Minus Man
Doug
The Escapist
The Escapist
Frank Perry
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes
Owen Benjamin
Quasi
Quasi
Narrator (voice)
As Good As Dead
As Good As Dead
Reverend Kalahan
A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory
Martin Smith
Little Wing
Little Wing
Jaan Vari
L.I.E.
L.I.E.
Big John Harrigan
Remember Me
Remember Me
Shane
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Glover
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace
Minister Breteuil
The Veteran
The Veteran
Gerry
The Ringer
The Ringer
Gary Barker
Sin
Sin
Captain Oakes
Exit Humanity
Exit Humanity
Malcolm Young (voice)
Prince of Jutland
Prince of Jutland
Aethelwine
The Etruscan Smile
The Etruscan Smile
Rory MacNeil
The Independent
The Independent
Nick Booker
Believe
Believe
Matt Busby
The Good Heart
The Good Heart
Jacques
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice)
Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon
Andrew Neil

Director

Oz
Oz
(1 episode)

Production (2)

The Escapist
The Escapist
Little Wing
Little Wing