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Brian Cox

Acting

Born: June 1, 1946Dundee, Scotland, UK

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.

Known For
Filmography

Super Troopers 3

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
The Parenting

The Parenting

Frank

2025

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
Skelly

Skelly

Grandpa

2024
Little Wing

Little Wing

Jaan Vari

2024
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
Bonnie

Bonnie

Self

2022
The Independent

The Independent

Nick Booker

2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call

Ukraine: Answering the Call

Self

2022
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
Lawrence After Arabia

Lawrence After Arabia

Father (Voice)

2020
Last Moment of Clarity

Last Moment of Clarity

Gilles

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
Kubrick by Candlelight

Kubrick by Candlelight

The Narrator

2018
Widdershins

Widdershins

voice

2018
Super Troopers 2

Super Troopers 2

John O'Hagen

2018
The Etruscan Smile

The Etruscan Smile

Rory MacNeil

2018

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
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
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
Killing Thyme

Killing Thyme

Norman

2015
Forsaken

Forsaken

James McCurdy

2015
Pacific Warriors

Pacific Warriors

Narrator

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 Gospel of John

The Gospel of John

Narrator (voice) – King James Version

2014

Scotland In A Day

2014
The Anomaly

The Anomaly

Dr. Langham

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

Harold Blumenthal

2013
RED 2

RED 2

Ivan

2013
Blood

Blood

Lenny Fairburn

2012
The Campaign

The Campaign

Raymond

2012
All at Sea

All at Sea

Wally

2012

I Missed My Mother's Funeral

Old Man

2012
Exit Humanity

Exit Humanity

Malcolm Young (voice)

2011
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Glover

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
RED

RED

Ivan Simanov

2010
On Expenses

On Expenses

2010
As Good As Dead

As Good As Dead

Reverend Kalahan

2010
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
Tell-Tale

Tell-Tale

Van Doren

2009
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Green Dragon (voice)

2009
Red

Red

Avery Ludlow

2008
The Escapist

The Escapist

Frank Perry

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
Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

Dr. Finch

2006

The Outsiders

Gabriel

2006
The Flying Scotsman

The Flying Scotsman

Douglas Baxter

2006
Carry On Ken

Carry On Ken

Self

2006
The Ringer

The Ringer

Gary Barker

2005
Match Point

Match Point

Alec Hewett

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
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
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
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Self

2003
X2

X2

William Stryker

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

Narrator

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
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

Narrator

2002
The Affair of the Necklace

The Affair of the Necklace

Minister Breteuil

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
Saltwater

Saltwater

George Beneventi

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

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
The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Dr. Nathan Waldman

1996
The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man

Mr. Smith

1996
Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

Lyman Earl Collier

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
Sharpe's Eagle

Sharpe's Eagle

Major Michael Hogan

1993
Sharpe's Rifles

Sharpe's Rifles

Major Michael Hogan

1993
Six Characters in Search of An Author

Six Characters in Search of An Author

The Director

1992
Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth

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
Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda

Peter Kerrigan

1990
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

self

1990
Secret Weapon

Secret Weapon

Andrew Neil

1990
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
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

Jack Purves

1988
Shoot for the Sun

Shoot for the Sun

Dunny

1987
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

Narrator

1987

Rat in the Skull

Detective Inspector Nelson

1987
Home Cooking

Home Cooking

Vic

1986
Manhunter

Manhunter

Dr. Hannibal Lecktor

1986

The Cantor of St Thomas's

Johann Sebastian Bach

1985
Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Dr. McGregor

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
Dalhousie's Luck

Dalhousie's Luck

Dalhousie

1980
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

George Simpson

1976
In Celebration

In Celebration

Steven Shaw

1975
The Changeling

The Changeling

Alsemero

1974
Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

Trotsky

1971
The Year of the Sex Olympics

The Year of the Sex Olympics

Lasar Opie

1968

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

Nelson

1965