Brian Cox

Acting · 4.6 popularity

Age

Movies

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Born: June 1, 1946
From: Dundee, Scotland, UK

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.

Works

201 films

Troy

20047.2

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

20117.3

Braveheart

19957.9

The Bourne Identity

20027.5

Pixels

20155.8

The Electric State

20256.5

Zodiac

20077.5

RED

20106.7

Her

20137.8

The Bourne Ultimatum

20077.4

The Bourne Supremacy

20047.3

Fantastic Mr. Fox

20097.8

The Ring

20026.7

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

20166.8

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

20246.5

Kiss the Girls

19976.5

Red Eye

20056.4

RED 2

20136.5

Super Troopers 3

20268.0

Adaptation.

20027.3

Match Point

20057.4

Super Troopers

20016.5

The Campaign

20125.8

25th Hour

20027.3

The Rookie

20026.8

The Long Kiss Goodnight

19966.6

Chain Reaction

19965.8

That Christmas

20247.1

Trick 'r Treat

20077.0

The Parenting

20256.0

Rushmore

19987.4

Super Troopers 2

20185.9

The Water Horse

20076.5

Anna

20136.5

Morgan

20165.8

The Glimmer Man

19965.4

Glenrothan

20266.6

Rob Roy

19956.7

Ironclad

20116.2

Forsaken

20156.2

For Love of the Game

19996.4

The Corruptor

19996.1

The Ringer

20055.7

Iron Will

19946.7

The Boxer

19976.7

Desperate Measures

19986.0

Battle for Terra

20076.1

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

20097.7

Last Moment of Clarity

20205.2

Coriolanus

20115.8

Remember Me

20196.3

Bonnie

20225.3

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

20115.6

Mending the Line

20236.6

Red

20086.3

Churchill

20176.2

The Independent

20226.5

Sharpe: The Legend

19976.1

An Adventure in Space and Time

20137.7

Nicholas and Alexandra

19717.0

The Bay of Silence

20204.5

The Anomaly

20145.0

Separation

20215.6

The Escapist

20086.2

Strange but True

20196.0

Running with Scissors

20065.8

Bob Constructorul: Mega Mașini

20178.3

The Good Heart

20096.4

Blood

20125.9

Poodle Springs

19985.5

The Etruscan Smile

20186.3

The Affair of the Necklace

20015.6

Quasi

20235.1

The Reckoning

20046.4

Little Wing

20246.6

The Flying Scotsman

20066.5

L.I.E.

20016.7

Shoot on Sight

20076.2

Tell-Tale

20095.3

Sharpe's Rifles

19936.8

The Carer

20166.6

Sin

20034.8

A Shot at Glory

20005.7

The Veteran

20115.9

Hidden Agenda

19906.9

Longitude

20007.4

The Minus Man

19995.5

Ukraine: Answering the Call

2022

Prisoner's Daughter

20236.2

Merchants of Venus

19986.3

Florence Nightingale

19856.0

Inside 'Manhunter'

20017.8

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

2016

The Last Right

20196.1

Blumenthal

20134.0

As Good As Dead

20105.0

Prince of Jutland

19945.4

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

19886.0

The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders

202110.0

Skelly

20246.2

The Negotiator

19949.0

Rat in the Skull

1987

The Year of the Sex Olympics

19685.2

Home Cooking

1986

Killing Thyme

20157.0

The Key Man

20113.7

The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1

2008

Believe

20136.1

Sharpe's Eagle

19937.2

The Planets

2026

Exit Humanity

20115.2

The Lost Language of Cranes

19925.9

The Biographer

20029.0

The Privilege

19827.0

The Outsiders

20064.0

The Invention of Dr. Morel

20008.0

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

19887.6

Bug

20027.1

The History of the British Police Force

1999

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

20037.0

Kubrick by Candlelight

20187.0

Mad About Mambo

20005.3

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

20227.8

Lawrence After Arabia

20204.2

The Sunrise File

2026

Dalhousie's Luck

1980

The Secret of the Nutcracker

20075.3

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

2025

The Changeling

19748.5

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

20047.2

The Marbles

2025

Pope John Paul II

19847.5

Secret Weapon

19907.5

Murder on the Moon

19893.8

The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2

2008

Agent Crush

20084.8

The Making of 'Rushmore'

20006.3

Red Fox

19916.0

Saltwater

20007.1

The Blasphemers' Banquet

1989

All at Sea

20124.5

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

2023

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

19767.0

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?

20042.0

Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

1989

Hitler in Colour

20057.9

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

20037.3

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

19657.0

The Cloning of Joanna May

19927.0

A Woman in Winter

20077.5

Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

20028.0

Battle of the Clans

1998

On Expenses

2010

The Curse of Edgar

20137.2

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

20215.0

Strictly Sinatra

20015.0

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

2016

20037.0

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

20027.2

King Lear

19836.7

Grushko

19947.5

A Cotswold Death

19827.0

Brian Cox's Jute Journey

2009

The Cutter

1992

Six Characters in Search of An Author

19926.0

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

20056.6

Blue/Orange

20056.7

An Interview with Brian Cox

2023

Complicity

20005.8

A Modern Magician

2026

Pretenders

20195.2

Japan's War in Colour

20058.0

Old Pals

2026

Carry On Ken

2006

The Maltese Double Cross

19948.0

The Gospel of John

20147.0

Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

20027.0

Pacific Warriors

20156.8

Witness Against Hitler

19968.0

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

1990

Murder by Numbers

20047.0

Widdershins

20187.5

Wittgenstein's Poker

2026

I Missed My Mother's Funeral

2012

Ooh the Banter!

2022

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

20026.9

Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World

20027.0

Scotland In A Day

2014

An Evening with Brian Cox

2017

Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

20156.7

Shoot for the Sun

19877.0

Food for Ravens

19977.0

In Celebration

19755.2

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

1987

The Glove

2026

John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

2020

Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation

2017

The Cantor of St Thomas's

19857.0

Deceptions

19929.0

AMR: Dying to Change the World

2025

Manhunter

19867.0