Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 01, 1946
Place of Birth
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Credits
305 titles
Brian Cox
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.
Known For
Filmography
Super Troopers 3
Capt. John O’Hagan
The Sunrise File
Oded Ailam (voice)
Glenrothan
Sandy
The Marbles
Self - Interviewee
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
Dexter: Resurrection
New York Ripper
VE Day 80
Self
Seven Jewish Children
Executive Producer
The Parenting
Frank
AMR: Dying to Change the World
AMR
The Electric State
Popfly (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
That Christmas
Santa (voice)
Unsinkable
Robert Dodds
Skelly
Grandpa
Little Wing
Jaan Vari
007: Road to a Million
The Controller
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Self
Made of Money with Brian Cox
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Narrator (voice)
Prisoner's Daughter
Max
Mending the Line
Ike Fletcher
Quasi
Narrator (voice)
An Interview with Brian Cox
Himself
Ooh the Banter!
Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live
Presenter
Bonnie
Self
The Independent
Nick Booker
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Self
Remembers…
Piers Morgan Uncensored
Self
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
Kostas Becker (voice)
Amol Rajan Interviews
Self - Interviewed Guest
Separation
Rivers
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Narrator (voice)
The Bay of Silence
Milton
The Craft Behind Succession
Logan Roy
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
John Rebus
Last Moment of Clarity
Gilles
Lawrence After Arabia
Father (Voice)
The Last Right
Father Reilly
Strange but True
Bill
Pretenders
Henry
Remember Me
Shane
Good Omens
Death (voice)
Kubrick by Candlelight
The Narrator
Widdershins
voice