Brian Cox
Known for Acting · 302 credits
- Born
- 1946-06-01 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Brian Denis Cox · Brian Cox CBE · برایان کاکس
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
TV Shows (100)
The Simpsons
1989
as Kostas Becker (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Harry Moon
The Colbert Report
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Dr. Gillespie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
1971
as Self - Narration (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as God
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Succession
2018
as Logan Roy
Shetland
2013
as Magnus Bain
Minder
1979
as Frank
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Alsemero
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self – Actor / Self - Actor
Playhouse
1974
as Dalhousie
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
Deadwood
2004
as Jack Langrishe
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Nelson
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Anubis (voice)
Theatre 625
1964
as Lasar Opie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
Good Omens
2019
as Death (voice)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Himself - Panellist
Inspector Morse
1987
as Michael Steppings
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
as New York Ripper
Red Dwarf
1988
as The King
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Apeman
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self / Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Josef Stalin / Rod
Penny Dreadful
2014
as Jared Talbot
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016
as Bernardo Guadagni
M.I. High
2007
as Voice of the Mastermind
Sharpe
1993
as Major Hogan
Performance
1991
as The Director
Van der Valk
1972
as Stefan Szabo
Churchill's People
1974
as William Wallace
War and Peace
2016
as Mikhail Kutuzov
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021
as Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
Remembers…
2022
Hammer House of Horror
1980
as Chuck
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
as Self
Target
1977
as Billy Voss
The Slap
2015
as Manolis
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Narrator
Kings
2009
as King Vesper Abaddon
French & Saunders
1987
as King Lear
Movies (202)
Troy
2004
as Agamemnon
Braveheart
1995
as Argyle Wallace
Pixels
2015
as Admiral Porter
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as John Landon
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016
as Tommy Tilden
The Bourne Identity
2002
as Ward Abbott
RED
2010
as Ivan Simanov
Zodiac
2007
as Melvin Belli
Her
2013
as Alan Watts (voice)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
The Electric State
2025
as Popfly (voice)
The Ring
2002
as Richard Morgan
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
as Ward Abbott
RED 2
2013
as Ivan
Glenrothan
2026
as Sandy
Kiss the Girls
1997
as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
as Helm Hammerhand (voice)
Super Troopers 3
2026
as Capt. John O’Hagan
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Super Troopers
2001
as Captain O'Hagen
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996
as Dr. Nathan Waldman
That Christmas
2024
as Santa (voice)
Match Point
2005
as Alec Hewett
Rushmore
1998
as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Anna
2013
as Sebastian
The Water Horse
2007
as Old Angus
The Campaign
2012
as Raymond
Chain Reaction
1996
as Lyman Earl Collier
Adaptation.
2002
as Robert McKee
Red Eye
2005
as Joe Reisert
Ironclad
2011
as Albany
Forsaken
2015
as James McCurdy
Super Troopers 2
2018
as John O'Hagen
Morgan
2016
as Jim Bryce
Strange but True
2019
as Bill
25th Hour
2002
as James Brogan
The Rookie
2002
as Jim Morris Sr.
Desperate Measures
1998
as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Last Moment of Clarity
2020
as Gilles
Coriolanus
2011
as Menenius
For Love of the Game
1999
as Gary Wheeler
Mending the Line
2023
as Ike Fletcher
Remember Me
2019
as Shane
The Parenting
2025
as Frank
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
2011
as Glover
Blood
2012
as Lenny Fairburn
Rob Roy
1995
as Killearn
Home Cooking
1986
as Vic
Blumenthal
2013
as Harold Blumenthal
The Glimmer Man
1996
as Mr. Smith
Iron Will
1994
as Angus McTeague
Red
2008
as Avery Ludlow
The Veteran
2011
as Gerry
Trick 'r Treat
2007
as Mr. Kreeg
Churchill
2017
as Winston Churchill
The Cutter
1992
The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
2021
as Kostas Becker (voice)
The Corruptor
1999
as Sean Wallace
Battle for Terra
2007
as General Hemmer (voice)
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Minister Breteuil
Dalhousie's Luck
1980
as Dalhousie
Sharpe's Rifles
1993
as Major Michael Hogan
The Flying Scotsman
2006
as Douglas Baxter
The Reckoning
2004
as Tobias
The Independent
2022
as Nick Booker
The Bay of Silence
2020
as Milton
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
as Sydney Newman
The Anomaly
2014
as Dr. Langham
The Boxer
1997
as Joe Hamill
The Negotiator
1994
as Charlie King
Poodle Springs
1998
as Clayton Blackstone
Bonnie
2022
as Self
Bob Constructorul: Mega Mașini
2017
as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Trotsky
Running with Scissors
2006
as Dr. Finch
L.I.E.
2001
as Big John Harrigan
The Ringer
2005
as Gary Barker
The Marbles
2025
as Self - Interviewee
Prisoner's Daughter
2023
as Max
Lawrence After Arabia
2020
as Father (Voice)
The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000
as Self
The Escapist
2008
as Frank Perry
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001
as Himself
The Sunrise File
2026
as Oded Ailam (voice)
Skelly
2024
as Grandpa
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009
as Green Dragon (voice)
Separation
2021
as Rivers
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Aethelwine
A Shot at Glory
2000
as Martin Smith
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Hogan
The Minus Man
1999
as Doug
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
1988
as Voiceover Narrator
Longitude
2000
as Lord Morton
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004
as Self
Merchants of Venus
1998
as Uncle Vladimir
Sharpe's Eagle
1993
as Major Michael Hogan
The Privilege
1982
as Young Laird
The Outsiders
2006
as Gabriel
The Good Heart
2009
as Jacques
Exit Humanity
2011
as Malcolm Young (voice)
The Etruscan Smile
2018
as Rory MacNeil
Pope John Paul II
1984
as Father Góra
The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
as Lasar Opie
Hidden Agenda
1990
as Peter Kerrigan
As Good As Dead
2010
as Reverend Kalahan
Quasi
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Rat in the Skull
1987
as Detective Inspector Nelson
Shoot on Sight
2007
as Daniel Tennant
Ukraine: Answering the Call
2022
as Self
The Key Man
2011
as Irving
Mad About Mambo
2000
as Sidney McLoughlin
The Last Right
2019
as Father Reilly
Florence Nightingale
1985
as Dr. McGregor
On Expenses
2010
as Michael Martin
Killing Thyme
2015
as Norman
Tell-Tale
2009
as Van Doren
In Celebration
1975
as Steven Shaw
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as Judge Freisler
Strictly Sinatra
2001
as Chisolm
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976
as George Simpson
About Brian Cox
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 Shakespear… With 302 credits spanning from 1964 to 2026, Brian Cox has appeared in 202 films and 100 TV shows.
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Most Popular Brian Cox Movies
- Troy (2004) — as Agamemnon
- Braveheart (1995) — as Argyle Wallace
- Pixels (2015) — as Admiral Porter
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) — as John Landon
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) — as Tommy Tilden
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