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