Brian Cox
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 1, 1946
- Birthplace
- Dundee, 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.
Filmography
- Presenting Geraldine Page
Presenting Geraldine Page TBA
Actor
Just Dandy TBA
as Self
- Super Troopers 4
Super Troopers 4 TBA
as Captain O'Hagan
- Old Pals
Old Pals TBA
as Jimmy
- Wittgenstein's Poker
Wittgenstein's Poker TBA
as Bertrand Russell (voice)
The Planets TBA
Actor
The Glove TBA
Actor
A Modern Magician TBA
as The Voice
Super Troopers 3 2026
as Captain O’Hagan
The Sunrise File 2026
as Oded Ailam (voice)
Glenrothan 2026
as Sandy, Director, Producer
The Marbles 2025
as Self - Interviewee
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction 2025
as Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
Seven Jewish Children 2025
Executive Producer
The Parenting 2025
as Frank
- AMR: Dying to Change the World
AMR: Dying to Change the World 2025
as AMR
The Electric State 2025
as Popfly (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024
as Helm Hammerhand (voice)
That Christmas 2024
as Santa (voice)
Skelly 2024
as Grandpa
Little Wing 2024
as Jaan Vari, Executive Producer
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend 2023
as Narrator (voice)
Prisoner's Daughter 2023
as Max
Mending the Line 2023
as Ike Fletcher
Quasi 2023
as Narrator (voice)
An Interview with Brian Cox 2023
as Himself
Ooh the Banter! 2022
as Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba 2022
as Self
Bonnie 2022
as Self
The Independent 2022
as Nick Booker
Ukraine: Answering the Call 2022
as Self
Separation 2021
as Rivers
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story 2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Bay of Silence 2020
as Milton
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues 2020
as John Rebus
Lawrence After Arabia 2020
as Father (Voice)
Last Moment of Clarity 2020
as Gilles
The Last Right 2019
as Father Reilly
Strange but True 2019
as Bill
Pretenders 2019
as Henry
Remember Me 2019
as Shane
Kubrick by Candlelight 2018
as The Narrator
Widdershins 2018
as voice
Super Troopers 2 2018
as Captain O'Hagan
The Etruscan Smile 2018
as Rory MacNeil
- An Evening with Brian Cox
An Evening with Brian Cox 2017
as Himself
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines 2017
as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
Churchill 2017
as Winston Churchill
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation 2017
as Narrator
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC 2016
as Self
The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016
as Tommy Tilden
Morgan 2016
as Jim Bryce
The Carer 2016
as Sir Michael
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light 2016
as Self
Killing Thyme 2015
as Norman
Forsaken 2015
as James McCurdy
Pacific Warriors 2015
as Narrator
Pixels 2015
as Admiral Porter
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace 2015
as Andrew Carnegie (voice)
The Gospel of John 2014
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
- Scotland In A Day
Scotland In A Day 2014
Actor
The Anomaly 2014
as Dr. Langham
Her 2013
as Alan Watts (voice)
An Adventure in Space and Time 2013
as Sydney Newman
The Curse of Edgar 2013
as Edgar Hoover
Anna 2013
as Sebastian
Believe 2013
as Matt Busby
- Blumenthal
Blumenthal 2013
as Harold Blumenthal
RED 2 2013
as Ivan
Blood 2012
as Lenny Fairburn
The Campaign 2012
as Raymond
All at Sea 2012
as Wally
- I Missed My Mother's Funeral
I Missed My Mother's Funeral 2012
as Old Man
Exit Humanity 2011
as Malcolm Young (voice)
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster 2011
as Glover
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011
as John Landon
The Veteran 2011
as Gerry
Ironclad 2011
as Albany
The Key Man 2011
as Irving
Coriolanus 2011
as Menenius
RED 2010
as Ivan Simanov
On Expenses 2010
as Michael Martin
As Good As Dead 2010
as Reverand Kalahan
Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009
as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
Brian Cox's Jute Journey 2009
as Self
The Good Heart 2009
as Jacques
Tell-Tale 2009
as Van Doren
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword 2009
as Green Dragon (voice)
Red 2008
as Avery Ludlow, Associate Producer
The Escapist 2008
as Frank Perry, Executive Producer
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 2008
as Narrator
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 2008
as Narrator
Agent Crush 2008
as Spanners (voice)
The Water Horse 2007
as Old Angus
The Secret of the Nutcracker 2007
as Drosselmeyer
Shoot on Sight 2007
as Daniel Tennant
Trick 'r Treat 2007
as Mr. Kreeg
Battle for Terra 2007
as General Hemmer (voice)
The Bourne Ultimatum 2007
as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Woman in Winter 2007
as Dr. Hunt
Zodiac 2007
as Melvin Belli
Running with Scissors 2006
as Dr. Finch
- The Outsiders
The Outsiders 2006
as Gabriel
The Flying Scotsman 2006
as Douglas Baxter
Carry On Ken 2006
as Self
The Ringer 2005
as Gary Barker
Match Point 2005
as Alec Hewett
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle 2005
as Joseph Bell
Red Eye 2005
as Joe Reisert
Hitler in Colour 2005
as Narrator
Blue/Orange 2005
as Dr. Robert Smith
Japan's War in Colour 2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? 2004
as Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Bourne Supremacy 2004
as Ward Abbott
Troy 2004
as Agamemnon
Murder by Numbers 2004
as Self
The Reckoning 2004
as Tobias
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 2003
as Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker 2003
as Self
X2 2003
as William Stryker
Sin 2003
as Captain Oakes
25th Hour 2002
as James Brogan
Adaptation. 2002
as Robert McKee
- Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World
Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World 2002
as Narrator
The Ring 2002
as Richard Morgan
The Trials of Henry Kissinger 2002
as Self
The Biographer 2002
as Michael O'Mara
The Bourne Identity 2002
as Ward Abbott
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch 2002
as Narrator
The Rookie 2002
as Jim Morris Sr.
Bug 2002
as Cyr
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh 2002
as Narrator
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon 2002
as Narrator
The Affair of the Necklace 2001
as Minister Breteuil
L.I.E. 2001
as Big John Harrigan
Strictly Sinatra 2001
as Chisolm
Super Troopers 2001
as Captain O'Hagen
Inside 'Manhunter' 2001
as Himself
Saltwater 2000
as George Beneventi
Complicity 2000
as Inspector McDunn
A Shot at Glory 2000
as Martin Smith
Mad About Mambo 2000
as Sidney McLoughlin
The Invention of Dr. Morel 2000
as Dr. Morel
The Making of 'Rushmore' 2000
as Self
Longitude 2000
as Lord Morton
- The History of the British Police Force
The History of the British Police Force 1999
as Narrator (voice)
The Minus Man 1999
as Doug
For Love of the Game 1999
as Gary Wheeler
The Corruptor 1999
as Sean Wallace
Rushmore 1998
as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Poodle Springs 1998
as Clayton Blackstone
Battle of the Clans 1998
as Narrator
Merchants of Venus 1998
as Uncle Vladimir
Desperate Measures 1998
as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
The Boxer 1997
as Joe Hamill
Food for Ravens 1997
as Aneurin Bevan
Sharpe: The Legend 1997
as Hogan
Kiss the Girls 1997
as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996
as Dr. Nathan Waldman
The Glimmer Man 1996
as Mr. Smith
Chain Reaction 1996
as Lyman Earl Collier
Witness Against Hitler 1996
as Judge Freisler
Braveheart 1995
as Argyle Wallace
Rob Roy 1995
as Killearn
The Maltese Double Cross 1994
as Narrator (voice)
The Negotiator 1994
as Charlie King
Grushko 1994
as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
Prince of Jutland 1994
as Aethelwine
Iron Will 1994
as Angus McTeague
Sharpe's Eagle 1993
as Major Michael Hogan
Sharpe's Rifles 1993
as Major Michael Hogan
Six Characters in Search of An Author 1992
as The Director
The Cutter 1992
Actor
The Lost Language of Cranes 1992
as Owen Benjamin
Deceptions 1992
as Carlton Heard
Red Fox 1991
as Geoffrey Harrison
Hidden Agenda 1990
as Peter Kerrigan
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' 1990
as self
Secret Weapon 1990
as Andrew Neil
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy 1989
as Self
The Blasphemers' Banquet 1989
as Rev. Wallace (voice)
Murder on the Moon 1989
as Voronov
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky 1988
as Voiceover Narrator
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun 1988
as Jack Purves
Shoot for the Sun 1987
as Dunny
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People 1987
as Narrator
- Rat in the Skull
Rat in the Skull 1987
as Detective Inspector Nelson
Home Cooking 1986
as Vic
Manhunter 1986
as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
The Cantor of St Thomas's 1985
as Johann Sebastian Bach
Florence Nightingale 1985
as Dr. McGregor
Pope John Paul II 1984
as Father Góra
King Lear 1983
as Burgundy
A Cotswold Death 1982
as Dr. Gillespie
The Privilege 1982
as Young Laird
Dalhousie's Luck 1980
as Dalhousie
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden 1976
as George Simpson
In Celebration 1975
as Steven Shaw
The Changeling 1974
as Alsemero
Nicholas and Alexandra 1971
as Trotsky
The Year of the Sex Olympics 1968
as Lasar Opie
- A Knight in Tarnished Armour
A Knight in Tarnished Armour 1965
as Nelson
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