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Birthday:
Aliases: Brian Denis Cox , Brian Cox CBE
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Movie Involvements: 146
TV Involvements: 36
Most Famous Work
Biography
Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Doctor Who
(2005) Sydney NewmanShetland
(2013) Magnus BainPlay for Today
(1970) Dr. GillespieMedici: Masters of Florence
(2016) Bernardo GuadagniSuperman: The Animated Series
(1996) Dr. Earl Garver (voice)Van der Valk
(1972) Stefan SzaboInspector Morse
(1987) Michael SteppingsDeadwood
(2004) Jack LangrisheActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Helm Hammerhand (voice) | |
Robert Dodds | ||
Grandpa | ||
Jaan Vari | ||
2023 | The Controller | |
N/A | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
Max | ||
Ike Fletcher | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
Himself | ||
2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
Self | ||
Presenter | ||
Self | ||
Nick Booker | ||
Self – Actor | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2021 | Niander Wallace Sr. (voice) | |
Rivers | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2020 | Milton | |
John Rebus | ||
Gilles | ||
Father (Voice) | ||
2019 | Father Reilly | |
Bill | ||
Henry | ||
Shane | ||
Death (voice) | ||
Rory MacNeil | ||
2018 | The Narrator | |
voice | ||
Logan Roy | ||
John O'Hagen | ||
2017 | Self | |
Self | ||
Himself | ||
Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice) | ||
Winston Churchill | ||
Host | ||
Narrator | ||
2016 | Self | |
Tommy Tilden | ||
Bernardo Guadagni | ||
Jim Bryce | ||
Sir Michael | ||
Mikhail Kutuzov | ||
2015 | James McCurdy | |
Narrator | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Admiral Porter | ||
Andrew Carnegie (voice) | ||
Manolis | ||
2014 | Self | |
Narrator (voice) – King James Version | ||
Daddy | ||
N/A | ||
Rev. Andrew Clark | ||
Dr. Langham | ||
Jared Talbot | ||
God | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2013 | Alan Watts (voice) | |
Sydney Newman | ||
Edgar Hoover | ||
Sebastian | ||
Matt Busby | ||
Harold Blumenthal | ||
Ivan | ||
Magnus Bain | ||
Bob Servant | ||
2012 | Self - Host | |
Lenny Fairburn | ||
N/A | ||
Bill Ball | ||
Raymond | ||
The Mechanic | ||
Wally | ||
Harry Montebello | ||
Old Man | ||
2011 | Self - Participant | |
Malcolm Young (voice) | ||
Glover | ||
Self | ||
John Landon | ||
Gerry | ||
Albany | ||
Irving | ||
Menenius | ||
Captain Sharp | ||
2010 | Ivan Simanov | |
N/A | ||
Reverend Kalahan | ||
2009 | Dennis Masen | |
Action 12 Reporter (voice) | ||
Self | ||
Jacques | ||
Ozzy | ||
Van Doren | ||
Green Dragon (voice) | ||
2008 | Daniel Tennant | |
Avery Ludlow | ||
Frank Perry | ||
Narrator | ||
Spanners (voice) | ||
2007 | Old Angus | |
Drosselmeyer | ||
Mr. Kreeg | ||
General Hemmer (voice) | ||
Dr. Hunt | ||
Melvin Belli | ||
Self | ||
2006 | Dr. Finch | |
Gabriel | ||
Douglas Baxter | ||
Self - Guest | ||
Self | ||
2005 | Gary Barker | |
Alec Hewett | ||
N/A | ||
Joseph Bell | ||
Joe Reisert | ||
Narrator | ||
Sydney Newman | ||
Dr. Robert Smith | ||
Narrator | ||
2004 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Other Voices (voice) | ||
Ward Abbott | ||
King Agamemnon | ||
Jack Langrishe | ||
Self | ||
Tobias | ||
2003 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
William Stryker | ||
Self | ||
Captain Oakes | ||
2002 | James Brogan | |
Robert McKee | ||
Narrator | ||
Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car | ||
Richard Morgan | ||
N/A | ||
Michael O'Mara | ||
Ward Abbott | ||
Jim Morris Sr. | ||
Cyr | ||
Narrator | ||
Narrator | ||
2001 | Minister Breteuil | |
Self | ||
Big John Harrigan | ||
Chisolm | ||
John O'Hagen | ||
Himself | ||
2000 | Anubis (voice) | |
George Beneventi | ||
Herman Wilhelm Goering | ||
Inspector McDunn | ||
Martin Smith | ||
Sidney McLoughlin | ||
Dr. Morel | ||
Lord Morton | ||
Lord Morton | ||
1999 | Gary Wheeler | |
Sean Wallace | ||
Doug | ||
1998 | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim | |
Clayton Blackstone | ||
Uncle Vladimir | ||
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy | ||
1997 | Joe Hamill | |
Aneurin Bevan | ||
Hogan | ||
Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D. | ||
1996 | Dr. Nathan Waldman | |
Mr. Smith | ||
Dr. Earl Garver (voice) | ||
Lyman Earl Collier | ||
Self | ||
Judge Freisler | ||
1995 | Argyle Wallace | |
Killearn | ||
1994 | Narrator (voice) | |
Charlie King | ||
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko | ||
Aethelwine | ||
Angus McTeague | ||
1993 | Harry Moon | |
Major Michael Hogan | ||
Major Hogan | ||
Major Michael Hogan | ||
1992 | The Director | |
Edward Hoyland | ||
Macbeth (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
Owen Benjamin | ||
Carl May | ||
Carlton Heard | ||
1991 | Geoffrey Harrison | |
The Director | ||
1990 | Peter Kerrigan | |
self | ||
Father Amedy | ||
Andrew Neil | ||
1989 | Kostas Becker (voice) | |
Self | ||
Rev. Wallace (voice) | ||
Voronov | ||
1988 | Voiceover Narrator | |
Self - Guest | ||
Jack Purves | ||
The King | ||
Henrik Ibsen (voice) | ||
1987 | N/A | |
Dunny | ||
King Lear | ||
Michael Steppings | ||
Detective Inspector Nelson | ||
Narrator | ||
1986 | Vic | |
Vic | ||
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor | ||
1985 | Dr. McGregor | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
1984 | Father Góra | |
1983 | Burgundy | |
1982 | Dr. Gillespie | |
Young Laird | ||
1980 | Chuck | |
Laurent LeClaire | ||
1979 | Frank | |
Self - Panellist | ||
1978 | McGrath | |
Henry II of England | ||
1976 | George Simpson | |
1975 | Steven Shaw | |
1974 | Alsemero | |
1972 | Stefan Szabo | |
1971 | Trotsky | |
Self | ||
1970 | Dr. Gillespie | |
Anton | ||
1968 | Lasar Opie | |
1965 | Nelson | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
The Voice | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Santa (voice) | ||
Bertrand Russell (voice) | ||
Himself - Panellist | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2024 | Executive Producer | |
2008 | Associate Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1997 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |