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