Acting
Brian Cox
EN, FR, DE, HU cinema · 202 credits
Born
1 June 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Also known as Brian Denis Cox · Brian Cox CBE · برایان کاکس
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
Filmography
A Modern Magician
as The Voice
The Glove
Actor
Wittgenstein's Poker
Wittgenstein's Poker
as Bertrand Russell (voice)
Old Pals
Old Pals
as Jimmy
Super Troopers 4
Super Troopers 4
as Captain O'Hagan
Just Dandy
as Self
Glenrothan
as Sandy, Director, Producer
Super Troopers 3
as Captain O’Hagan
The Sunrise File
as Oded Ailam (voice)
The Parenting
as Frank
The Electric State
as Popfly (voice)
The Marbles
as Self - Interviewee
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
as Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
Seven Jewish Children
Executive Producer
Little Wing
as Jaan Vari, Executive Producer
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Helm Hammerhand (voice)
That Christmas
as Santa (voice)
Skelly
as Grandpa
Quasi
as Narrator (voice)
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
as Narrator (voice)
Mending the Line
as Ike Fletcher
The Independent
as Nick Booker
Bonnie
as Self
Separation
as Rivers
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
as Narrator (voice)
Last Moment of Clarity
as Gilles
The Bay of Silence
as Milton
Lawrence After Arabia
as Father (Voice)
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
as John Rebus
Pretenders
as Henry
Strange but True
as Bill
Remember Me
as Shane
The Last Right
as Father Reilly
Super Troopers 2
as Captain O'Hagan
The Etruscan Smile
as Rory MacNeil
Kubrick by Candlelight
as The Narrator
Widdershins
as voice
Churchill
as Winston Churchill
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines
as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
The Carer
as Sir Michael
Morgan
as Jim Bryce
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
as Tommy Tilden
Pixels
as Admiral Porter
Forsaken
as James McCurdy
Pacific Warriors
as Narrator
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
as Andrew Carnegie (voice)
Killing Thyme
as Norman
The Anomaly
as Dr. Langham
The Gospel of John
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Her
as Alan Watts (voice)
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Sydney Newman
The Curse of Edgar
as Edgar Hoover
Anna
as Sebastian
Believe
as Matt Busby
Blumenthal
2013
Blumenthal
as Harold Blumenthal
RED 2
as Ivan
The Campaign
as Raymond
Blood
as Lenny Fairburn
All at Sea
as Wally
Ironclad
as Albany
The Veteran
as Gerry
Coriolanus
as Menenius
The Key Man
as Irving
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as John Landon
Exit Humanity
as Malcolm Young (voice)
RED
as Ivan Simanov
On Expenses
as Michael Martin
As Good As Dead
as Reverand Kalahan
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
The Good Heart
as Jacques
Tell-Tale
as Van Doren
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
as Green Dragon (voice)
Red
as Avery Ludlow, Associate Producer
The Escapist
as Frank Perry, Executive Producer
Agent Crush
as Spanners (voice)
Zodiac
as Melvin Belli
Trick 'r Treat
as Mr. Kreeg
Battle for Terra
as General Hemmer (voice)
The Secret of the Nutcracker
as Drosselmeyer
The Water Horse
as Old Angus
A Woman in Winter
as Dr. Hunt
Shoot on Sight
as Daniel Tennant
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Running with Scissors
as Dr. Finch
The Flying Scotsman
as Douglas Baxter
Red Eye
as Joe Reisert
The Ringer
as Gary Barker
Japan's War in Colour
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hitler in Colour
as Narrator
Match Point
as Alec Hewett
Blue/Orange
as Dr. Robert Smith
Troy
as Agamemnon
The Bourne Supremacy
as Ward Abbott
The Reckoning
as Tobias
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
X2
as William Stryker
Sin
as Captain Oakes
The Ring
as Richard Morgan
25th Hour
as James Brogan
The Bourne Identity
as Ward Abbott
Adaptation.
as Robert McKee
Bug
as Cyr
The Rookie
as Jim Morris Sr.
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
as Narrator
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
as Narrator
The Biographer
as Michael O'Mara
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch
as Narrator
Super Troopers
as Captain O'Hagen
L.I.E.
as Big John Harrigan
The Affair of the Necklace
as Minister Breteuil
Strictly Sinatra
as Chisolm
Inside 'Manhunter'
as Himself
Complicity
as Inspector McDunn
Mad About Mambo
as Sidney McLoughlin
Longitude
as Lord Morton
Saltwater
as George Beneventi
A Shot at Glory
as Martin Smith
The Invention of Dr. Morel
as Dr. Morel
The Minus Man
as Doug
The Corruptor
as Sean Wallace
For Love of the Game
as Gary Wheeler
The History of the British Police Force
1999
The History of the British Police Force
as Narrator (voice)
Poodle Springs
as Clayton Blackstone
Rushmore
as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Desperate Measures
as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Merchants of Venus
as Uncle Vladimir
Battle of the Clans
as Narrator
Kiss the Girls
as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
The Boxer
as Joe Hamill
Sharpe: The Legend
as Hogan
Food for Ravens
as Aneurin Bevan
The Long Kiss Goodnight
as Dr. Nathan Waldman
Chain Reaction
as Lyman Earl Collier
The Glimmer Man
as Mr. Smith
Witness Against Hitler
as Judge Freisler
Braveheart
as Argyle Wallace
Rob Roy
as Killearn
Iron Will
as Angus McTeague
The Maltese Double Cross
as Narrator (voice)
Prince of Jutland
as Aethelwine
Grushko
as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
The Negotiator
as Charlie King
Sharpe's Eagle
as Major Michael Hogan
Sharpe's Rifles
as Major Michael Hogan
The Lost Language of Cranes
as Owen Benjamin
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Director
Deceptions
as Carlton Heard
Red Fox
as Geoffrey Harrison
Hidden Agenda
as Peter Kerrigan
Secret Weapon
as Andrew Neil
The Blasphemers' Banquet
as Rev. Wallace (voice)
Murder on the Moon
as Voronov
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
as Voiceover Narrator
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
as Jack Purves
Shoot for the Sun
as Dunny
Rat in the Skull
1987
Rat in the Skull
as Detective Inspector Nelson
Manhunter
as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Florence Nightingale
as Dr. McGregor
The Cantor of St Thomas's
as Johann Sebastian Bach
Pope John Paul II
as Father Góra
King Lear
as Burgundy
The Privilege
as Young Laird
A Cotswold Death
as Dr. Gillespie
Dalhousie's Luck
as Dalhousie
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
as George Simpson
In Celebration
as Steven Shaw
The Changeling
as Alsemero
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Trotsky
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Lasar Opie