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