Brian Cox
Acting
🎂 1946-06-01
Brian Denis Cox CBE 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.
Cast credits(272)
2015
Self
2015
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self
2014
God
2014
Self
2007
Kostas Becker (voice)
1989
2005
Himself - Panellist
Self
2004
Self - Guest
1988
Self - Narration (voice)
1971
Anubis (voice)
2000
Dr. Gillespie
1970
Self - Panellist
1979
Harry Moon
1993
Self
2017
Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
1996
Self
2001
Self
2013
Alsemero
1965
Logan Roy
2018
Self
2002
Dalhousie
1974
Frank
1979
Self – Actor
2022
Self
2014
Self
2011
Self - Guest
2011
Magnus Bain
2013
Bernardo Guadagni
2016
Death (voice)
2019
The King
1988
Stefan Szabo
1972
Jack Langrishe
2004
Self
2003
Mikhail Kutuzov
2016
Self - Participant
2011
Anton
1970
Jared Talbot
2014
Self - Guest
2006
Manolis
2015
The Director
1991
Michael Steppings
1987
Daddy
2014
The Controller
2023
Macbeth (voice)
1992
Herman Wilhelm Goering
2000
Bob Servant
2013
2003
Self
2022
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
2021
Narrator
2008
Edward Hoyland
1992
Major Hogan
1993
King Agamemnon
2004
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
2024
Self
2023
Chuck
1980
King Lear
1987
Vic
1986
Alan Watts (voice)
2013
Argyle Wallace
1995
Popfly (voice)
2025
Admiral Porter
2015
1987
McGrath
1978
Captain Sharp
2011
Melvin Belli
2007
Rev. Andrew Clark
2014
Tommy Tilden
2016
Harry Montebello
2012
John Landon
2011
Bill Ball
2012
Ozzy
2009
Self
2017
The Mechanic
2012
Ward Abbott
2002
Ivan Simanov
2010
Laurent
1980
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
2009
Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Ivan
2013
Richard Morgan
2002
Grandpa
2024
Ward Abbott
2004
Dennis Masen
2009
Frank
2025
Santa (voice)
2024
Robert McKee
2002
Henrik Ibsen (voice)
1988
Jim Morris Sr.
2002
2023
Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
1997
Host
2017
Dr. Nathan Waldman
1996
Self - Host
2012
Joe Reisert
2005
Presenter
2022
Uncle Vladimir
1998
Alec Hewett
2005
Mr. Kreeg
2007
Himself
2025
Old Angus
2007
Raymond
2012
Lord Morton
2000
Jim Bryce
2016
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
1998
James Brogan
2002
Killearn
1995
Gilles
2020
Lyman Earl Collier
1996
Max
2023
James McCurdy
2015
Albany
2011
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
1998
John O'Hagen
2001
Nick Booker
2022
Gary Wheeler
1999
Father Amedy
1990
Sebastian
2013
Big John Harrigan
2001
Avery Ludlow
2008
Mr. Smith
1996
Angus McTeague
1994
Rivers
2021
Narrator (voice)
2023
Bill
2019
Menenius
2011
John O'Hagen
2018
Milton
2020
General Hemmer (voice)
2007
Robert Dodds
2024
Winston Churchill
2017
Father (Voice)
2020
Gary Barker
2005
Green Dragon (voice)
2009
Trotsky
1971
Doug
1999
Sydney Newman
2013
Joe Hamill
1997
Frank Perry
2008
Sean Wallace
1999
Lenny Fairburn
2012
Dr. Langham
2014
Lord Morton
2000
Douglas Baxter
2006
Henry II of England
1978
Aethelwine
1994
Minister Breteuil
2001
Narrator (voice)
2021
Jaan Vari
2024
Rory MacNeil
2018
Father GĂłra
1984
Gerry
2011
Narrator
2015
Dr. Finch
2006
Self
2022
2003
Ike Fletcher
2023
Glover
2011
Malcolm Young (voice)
2011
Narrator
2005
Van Doren
2009
Tobias
2004
Matt Busby
2013
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Clayton Blackstone
1998
Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice)
2017
Peter Kerrigan
1990
Father Reilly
2019
Major Michael Hogan
1993
Jacques
2009
Irving
2011
Major Michael Hogan
1993
Sir Michael
2016
Dr. McGregor
1985
Drosselmeyer
2007
Inspector McDunn
2000
Self
2022
Reverend Kalahan
2010
Wally
2012
George Simpson
1976
Self
1989
Sidney McLoughlin
2000
Lasar Opie
1968
Shane
2019
Daniel Tennant
2007
Captain Oakes
2003
Cyr
2002
Andrew Neil
1990
Young Laird
1982
Alsemero
1974
Hogan
1997
William Stryker
2003
Martin Smith
2000
Voiceover Narrator
1988
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
1994
Steven Shaw
1975
George Beneventi
2000
Henry
2019
Dr. Robert Smith
2005
Narrator (voice)
1994
Chisolm
2001
Jack Purves
1988
Burgundy
1983
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2014
Gabriel
2006
Owen Benjamin
1992
Self
2000
Narrator
2005
Self
2022
Spanners (voice)
2008
Joseph Bell
2005
Edgar Hoover
2013
Judge Freisler
1996
Voronov
1989
2002
Geoffrey Harrison
1991
Self
2003
Aneurin Bevan
1997
Bertrand Russell (voice)
Dunny
1987
Himself
2017
Self
2022
Dr. Hunt
2007
The Narrator
2018
Harold Blumenthal
2013
2014
Charlie King
1994
Carl May
1992
voice
2018
Self
2016
Himself
2023
Dr. Gillespie
1982
self
1990
Macbeth
2010
Michael O'Mara
2002
Narrator (voice)
2023
Narrator
2002
The Voice
The Director
1992
Narrator
2002
Self
2009
Detective Inspector Nelson
1987
Narrator
2017
Self
2006
Sandy
John Rebus
2020
Narrator
2002
1992
Dr. Morel
2000
Old Man
2012
Rev. Wallace (voice)
1989
Self
2016
Norman
Self
2004
Himself
2001
Jimmy
Vic
1986
Andrew Carnegie (voice)
2015
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
1986
Narrator
2002
Dalhousie
1980
Carlton Heard
1992
Narrator
1987
Nelson
1965
Johann Sebastian Bach
1985
