06/01/1946
Dundee, Scotland, UK:
Brian Denis Cox (nato il 1° giugno 1946) è un attore scozzese. Attore shakespeariano formato in stile classico, è noto per il suo lavoro a teatro e sullo schermo. I suoi numerosi riconoscimenti includono due Laurence Olivier Awards, un Primetime Emmy Award e un Golden Globe, oltre a una nomination per un British Academy Television Award. Nel 2003 è stato nominato Ordine dell'Impero Britannico con il grado di Comandante. Cox si è formato al Dundee Repertory Theatre prima di diventare membro fondatore del Royal Lyceum Theatre. Successivamente si formò come attore shakespeariano, recitando in numerose produzioni con il Royal National Theatre e la Royal Shakespeare Company, dove ottenne riconoscimenti per la sua interpretazione di Re Lear. Cox ha ricevuto due Laurence Olivier Awards come miglior attore per i suoi ruoli in Rat in the Skull (1984), per Royal Court e Titus Andronicus (1988). Ha ricevuto altre due nomination agli Olivier Award per Misalliance (1986) e Fashion (1988). Conosciuto come attore caratterista nel cinema, ha interpretato Robert McKee nell'adattamento di Spike Jonze (2002) e William Stryker in X2 (2003). Per il suo ruolo da protagonista in L.I.E. (2001), ha ricevuto una nomination agli Independent Spirit Award. Altri suoi film di rilievo includono 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) e Churchill (2017). Cox ha vinto il Primetime Emmy Award come miglior attore non protagonista in una miniserie per la sua interpretazione di Hermann Göring nel film televisivo Nuremberg (2001). L'anno successivo è stato guest star nella sitcom Frasier della NBC, ottenendo la sua seconda nomination agli Emmy nel 2002. Ha interpretato Jack Langrishe nella serie HBO Deadwood. Ha interpretato Logan Roy nella serie HBO Succession (2018-2023), per la quale ha vinto il Golden Globe come miglior attore in una serie drammatica ed è stato nominato per tre Primetime Emmy Awards come miglior attore in una serie drammatica.
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Super Troopers 3 (2026) as Capt. John O’Hagan |
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Glenrothan (2026) as Sandy |
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The Marbles (2025) as Self - Interviewee |
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Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction (2025) as Gustaf Wallenberg (voice) |
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The Parenting (2025) as Frank |
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AMR: Dying to Change the World (2025) as AMR |
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The Electric State (2025) as Popfly (voice) |
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) as Helm Hammerhand (voice) |
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That Christmas (2024) as Santa (voice) |
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Skelly (2024) as Grandpa |
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Little Wing (2024) as Jaan Vari |
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Bill Douglas: My Best Friend (2023) as Narrator (voice) |
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Prisoner's Daughter (2023) as Max |
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Mending the Line (2023) as Ike Fletcher |
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Quasi (2023) as Narrator (voice) |
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An Interview with Brian Cox (2023) as Himself |
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Ooh the Banter! (2022) as Self |
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022) as Self |
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Bonnie (2022) as Self |
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The Independent (2022) as Nick Booker |
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Ukraine: Answering the Call (2022) as Self |
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Separation (2021) as Rivers |
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Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Bay of Silence (2020) as Milton |
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John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues (2020) as John Rebus |
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Lawrence After Arabia (2020) as Father (Voice) |
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Last Moment of Clarity (2020) as Gilles |
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The Last Right (2019) as Father Reilly |
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Strange but True (2019) as Bill |
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Pretenders (2019) as Henry |
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Remember Me (2019) as Shane |
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Kubrick by Candlelight (2018) as The Narrator |
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Widdershins (2018) as voice |
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Super Troopers 2 (2018) as John O'Hagen |
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The Etruscan Smile (2018) as Rory MacNeil |
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An Evening with Brian Cox (2017) as Himself |
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Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie (2017) as Conrad / Crunch (voice) |
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Churchill (2017) as Winston Churchill |
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Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation (2017) as Narrator |
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Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016) as Self |
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) as Tommy Tilden |
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Morgan (2016) as Jim Bryce |
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The Carer (2016) as Sir Michael |
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016) as Self |
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Killing Thyme (2015) as Norman |
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Forsaken (2015) as James McCurdy |
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Pacific Warriors (2015) as Narrator |
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Pixels (2015) as Admiral Porter |
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Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace (2015) as Andrew Carnegie (voice) |
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The Gospel of John (2014) as Narrator (voice) – King James Version |
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Scotland In A Day (2014) as |
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The Anomaly (2014) as Dr. Langham |
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Her (2013) as Alan Watts (voice) |
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An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) as Sydney Newman |
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La Malédiction d'Edgar (2013) as Edgar Hoover |
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Anna (2013) as Sebastian |
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Believe (2013) as Matt Busby |
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Blumenthal (2013) as Harold Blumenthal |
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RED 2 (2013) as Ivan |
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Blood (2012) as Lenny Fairburn |
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The Campaign (2012) as Raymond |
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All at Sea (2012) as Wally |
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I Missed My Mother's Funeral (2012) as Old Man |
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Exit Humanity (2011) as Malcolm Young (voice) |
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Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011) as Glover |
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) as John Landon |
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The Veteran (2011) as Gerry |
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Ironclad (2011) as Albany |
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The Key Man (2011) as Irving |
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Coriolanus (2011) as Menenius |
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RED (2010) as Ivan Simanov |
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On Expenses (2010) as |
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As Good As Dead (2010) as Reverend Kalahan |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) as Action 12 Reporter (voice) |
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Brian Cox's Jute Journey (2009) as Self |
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The Good Heart (2009) as Jacques |
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Tell-Tale (2009) as Van Doren |
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009) as Green Dragon (voice) |
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Red (2008) as Avery Ludlow |
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The Escapist (2008) as Frank Perry |
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Agent Crush (2008) as Spanners (voice) |
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The Water Horse (2007) as Old Angus |
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The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007) as Drosselmeyer |
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Shoot on Sight (2007) as Daniel Tennant |
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Trick 'r Treat (2007) as Mr. Kreeg |
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Battle for Terra (2007) as General Hemmer (voice) |
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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A Woman in Winter (2007) as Dr. Hunt |
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Zodiac (2007) as Melvin Belli |
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Running with Scissors (2006) as Dr. Finch |
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The Outsiders (2006) as Gabriel |
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The Flying Scotsman (2006) as Douglas Baxter |
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Carry On Ken (2006) as Self |
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The Ringer (2005) as Gary Barker |
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Match Point (2005) as Alec Hewett |
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The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) as Joseph Bell |
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Red Eye (2005) as Joe Reisert |
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Hitler in Colour (2005) as Narrator |
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Blue/Orange (2005) as Dr. Robert Smith |
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Japan's War in Colour (2005) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) as Other Voices (voice) |
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004) as Ward Abbott |
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Troy (2004) as King Agamemnon |
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Murder by Numbers (2004) as Self |
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The Reckoning (2004) as Tobias |
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The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 (2003) as Self |
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) as Self |
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X2 (2003) as William Stryker |
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Sin (2003) as Captain Oakes |
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25th Hour (2002) as James Brogan |
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Adaptation. (2002) as Robert McKee |
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Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World (2002) as Narrator |
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The Ring (2002) as Richard Morgan |
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) as Self |
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The Biographer (2002) as Michael O'Mara |
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The Bourne Identity (2002) as Ward Abbott |
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Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch (2002) as Narrator |
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The Rookie (2002) as Jim Morris Sr. |
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Bug (2002) as Cyr |
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Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (2002) as Narrator |
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Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002) as Narrator |
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001) as Minister Breteuil |
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L.I.E. (2001) as Big John Harrigan |
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Strictly Sinatra (2001) as Chisolm |
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Super Troopers (2001) as Captain O'Hagen |
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Inside 'Manhunter' (2001) as Himself |
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Saltwater (2000) as George Beneventi |
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Nuremberg (2000) as Herman Wilhelm Goering |
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Complicity (2000) as Inspector McDunn |
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A Shot at Glory (2000) as Martin Smith |
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Mad About Mambo (2000) as Sidney McLoughlin |
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The Invention of Dr. Morel (2000) as Dr. Morel |
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The Making of 'Rushmore' (2000) as Self |
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Longitude (2000) as Lord Morton |
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The History of the British Police Force (1999) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Minus Man (1999) as Doug |
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For Love of the Game (1999) as Gary Wheeler |
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The Corruptor (1999) as Sean Wallace |
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Rushmore (1998) as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim |
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Poodle Springs (1998) as Clayton Blackstone |
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Battle of the Clans (1998) as Narrator |
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Merchants of Venus (1998) as Uncle Vladimir |
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Desperate Measures (1998) as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy |
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The Boxer (1997) as Joe Hamill |
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Food for Ravens (1997) as Aneurin Bevan |
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Sharpe: The Legend (1997) as Hogan |
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Kiss the Girls (1997) as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD |
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) as Dr. Nathan Waldman |
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The Glimmer Man (1996) as Mr. Smith |
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Chain Reaction (1996) as Lyman Earl Collier |
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Witness Against Hitler (1996) as Judge Freisler |
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Braveheart (1995) as Argyle Wallace |
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Rob Roy (1995) as Killearn |
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The Maltese Double Cross (1994) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Negotiator (1994) as Charlie King |
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Grushko (1994) as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko |
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Prince of Jutland (1994) as Aethelwine |
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Iron Will (1994) as Angus McTeague |
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Sharpe's Eagle (1993) as Major Michael Hogan |
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Sharpe's Rifles (1993) as Major Michael Hogan |
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Six Characters in Search of An Author (1992) as The Director |
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The Cutter (1992) as |
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The Lost Language of Cranes (1992) as Owen Benjamin |
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The Cloning of Joanna May (1992) as Carl May |
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Deceptions (1992) as Carlton Heard |
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Red Fox (1991) as Geoffrey Harrison |
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Hidden Agenda (1990) as Peter Kerrigan |
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The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' (1990) as self |
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Secret Weapon (1990) as Andrew Neil |
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Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy (1989) as Self |
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The Blasphemers' Banquet (1989) as Rev. Wallace (voice) |
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Murder on the Moon (1989) as Voronov |
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Regi Andrej Tarkovskij (1988) as Voiceover Narrator |
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Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988) as Jack Purves |
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Shoot for the Sun (1987) as Dunny |
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Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People (1987) as Narrator |
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Rat in the Skull (1987) as Detective Inspector Nelson |
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Home Cooking (1986) as Vic |
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Manhunter (1986) as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor |
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The Cantor of St Thomas's (1985) as Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Florence Nightingale (1985) as Dr. McGregor |
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Pope John Paul II (1984) as Father Góra |
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King Lear (1983) as Burgundy |
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A Cotswold Death (1982) as Dr. Gillespie |
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The Privilege (1982) as Young Laird |
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Dalhousie's Luck (1980) as Dalhousie |
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Clay, Smeddum and Greenden (1976) as George Simpson |
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In Celebration (1975) as Steven Shaw |
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The Changeling (1974) as Alsemero |
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Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) as Trotsky |
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The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) as Lasar Opie |
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A Knight in Tarnished Armour (1965) as Nelson |
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A Modern Magician () as The Voice |
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The Glove () as |
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Old Pals () as Jimmy |
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Wittgenstein's Poker () as Bertrand Russell (voice) |
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The Sunrise File () as Oded Ailam (voice) |
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The Planets () as |
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Glenrothan (2026) Director |
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Glenrothan (2026) Producer |
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Seven Jewish Children (2025) Executive Producer |
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Little Wing (2024) Executive Producer |
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Red (2008) Associate Producer |
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The Escapist (2008) Executive Producer |