Brian Cox

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

284

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-06-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Dundee, Scotland, UK

Brian Cox

Biography

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

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • Shetland

    Shetland

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Top Gear

    Top Gear

  • Minder

    Minder

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Her

    Her

  • Troy

    Troy

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Deadwood

    Deadwood

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Last Leg

    The Last Leg

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Bourne Identity

    The Bourne Identity

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Pixels

    Pixels

  • Superman: The Animated Series

    Superman: The Animated Series

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force

    Aqua Teen Hunger Force

  • The Veteran

    The Veteran

  • Braveheart

    Braveheart

  • That Christmas

    That Christmas

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

  • Medici: Masters of Florence

    Medici: Masters of Florence

  • Penny Dreadful

    Penny Dreadful

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Carpool Karaoke: The Series

  • Zodiac

    Zodiac

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

  • RED

    RED

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Question Time

    Question Time

  • Coriolanus

    Coriolanus

  • RED 2

    RED 2

  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

  • Super Troopers

    Super Troopers

  • The Bourne Supremacy

    The Bourne Supremacy

  • The Bourne Ultimatum

    The Bourne Ultimatum

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

  • War and Peace

    War and Peace

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Anna

    Anna

  • Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe

    The Autopsy of Jane Doe

  • Sharpe

    Sharpe

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • Forsaken

    Forsaken

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Blade Runner: Black Lotus

    Blade Runner: Black Lotus

  • The Independent

    The Independent

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Red

    Red

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • Quasi

    Quasi

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • The Long Kiss Goodnight

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

  • Sin

    Sin

  • Agent Crush

    Agent Crush

  • Nuremberg

    Nuremberg

  • Separation

    Separation

  • Ironclad

    Ironclad

  • Blue/Orange

    Blue/Orange

  • Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls

  • Tell-Tale

    Tell-Tale

  • The Ringer

    The Ringer

  • Chain Reaction

    Chain Reaction

  • The Rookie

    The Rookie

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Kings

    Kings

  • The Russell Howard Hour

    The Russell Howard Hour

  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale

  • Exit Humanity

    Exit Humanity

  • Red Eye

    Red Eye

  • Blood

    Blood

  • 25th Hour

    25th Hour

  • The Slap

    The Slap

  • Match Point

    Match Point

  • Secret Weapon

    Secret Weapon

  • Grushko

    Grushko

  • Bug

    Bug

  • The Glove

    The Glove

  • Deceptions

    Deceptions

  • Complicity

    Complicity

  • The Escapist

    The Escapist

  • Hammer House of Horror

    Hammer House of Horror

  • Pretenders

    Pretenders

  • The Anomaly

    The Anomaly

  • The Negotiator

    The Negotiator

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • The Water Horse

    The Water Horse

  • The Biographer

    The Biographer

  • Desperate Measures

    Desperate Measures

  • Little Wing

    Little Wing

  • French & Saunders

    French & Saunders

  • L.I.E.

    L.I.E.

  • The Colour of Magic

    The Colour of Magic

  • Witness Against Hitler

    Witness Against Hitler

  • Iron Will

    Iron Will

  • In Celebration

    In Celebration

  • Strictly Sinatra

    Strictly Sinatra

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Believe

    Believe

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

    The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

  • Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

    Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

  • The Campaign

    The Campaign

  • The Boxer

    The Boxer

  • The Carer

    The Carer

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • Saltwater

    Saltwater

  • Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

    Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

  • Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

    Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

  • Remember Me

    Remember Me

  • Trick 'r Treat

    Trick 'r Treat

  • The Glimmer Man

    The Glimmer Man

  • As Good As Dead

    As Good As Dead

  • The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • Strange But True

    Strange But True

  • The Gospel of John

    The Gospel of John

  • Red Fox

    Red Fox

  • The Corruptor

    The Corruptor

  • Battle for Terra

    Battle for Terra

  • Super Troopers 2

    Super Troopers 2

  • The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Hidden Agenda

    Hidden Agenda

  • Target

    Target

  • Last Moment of Clarity

    Last Moment of Clarity

  • A Touch of Cloth

    A Touch of Cloth

  • The Take

    The Take

  • Sharpe's Rifles

    Sharpe's Rifles

  • The Parenting

    The Parenting

  • For Love of the Game

    For Love of the Game

  • Prince of Jutland

    Prince of Jutland

  • Home Cooking

    Home Cooking

  • The Last Right

    The Last Right

  • Manhunt

    Manhunt

  • The Game

    The Game

  • The Affair of the Necklace

    The Affair of the Necklace

  • The Sinking of the Laconia

    The Sinking of the Laconia

  • Skelly

    Skelly

  • Morgan

    Morgan

  • The Flying Scotsman

    The Flying Scotsman

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • 007: Road to a Million

    007: Road to a Million

  • Prisoner's Daughter

    Prisoner's Daughter

  • The Secret of the Nutcracker

    The Secret of the Nutcracker

  • A Shot at Glory

    A Shot at Glory

  • Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

  • The Curse of Edgar

    The Curse of Edgar

  • Rob Roy

    Rob Roy

  • Mending the Line

    Mending the Line

  • The Good Heart

    The Good Heart

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • An Adventure in Space and Time

    An Adventure in Space and Time

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Running with Scissors

    Running with Scissors

  • The Straits

    The Straits

  • The Bay of Silence

    The Bay of Silence

  • Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers

    Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers

  • Poodle Springs

    Poodle Springs

  • The Minus Man

    The Minus Man

  • Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

  • The Cloning of Joanna May

    The Cloning of Joanna May

  • The Key Man

    The Key Man

  • A Cotswold Death

    A Cotswold Death

  • The Lost Language of Cranes

    The Lost Language of Cranes

  • Unsinkable

    Unsinkable

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Merchants of Venus

    Merchants of Venus

  • Tooned

    Tooned

  • Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

  • Churchill

    Churchill

  • Sharpe's Eagle

    Sharpe's Eagle

  • Perfect Scoundrels

    Perfect Scoundrels

  • Food for Ravens

    Food for Ravens

  • Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

    Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

  • Murder on the Moon

    Murder on the Moon

  • Ooh the Banter!

    Ooh the Banter!

  • Piers Morgan Uncensored

    Piers Morgan Uncensored

  • Shoot on Sight

    Shoot on Sight

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

    Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

  • The Blasphemers' Banquet

    The Blasphemers' Banquet

  • Shoot for the Sun

    Shoot for the Sun

  • Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

    Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

  • Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

  • A Woman in Winter

    A Woman in Winter

  • Scotland In A Day

    Scotland In A Day

  • The Year of the Sex Olympics

    The Year of the Sex Olympics

  • The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'

    The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'

  • John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

    John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

  • Carry On Ken

    Carry On Ken

  • Mad About Mambo

    Mad About Mambo

  • Killing Thyme

    Killing Thyme

  • Lawrence After Arabia

    Lawrence After Arabia

  • Out

    Out

  • Murder by Numbers

    Murder by Numbers

  • AMR: Dying to Change the World

    AMR: Dying to Change the World

  • The Etruscan Smile

    The Etruscan Smile

  • Therese Raquin

    Therese Raquin

  • VE Day 80

    VE Day 80

  • Ukraine: Answering the Call

    Ukraine: Answering the Call

  • The Great War: The People's Story

    The Great War: The People's Story

  • The Invention of Dr. Morel

    The Invention of Dr. Morel

  • Bob Servant

    Bob Servant

  • Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

    Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

  • Dalhousie's Luck

    Dalhousie's Luck

  • Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

    Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

  • Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

    Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

  • I Missed My Mother's Funeral

    I Missed My Mother's Funeral

  • The Gamblers

    The Gamblers

  • The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

    The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

  • Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

    Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

  • Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World

    Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World

  • House on the Hill

    House on the Hill

  • Acting

    Acting

  • Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

    Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

  • A Knight in Tarnished Armour

    A Knight in Tarnished Armour

  • The Big Battalions

    The Big Battalions

  • Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

    Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

  • The Devil's Crown

    The Devil's Crown

  • Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

    Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

  • Rat in the Skull

    Rat in the Skull

  • The Cutter

    The Cutter

  • Glenrothan

    Glenrothan

  • The Trials of Henry Kissinger

    The Trials of Henry Kissinger

  • Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

    Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

  • Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

    Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

  • Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation

    Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation

  • Hitler in Colour

    Hitler in Colour

  • All at Sea

    All at Sea

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • Inside 'Manhunter'

    Inside 'Manhunter'

  • Made of Money with Brian Cox

    Made of Money with Brian Cox

  • Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

  • Addicted to Pleasure

    Addicted to Pleasure

  • X2

    X2

  • Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live

    Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live

  • An Interview with Brian Cox

    An Interview with Brian Cox

  • Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

    Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

  • Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

  • The Privilege

    The Privilege

  • Japan's War in Colour

    Japan's War in Colour

  • Pacific Warriors

    Pacific Warriors

  • Widdershins

    Widdershins

  • On Expenses

    On Expenses

  • Wittgenstein's Poker

    Wittgenstein's Poker

  • Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

    Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • Old Pals

    Old Pals

  • Brian Cox's Russia

    Brian Cox's Russia

  • Blumenthal

    Blumenthal

  • Kubrick by Candlelight

    Kubrick by Candlelight

  • The Marbles

    The Marbles

  • A Modern Magician

    A Modern Magician

  • The Planets

    The Planets

  • An Evening with Brian Cox

    An Evening with Brian Cox

  • The Maltese Double Cross

    The Maltese Double Cross

  • The Cantor of St Thomas's

    The Cantor of St Thomas's

  • Brian Cox's Jute Journey

    Brian Cox's Jute Journey

  • The History of the British Police Force

    The History of the British Police Force