Brian Cox

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

282

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-06-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Dundee, Scotland, UK

Brian Cox

Biography

Brian Denis Cox 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

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • 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 One Show

    The One Show

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Top Gear

    Top Gear

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force

    Aqua Teen Hunger Force

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • Shetland

    Shetland

  • The Veteran

    The Veteran

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Question Time

    Question Time

  • The Last Leg

    The Last Leg

  • Deadwood

    Deadwood

  • Superman: The Animated Series

    Superman: The Animated Series

  • Troy

    Troy

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Her

    Her

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • Trick 'r Treat

    Trick 'r Treat

  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Carpool Karaoke: The Series

  • Medici: Masters of Florence

    Medici: Masters of Florence

  • Pixels

    Pixels

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Zodiac

    Zodiac

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

    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Braveheart

    Braveheart

  • RED 2

    RED 2

  • Sharpe

    Sharpe

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe

    The Autopsy of Jane Doe

  • Penny Dreadful

    Penny Dreadful

  • The Bourne Identity

    The Bourne Identity

  • RED

    RED

  • The Long Kiss Goodnight

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

  • Match Point

    Match Point

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • The Bourne Supremacy

    The Bourne Supremacy

  • The Bourne Ultimatum

    The Bourne Ultimatum

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • The Rookie

    The Rookie

  • Blade Runner: Black Lotus

    Blade Runner: Black Lotus

  • Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • War and Peace

    War and Peace

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • Chain Reaction

    Chain Reaction

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

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

  • The Russell Howard Hour

    The Russell Howard Hour

  • Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

    Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

  • Ironclad

    Ironclad

  • The Parenting

    The Parenting

  • That Christmas

    That Christmas

  • Red Eye

    Red Eye

  • Wide Blue Yonder

    Wide Blue Yonder

  • Believe

    Believe

  • For Love of the Game

    For Love of the Game

  • Hammer House of Horror

    Hammer House of Horror

  • A Shot at Glory

    A Shot at Glory

  • Target

    Target

  • 25th Hour

    25th Hour

  • 007: Road to a Million

    007: Road to a Million

  • The Slap

    The Slap

  • Forsaken

    Forsaken

  • French & Saunders

    French & Saunders

  • The Glove

    The Glove

  • Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

  • Nuremberg

    Nuremberg

  • Anna

    Anna

  • The Colour of Magic

    The Colour of Magic

  • L.I.E.

    L.I.E.

  • Red

    Red

  • The Lost Language of Cranes

    The Lost Language of Cranes

  • Strange But True

    Strange But True

  • The Water Horse

    The Water Horse

  • Separation

    Separation

  • Tell-Tale

    Tell-Tale

  • Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

    Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

  • Blood

    Blood

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Murder on the Moon

    Murder on the Moon

  • The Glimmer Man

    The Glimmer Man

  • Lawrence After Arabia

    Lawrence After Arabia

  • The Game

    The Game

  • The Ringer

    The Ringer

  • Manhunt

    Manhunt

  • The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

    The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

  • The Escapist

    The Escapist

  • In Celebration

    In Celebration

  • The Affair of the Necklace

    The Affair of the Necklace

  • Coriolanus

    Coriolanus

  • Super Troopers

    Super Troopers

  • Merchants of Venus

    Merchants of Venus

  • Desperate Measures

    Desperate Measures

  • Deceptions

    Deceptions

  • Super Troopers 2

    Super Troopers 2

  • The Campaign

    The Campaign

  • Murder by Numbers

    Murder by Numbers

  • The Curse of Edgar

    The Curse of Edgar

  • A Touch of Cloth

    A Touch of Cloth

  • Running with Scissors

    Running with Scissors

  • The Minus Man

    The Minus Man

  • Sharpe's Eagle

    Sharpe's Eagle

  • Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

  • The Boxer

    The Boxer

  • Battle for Terra

    Battle for Terra

  • The Gospel of John

    The Gospel of John

  • The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • Prisoner's Daughter

    Prisoner's Daughter

  • The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

    The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

  • A Knight in Tarnished Armour

    A Knight in Tarnished Armour

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • The Anomaly

    The Anomaly

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Sin

    Sin

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Shoot for the Sun

    Shoot for the Sun

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • The Sinking of the Laconia

    The Sinking of the Laconia

  • Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

    Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

  • Perfect Scoundrels

    Perfect Scoundrels

  • Strictly Sinatra

    Strictly Sinatra

  • The Take

    The Take

  • Quasi

    Quasi

  • As Good As Dead

    As Good As Dead

  • Churchill

    Churchill

  • Secret Weapon

    Secret Weapon

  • Rob Roy

    Rob Roy

  • The Carer

    The Carer

  • The Corruptor

    The Corruptor

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • Ukraine: Answering the Call

    Ukraine: Answering the Call

  • Skelly

    Skelly

  • Piers Morgan Uncensored

    Piers Morgan Uncensored

  • Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

  • The Independent

    The Independent

  • Saltwater

    Saltwater

  • Unsinkable

    Unsinkable

  • The Flying Scotsman

    The Flying Scotsman

  • Grushko

    Grushko

  • Exit Humanity

    Exit Humanity

  • The Key Man

    The Key Man

  • The Blasphemers' Banquet

    The Blasphemers' Banquet

  • The Secret of the Nutcracker

    The Secret of the Nutcracker

  • Iron Will

    Iron Will

  • Prince of Jutland

    Prince of Jutland

  • Out

    Out

  • A Cotswold Death

    A Cotswold Death

  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale

  • Agent Crush

    Agent Crush

  • The Good Heart

    The Good Heart

  • I Missed My Mother's Funeral

    I Missed My Mother's Funeral

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

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

  • Morgan

    Morgan

  • Ooh the Banter!

    Ooh the Banter!

  • Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

    Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

  • The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

  • Blue/Orange

    Blue/Orange

  • The Straits

    The Straits

  • The Biographer

    The Biographer

  • Last Moment of Clarity

    Last Moment of Clarity

  • Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

    Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

  • The Cloning of Joanna May

    The Cloning of Joanna May

  • The Last Right

    The Last Right

  • The Invention of Dr. Morel

    The Invention of Dr. Morel

  • Mending the Line

    Mending the Line

  • Carry On Ken

    Carry On Ken

  • The Great War: The People's Story

    The Great War: The People's Story

  • Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

  • Food for Ravens

    Food for Ravens

  • Poodle Springs

    Poodle Springs

  • Blumenthal

    Blumenthal

  • House on the Hill

    House on the Hill

  • The Year of the Sex Olympics

    The Year of the Sex Olympics

  • Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

    Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

  • Mad About Mambo

    Mad About Mambo

  • Dalhousie's Luck

    Dalhousie's Luck

  • John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

    John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

  • Little Wing

    Little Wing

  • Tooned

    Tooned

  • An Adventure in Space and Time

    An Adventure in Space and Time

  • Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

    Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

  • Pretenders

    Pretenders

  • Red Fox

    Red Fox

  • Scotland In A Day

    Scotland In A Day

  • The Negotiator

    The Negotiator

  • The Bay of Silence

    The Bay of Silence

  • Hidden Agenda

    Hidden Agenda

  • Super Troopers 3

    Super Troopers 3

  • VE Day 80

    VE Day 80

  • Witness Against Hitler

    Witness Against Hitler

  • Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

    Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

  • The Gamblers

    The Gamblers

  • A Woman in Winter

    A Woman in Winter

  • Bob Servant

    Bob Servant

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • Remember Me

    Remember Me

  • Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

    Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

  • The Big Battalions

    The Big Battalions

  • Therese Raquin

    Therese Raquin

  • The Devil's Crown

    The Devil's Crown

  • AMR: Dying to Change the World

    AMR: Dying to Change the World

  • Sharpe's Rifles

    Sharpe's Rifles

  • Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

    Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

  • Bug

    Bug

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Shoot on Sight

    Shoot on Sight

  • Acting

    Acting

  • The Etruscan Smile

    The Etruscan Smile

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

    Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

  • Glenrothan

    Glenrothan

  • Brian Cox's Russia

    Brian Cox's Russia

  • The Privilege

    The Privilege

  • Addicted to Pleasure

    Addicted to Pleasure

  • Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live

    Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live

  • Complicity

    Complicity

  • Made of Money with Brian Cox

    Made of Money with Brian Cox

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

    Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

  • Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

    Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

  • Inside 'Manhunter'

    Inside 'Manhunter'

  • Kubrick by Candlelight

    Kubrick by Candlelight

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • A Modern Magician

    A Modern Magician

  • Home Cooking

    Home Cooking

  • Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World

    Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World

  • An Interview with Brian Cox

    An Interview with Brian Cox

  • Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

    Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

  • X2

    X2

  • Old Pals

    Old Pals

  • Rat in the Skull

    Rat in the Skull

  • Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

  • The Trials of Henry Kissinger

    The Trials of Henry Kissinger

  • Wittgenstein's Poker

    Wittgenstein's Poker

  • Hitler in Colour

    Hitler in Colour

  • The History of the British Police Force

    The History of the British Police Force

  • The Maltese Double Cross

    The Maltese Double Cross

  • On Expenses

    On Expenses

  • Pacific Warriors

    Pacific Warriors

  • Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

    Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

  • Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

  • Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

    Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

  • The Marbles

    The Marbles

  • Widdershins

    Widdershins

  • The Cutter

    The Cutter

  • Killing Thyme

    Killing Thyme

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • Japan's War in Colour

    Japan's War in Colour

  • Brian Cox's Jute Journey

    Brian Cox's Jute Journey

  • Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

    Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

  • The Planets

    The Planets

  • The Cantor of St Thomas's

    The Cantor of St Thomas's

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

    Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation

  • An Evening with Brian Cox

    An Evening with Brian Cox