Brian Cox

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

290

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

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Shetland

    Shetland

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Top Gear

    Top Gear

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Her

    Her

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Deadwood

    Deadwood

  • Superman: The Animated Series

    Superman: The Animated Series

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Troy

    Troy

  • Pixels

    Pixels

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Forsaken

    Forsaken

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • 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

  • Braveheart

    Braveheart

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Super Troopers

    Super Troopers

  • Strictly Sinatra

    Strictly Sinatra

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • The Last Leg

    The Last Leg

  • Anna

    Anna

  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force

    Aqua Teen Hunger Force

  • War and Peace

    War and Peace

  • Zodiac

    Zodiac

  • Believe

    Believe

  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Carpool Karaoke: The Series

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • The Bourne Ultimatum

    The Bourne Ultimatum

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • Question Time

    Question Time

  • The Bourne Identity

    The Bourne Identity

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • The Flying Scotsman

    The Flying Scotsman

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • Penny Dreadful

    Penny Dreadful

  • Red

    Red

  • Ironclad

    Ironclad

  • The Escapist

    The Escapist

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Blood

    Blood

  • The Bourne Supremacy

    The Bourne Supremacy

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

  • RED

    RED

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Complicity

    Complicity

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Sin

    Sin

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

    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

  • Pretenders

    Pretenders

  • Saltwater

    Saltwater

  • Poodle Springs

    Poodle Springs

  • Secret Weapon

    Secret Weapon

  • Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls

  • Sharpe's Eagle

    Sharpe's Eagle

  • Red Fox

    Red Fox

  • Blade Runner: Black Lotus

    Blade Runner: Black Lotus

  • Sharpe

    Sharpe

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • The Slap

    The Slap

  • Grushko

    Grushko

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • 007: Road to a Million

    007: Road to a Million

  • The Negotiator

    The Negotiator

  • Nuremberg

    Nuremberg

  • Bug

    Bug

  • Deceptions

    Deceptions

  • The Good Heart

    The Good Heart

  • Red Eye

    Red Eye

  • Blue/Orange

    Blue/Orange

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • The Colour of Magic

    The Colour of Magic

  • The Biographer

    The Biographer

  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe

    The Autopsy of Jane Doe

  • Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

    Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Mending the Line

    Mending the Line

  • RED 2

    RED 2

  • Kings

    Kings

  • The Take

    The Take

  • Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

  • The Russell Howard Hour

    The Russell Howard Hour

  • Match Point

    Match Point

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • Remember Me

    Remember Me

  • Hammer House of Horror

    Hammer House of Horror

  • Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers

    Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers

  • The Veteran

    The Veteran

  • Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

    Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

  • Home Cooking

    Home Cooking

  • Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

    Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • The Sinking of the Laconia

    The Sinking of the Laconia

  • French & Saunders

    French & Saunders

  • The Campaign

    The Campaign

  • Sharpe's Rifles

    Sharpe's Rifles

  • Merchants of Venus

    Merchants of Venus

  • Skelly

    Skelly

  • For Love of the Game

    For Love of the Game

  • 25th Hour

    25th Hour

  • Trick 'r Treat

    Trick 'r Treat

  • The Year of the Sex Olympics

    The Year of the Sex Olympics

  • Blumenthal

    Blumenthal

  • The Long Kiss Goodnight

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

  • That Christmas

    That Christmas

  • Target

    Target

  • Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

    Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

  • Coriolanus

    Coriolanus

  • The Blasphemers' Banquet

    The Blasphemers' Banquet

  • Manhunt

    Manhunt

  • Chain Reaction

    Chain Reaction

  • The Glimmer Man

    The Glimmer Man

  • The Game

    The Game

  • L.I.E.

    L.I.E.

  • Dalhousie's Luck

    Dalhousie's Luck

  • The Straits

    The Straits

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Morgan

    Morgan

  • Strange but True

    Strange but True

  • The Water Horse

    The Water Horse

  • The Parenting

    The Parenting

  • The Carer

    The Carer

  • Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

  • The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • A Touch of Cloth

    A Touch of Cloth

  • The Rookie

    The Rookie

  • Desperate Measures

    Desperate Measures

  • Little Wing

    Little Wing

  • I Missed My Mother's Funeral

    I Missed My Mother's Funeral

  • Last Moment of Clarity

    Last Moment of Clarity

  • Rob Roy

    Rob Roy

  • Glenrothan

    Glenrothan

  • Battle for Terra

    Battle for Terra

  • Ukraine: Answering the Call

    Ukraine: Answering the Call

  • Super Troopers 2

    Super Troopers 2

  • A Knight in Tarnished Armour

    A Knight in Tarnished Armour

  • Iron Will

    Iron Will

  • Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

    Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

  • The Privilege

    The Privilege

  • The Ringer

    The Ringer

  • Out

    Out

  • The Bay of Silence

    The Bay of Silence

  • The Corruptor

    The Corruptor

  • An Adventure in Space and Time

    An Adventure in Space and Time

  • Tooned

    Tooned

  • The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

  • Unsinkable

    Unsinkable

  • Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

  • The Great War: The People's Story

    The Great War: The People's Story

  • Churchill

    Churchill

  • The Independent

    The Independent

  • Running with Scissors

    Running with Scissors

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Bob Servant

    Bob Servant

  • Made of Money with Brian Cox

    Made of Money with Brian Cox

  • The Boxer

    The Boxer

  • The Anomaly

    The Anomaly

  • Separation

    Separation

  • Killing Thyme

    Killing Thyme

  • House on the Hill

    House on the Hill

  • Piers Morgan Uncensored

    Piers Morgan Uncensored

  • Inside 'Manhunter'

    Inside 'Manhunter'

  • Old Pals

    Old Pals

  • Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

    Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

  • Acting

    Acting

  • The Affair of the Necklace

    The Affair of the Necklace

  • Prince of Jutland

    Prince of Jutland

  • Prisoner's Daughter

    Prisoner's Daughter

  • VE Day 80

    VE Day 80

  • The Minus Man

    The Minus Man

  • The Big Battalions

    The Big Battalions

  • Perfect Scoundrels

    Perfect Scoundrels

  • Quasi

    Quasi

  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale

  • Tell-Tale

    Tell-Tale

  • Hidden Agenda

    Hidden Agenda

  • I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

    I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

  • The Etruscan Smile

    The Etruscan Smile

  • Shoot on Sight

    Shoot on Sight

  • The Gamblers

    The Gamblers

  • Exit Humanity

    Exit Humanity

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

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

  • A Shot at Glory

    A Shot at Glory

  • Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live

    Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live

  • As Good As Dead

    As Good As Dead

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • The Lost Language of Cranes

    The Lost Language of Cranes

  • Therese Raquin

    Therese Raquin

  • A Modern Magician

    A Modern Magician

  • The Invention of Dr. Morel

    The Invention of Dr. Morel

  • The Last Right

    The Last Right

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

    The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

  • X2

    X2

  • Kubrick by Candlelight

    Kubrick by Candlelight

  • Danny Phantom: Reign Storm

    Danny Phantom: Reign Storm

  • The Gospel of John

    The Gospel of John

  • Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

    Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

  • The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

    The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

  • Mad About Mambo

    Mad About Mambo

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • The Devil's Crown

    The Devil's Crown

  • The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

    The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

  • The Key Man

    The Key Man

  • Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

    Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

  • The Secret of the Nutcracker

    The Secret of the Nutcracker

  • The Curse of Edgar

    The Curse of Edgar

  • The Planets

    The Planets

  • Murder on the Moon

    Murder on the Moon

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

  • In Celebration

    In Celebration

  • Shoot for the Sun

    Shoot for the Sun

  • Pacific Warriors

    Pacific Warriors

  • Rat in the Skull

    Rat in the Skull

  • Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

  • The Cloning of Joanna May

    The Cloning of Joanna May

  • Wittgenstein's Poker

    Wittgenstein's Poker

  • Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

  • The Trials of Henry Kissinger

    The Trials of Henry Kissinger

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

    Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

  • Japan's War in Colour

    Japan's War in Colour

  • All at Sea

    All at Sea

  • Widdershins

    Widdershins

  • A Woman in Winter

    A Woman in Winter

  • Witness Against Hitler

    Witness Against Hitler

  • Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

    Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

  • A Cotswold Death

    A Cotswold Death

  • Agent Crush

    Agent Crush

  • Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

    Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

  • Scotland In A Day

    Scotland In A Day

  • Amol Rajan Interviews

    Amol Rajan Interviews

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

    John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

  • The Cantor of St Thomas's

    The Cantor of St Thomas's

  • Brian Cox's Russia

    Brian Cox's Russia

  • Addicted to Pleasure

    Addicted to Pleasure

  • Ooh the Banter!

    Ooh the Banter!

  • Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

    Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

  • The Marbles

    The Marbles

  • Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

    Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

  • Murder by Numbers

    Murder by Numbers

  • Lawrence After Arabia

    Lawrence After Arabia

  • Carry On Ken

    Carry On Ken

  • Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

  • Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World

    Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World

  • On Expenses

    On Expenses

  • Food for Ravens

    Food for Ravens

  • Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

    Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

  • An Interview with Brian Cox

    An Interview with Brian Cox

  • Hitler in Colour

    Hitler in Colour

  • The Glove

    The Glove

  • Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

    Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

  • Brian Cox's Jute Journey

    Brian Cox's Jute Journey

  • Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

    Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

  • Masters of Darkness

    Masters of Darkness

  • The Cutter

    The Cutter

  • Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

    Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

  • The Maltese Double Cross

    The Maltese Double Cross

  • AMR: Dying to Change the World

    AMR: Dying to Change the World

  • The History of the British Police Force

    The History of the British Police Force

  • 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

  • Battle of the Clans

    Battle of the Clans