Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Dundee, Scotland, UK
    Birthday
    June 1946
Braveheart
Braveheart
7.942
The Ring
The Ring
6.674
25th Hour
25th Hour
7.326
Troy
Troy
7.163
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs
5.4
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
7.805
Zodiac
Zodiac
7.524
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
7.467
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy
7.324
The Independent
The Independent
6.8
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
7.4
The Good Heart
The Good Heart
6.2
Rushmore
Rushmore
7.4
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight
6.6
The Minus Man
The Minus Man
5.4
Trick 'r Treat
Trick 'r Treat
6.997
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors
5.786
Manhunter
Manhunter
7
Red Eye
Red Eye
6.4
Rob Roy
Rob Roy
6.703
Iron Will
Iron Will
6.7
Complicity
Complicity
5.9
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction
5.746
Bug
Bug
7.2
Kiss the Girls
Kiss the Girls
6.531
The Corruptor
The Corruptor
6.1
Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures
5.993
The Reckoning
The Reckoning
6.4
The Ringer
The Ringer
5.651
Red
Red
6.205
Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale
5.388
The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man
5.4
As Good As Dead
As Good As Dead
5
X2
X2
7.035
The Rookie
The Rookie
6.771
The Escapist
The Escapist
6.2
Mad About Mambo
Mad About Mambo
5.1
The Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman
6.7
An Interview with Brian Cox
An Interview with Brian Cox
0
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
0
Ironclad
Ironclad
6.15
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra
6.9
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
7.7
Battle for Terra
Battle for Terra
6.147
RED
RED
6.699
The Boxer
The Boxer
6.692
Quasi
Quasi
5.159
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
6.928
King Lear
King Lear
6.5
Super Troopers
Super Troopers
6.566
Japan's War In Colour
Japan's War In Colour
8
The Maltese Double Cross
The Maltese Double Cross
7
L.I.E.
L.I.E.
6.7
Royal Deceit
Royal Deceit
5.6
Longitude
Longitude
7.3
Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Eagle
7.1
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace
5.6
Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe's Rifles
6.6
The Veteran
The Veteran
5.7
The Secret of the Nutcracker
The Secret of the Nutcracker
5.563
The Water Horse
The Water Horse
6.533
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
7.4
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes
6.2
Brian Cox's Jute Journey
Brian Cox's Jute Journey
0
The Blasphemers' Banquet
The Blasphemers' Banquet
0
The Campaign
The Campaign
5.826
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
5.9
The Key Man
The Key Man
4
A Woman in Winter
A Woman in Winter
7.7
Her
Her
7.9
The Privilege
The Privilege
0
Strictly Sinatra
Strictly Sinatra
4.7
The Year of the Sex Olympics
The Year of the Sex Olympics
5.3
Blood
Blood
5.855
In Celebration
In Celebration
4.9
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
7.6
Witness Against Hitler
Witness Against Hitler
6
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
7.333
The Cloning of Joanna May
The Cloning of Joanna May
7
Little Wing
Little Wing
6.8
An Adventure in Space and Time
An Adventure in Space and Time
7.681
On Expenses
On Expenses
0
The Cutter
0
I Missed My Mother's Funeral
0
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1
The Curse of Edgar
The Curse of Edgar
7.2
Hitler in Colour
Hitler in Colour
8
Anna
Anna
6.475
Inside 'Manhunter'
Inside 'Manhunter'
7
Believe
Believe
6.1
Blumenthal
0
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
6.5
RED 2
RED 2
6.529
Match Point
Match Point
7.36
The Changeling
The Changeling
7
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Ukraine: Answering the Call
0
Deceptions
Deceptions
0
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
8
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
7.3
The Electric State
The Electric State
0
The Anomaly
The Anomaly
4.9
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
7
The Gospel of John
The Gospel of John
7.3
Murder by Numbers
0
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
0
Shoot for the Sun
Shoot for the Sun
0
Bonnie
Bonnie
3
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
0
Pixels
Pixels
5.741
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
0
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
0
Forsaken
Forsaken
6.1
Exit Humanity
Exit Humanity
5.2
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
5.5
That Christmas
That Christmas
7.256
Ooh the Banter!
Ooh the Banter!
0
Agent Crush
Agent Crush
6
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
6.8
Shoot on Sight
Shoot on Sight
6.3
Skelly
Skelly
5
Saltwater
Saltwater
7.1
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend
6
Churchill
Churchill
6.2
The Carer
The Carer
6.7
Morgan
Morgan
5.797
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
6.803
For Love of the Game
For Love of the Game
6.5
Murder on the Moon
Murder on the Moon
3.2
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
0
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
8
Scotland In A Day
0
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
6.1
Pretenders
Pretenders
5.6
Red Fox
5
A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory
5.5
Food for Ravens
Food for Ravens
6
Blue/Orange
Blue/Orange
5.5
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
0
Rat in the Skull
0
Pacific Warriors
Pacific Warriors
6.8
Merchants of Venus
Merchants of Venus
7.2
Super Troopers 2
Super Troopers 2
5.9
Sin
Sin
4.9
Strange but True
Strange but True
6.013
Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World
6
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
5.5
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
8.6
The Etruscan Smile
The Etruscan Smile
6.519
Kubrick by Candlelight
Kubrick by Candlelight
7
The Invention of Dr. Morel
The Invention of Dr. Morel
0
Remember Me
Remember Me
6.3
Last Moment of Clarity
Last Moment of Clarity
5.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
7.1
The Cantor of St Thomas's
0
The Bay of Silence
The Bay of Silence
4.5
Wide Blue Yonder
Wide Blue Yonder
5
Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon
6
The Last Right
The Last Right
6.2
Lawrence After Arabia
Lawrence After Arabia
4.2
Grushko
Grushko
6
The Negotiator
The Negotiator
0
Widdershins
Widdershins
7.4
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
6.7
The Outsiders
4
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
0
An Evening with Brian Cox
0
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
0
A Cotswold Death
A Cotswold Death
7
The Biographer
The Biographer
0
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
7
Separation
Separation
5.745
Home Cooking
Home Cooking
0
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
5
Carry on Ken
Carry on Ken
0
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
0
Mending the Line
Mending the Line
6.4
Prisoner's Daughter
Prisoner's Daughter
6.3
Dalhousie's Luck
Dalhousie's Luck
0
The Making of 'Rushmore'
The Making of 'Rushmore'
6
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