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Brian Cox

Actor, Director, ProducerBorn June 1, 1946 (79 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Match Point
  • Coriolanus
  • Anna
  • Medici
  • The Corruptor
  • Forsaken
  • Separation
  • Tell Tale
  • The Good Heart
  • Last Moment of Clarity
  • Royal Deceit
  • Hammer House of Horror
  • The Etruscan Smile
  • The Carer
  • Believe
  • The Gospel of John
  • Complicity
  • Lawrence: After Arabia
  • All at Sea
  • Dark Highlands
  • The Key Man
  • Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

Known For

  • Succession
  • X2: X-Men United
  • The Bourne Supremacy
  • Troy
  • The Bourne Identity
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Trick 'r Treat
  • The Ring
  • Zodiac
  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe
  • Red Eye
  • Match Point
  • Rushmore
  • The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
  • 25th Hour
  • Pixels
  • Super Troopers
  • Manhunter
  • The Ringer
  • The Escapist
  • That Christmas
  • Churchill
  • The Campaign
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight

Featured Videos

  • Interview 2 With Brian Cox
    Interview 2 With Brian CoxManhunterBehind the Scenes
  • Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
    Dr. Hannibal LecktorManhunterScene
  • Interview With Brian Cox
    Interview With Brian CoxManhunterBehind the Scenes
  • Brian Cox On His Character
    Brian Cox On His CharacterThe CampaignBehind the Scenes
  • The Affair Of The Necklace Soundbite: Brian Cox
    The Affair Of The Necklace Soundbite: Brian CoxThe Affair of the NecklaceScene

Brian Cox Filmography

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The Electric State · as Popfly (voice)
2025
The Parenting · as Frank
2025
2024
2024
That Christmas · as Santa (voice)
2024
Unsinkable (2024) (TV Series) · as Robert Dodds
2024
Skelly · as Grandpa
2024
Little Wing · as Jaan Vari
2023
007: Road to a Million (TV Series) · as The Controller
2023
2023
Quasi · as Narrator (voice)
2023
Voices over the Water · as Interview
2022
2022
Mending the Line · as Ike Fletcher
2022
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live (TV Series) · as Presenter
2022
The Independent · as Nick Booker
2022
2021
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (TV Series) · as Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
2021
Lawrence: After Arabia · as Father (voice)
2021
Separation · as Rivers
2021
2020
The Bay of Silence · as Milton
2020
2019
The Last Right · as Father Reilly
2019
Strange But True · as Bill
2019
Remember Me · as Shane
2019
Good Omens (TV Series) · as Death (voice)
2018
The Pretenders · as Henry
2018
Dark Highlands · as Opening Narrator
2018
Widdershins · as Voice
2018
Succession (TV Series) · as Logan Roy
2018
Super Troopers 2 · as John O'hagen
2018
The Etruscan Smile · as Rory Macneil
2017
Kubrick by Candlelight · as The Narrator
2017
Churchill · as Winston Churchill
2017
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines · as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
2017
Urban Myths (TV Series) · as Marlon Brando
2016
The Autopsy of Jane Doe · as Tommy Tilden
2016
Medici (TV Series) · as Bernardo Guadagni
2016
Morgan · as Jim Bryce
2016
The Carer · as Sir Michael
2016
War & Peace (2016) (TV Series) · as Mikhail Kutuzov
2015
Killing Thyme · as Norman
2015
Forsaken · as James Mccurdy
2015
Pacific Warriors · as Narrator
2015
2015
Pixels · as Admiral Porter
2015
The Slap (US) (TV Series) · as Manolis
2014
The Gospel of John · as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2014
The Game (2014) (TV Series) · as Daddy
2014
The Great War: The People's Story (TV Series) · as Rev. Andrew Clark
2014
The Anomaly · as Dr. Langham
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past · as William Stryker
2014
Penny Dreadful (TV Series) · as Jared Talbot
2014
2013
Her · as Alan Watts (voice)
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time · as Sydney Newman
2013
Believe · as Matt Busby
2013
The Curse of Edgar · as Edgar Hoover
2013
Anna · as Sebastian
2013
Blumenthal · as Harold Blumenthal
2013
RED 2 · as Ivan
2013
Shetland (TV Series) · as Magnus Bain
2013
Bob Servant Independent (TV Series) · as Bob Servant
2012
Blood · as Lenny Fairburn
2012
A Touch of Cloth (TV Series) · as Bill Ball
2012
The Campaign · as Raymond
2012
Tooned (TV Series) · as The Mechanic
2012
The Straits (TV Series) · as Harry Montebello
2011
Exit Humanity · as Malcolm Young (voice)
2011
Citizen Gangster · as Glover
2011
2011
The Veteran · as Gerry
2011
Ironclad · as Albany
2011
2011
Coriolanus · as Menenius
2010
2010
The Sinking of the Laconia (TV Series) · as Captain Sharp
2010
RED · as Ivan Simanov
2010
As Good as Dead · as Reverend Kalahan
2010
The Big C (TV Series) · as Dad
2010
2010
2009
Tell Tale · as Van Doren
2009
The Day of the Triffids (2009) (TV Series) · as Dennis Masen
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox · as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
2009
2009
The Take (TV Series) · as Ozzy
2009
Kings (TV Series) · as King Vesper Abaddon
2008
Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword · as Green Dragon (voice)
2008
Red · as Avery Ludlow
2008
The Escapist · as Frank Perry
2008
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (TV Series) · as Narrator
2008
Agent Crush · as Spanners (voice)
2007
The Water Horse · as Old Angus
2007
The Secret of the Nutcracker · as Drosselmeyer
2007
Shoot on Sight · as Daniel Tennant
2007
Trick 'r Treat · as Mr. Kreeg
2007
Battle for Terra · as General Hemmer (voice)
2007
The Bourne Ultimatum · as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2007
Zodiac · as Melvin Belli
2007
M.I. High (TV Series) · as The Mastermind
2006
A Woman in Winter · as Dr. Hunt
2006
Running with Scissors · as Dr. Finch
2006
The Outsiders · as Gabriel
2006
The Flying Scotsman · as Douglas Baxter
2005
The Ringer · as Gary Barker
2005
Match Point · as Alec Hewett
2005
The Colbert Report (TV Series)
2005
2005
Red Eye · as Joe Reisert
2005
Hitler in Colour · as Narrator
2005
Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Elder Ood
2005
Blue/Orange · as Dr. Robert Smith
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Lewis Serrocold
2004
2004
The Bourne Supremacy · as Ward Abbott
2004
2004
Troy · as King Agamemnon
2004
Deadwood (TV Series) · as Jack Langrishe
2003
2003
The Reckoning · as Tobias
2003
Danny Phantom (TV Series) · as Pariah Dark
2003
X2: X-Men United · as William Stryker
2003
Sin · as Captain Oakes
2002
Adaptation. · as Robert Mckee
2002
25th Hour · as James Brogan
2002
The Ring · as Richard Morgan
2002
2002
The Biographer · as Michael O'mara
2002
The Bourne Identity · as Ward Abbott
2002
The Rookie · as Jim Morris Sr.
2002
Bug · as Cyr
2002
Smallpox · as Narrator
2001
The Affair of the Necklace · as Minister Breteuil
2001
Strictly Sinatra · as Chisolm
2001
L.I.E. · as Big John Harrigan
2001
Zulu 9 · as Storyteller
2001
Super Troopers · as John O'hagen
2000
2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Series) · as Anubis (voice)
2000
Animated Tales of the World (TV Series) · as Narrator
2000
Saltwater · as George Beneventi
2000
Nuremberg (TV Series) · as Herman Wilhelm Goering
2000
Mad About Mambo · as Sidney Mcloughlin
2000
Complicity · as Inspector Mcdunn
2000
A Shot at Glory · as Martin Smith
2000
Longitude · as Lord Morton
2000
Longitude (TV Series) · as Lord Morton
1999
The Minus Man · as Doug
1999
For Love of the Game · as Gary Wheeler
1999
The Corruptor · as Sean Wallace
1998
Rushmore · as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
1998
Poodle Springs · as Clayton Blackstone
1998
Merchants of Venus · as Uncle Vladimir
1998
Desperate Measures · as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
1997
The Boxer · as Joe Hamill
1997
The Great Composers (TV Series) · as Beethoven
1997
Food for Ravens · as Aneurin Bevan
1997
Sharpe: The Legend · as Hogan
1997
Kiss the Girls · as Chief Hatfield, Durham Pd
1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight · as Dr. Nathan Waldman
1996
The Glimmer Man · as Mr. Smith
1996
Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
1996
Chain Reaction · as Lyman Earl Collier
1996
Witness Against Hitler · as Judge Freisler
1995
Braveheart · as Argyle Wallace
1995
Rob Roy · as Killearn
1994
The Negotiator · as Charlie King
1994
Royal Deceit · as Aethelwine
1994
Iron Will · as Angus Mcteague
1994
1993
Frasier (TV Series) · as Harry Moon
1993
Sharpe's Eagle · as Major Michael Hogan
1993
Sharpe's Rifles · as Major Michael Hogan
1993
Sharpe (TV Series) · as Major Hogan
1993
The Eye of Vichy · as Narrator (english Version)
1992
Macbeth · as Macbeth
1992
The Big Battalions (TV Series) · as Edward Hoyland
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV Series) · as Macbeth (voice)
1992
Sean's Show (TV Series) · as Brother Shaw
1992
The Cloning Of Joanna May (TV Series) · as Carl May
1992
Deceptions · as Carlton Heard
1991
The Lost Language of Cranes · as Owen Benjamin
1991
Red Fox (TV Series) · as Geoffrey Harrison
1991
Performance (TV Series) · as The Director
1990
Hidden Agenda · as Peter Kerrigan
1990
Perfect Scoundrels (TV Series) · as Father Amedy
1990
Secret Weapon · as Andrew Neil
1989
The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Kostas Becker (voice)
1989
Murder by Moonlight · as Voronov
1988
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · as Voiceover Narrator
1988
1988
Red Dwarf (TV Series) · as The King
1988
Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV Series) · as Henrik Ibsen (voice)
1987
French & Saunders (TV Series) · as King Lear
1987
Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Michael Steppings
1986
Manhunter · as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
1985
Florence Nightingale · as Dr. Mcgregor
1984
Pope John Paul II · as Father Góra
1983
King Lear · as Burgundy
1982
The Privilege · as Young Laird
1981
A Cotswold Death · as Dr. Gillespie
1980
Hammer House of Horror (TV Series) · as Chuck
1980
Therese Raquin (TV Series) · as Laurent
1979
Minder (TV Series) · as Frank
1978
Out (TV Series) · as Mcgrath
1978
The Devil's Crown (TV Series) · as Henry Ii
1977
Target (TV Series) · as Billy Voss
1975
In Celebration · as Steven Shaw
1974
Rooms (TV Series) · as Eric Prentiss
1973
Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dalhousie
1973
Sutherland's Law (TV Series) · as Pc Jock Dougall
1972
Crown Court (TV Series) · as Edward Mclennan
1972
Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Stefan Szabo
1971
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Dr. Gillespie
1970
Doomwatch (TV Series) · as Bill Owen
1970
Manhunt (TV Series) · as Anton
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Phillip
1968
1967
Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Prosecuter
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Apeman
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Alsemero
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Josef Stalin
1964
Redcap (1964) (TV Series) · as Private Carr
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Nelson
1964
Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Lasar Opie
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) · as Ted Nuttall
Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers · as Capt. John O’hagan

2025
The Marbles · as Self
2025
VE Day 80 (TV Series) · as Self
2025
2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Special Guest (opening Segment)
2024
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius (TV Series) · as Self
2023
2023
2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Presenter
2023
2022
2022
Bonnie · as Self
2022
The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (TV Series) · as Self – Actor
2022
2022
Piers Morgan Uncensored (TV Series) · as Self
2022
2022
2021
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (TV Series) · as Self
2020
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2020
GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self
2020
2020
2020 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner
2019
Paul Goes To Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2018
Jeremy Vine (TV Series) · as Self - Actor
2017
The Russell Howard Hour (TV Series) · as Self
2017
Carpool Karaoke (TV Series) · as Self
2017
The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self
2017
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2015
After Braveheart (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator
2015
2014
Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self
2014
2012
Addicted to Pleasure (TV Series) · as Self - Host
2012
1001 Things You Should Know (TV Series) · as Self
2012
The Last Leg (TV Series) · as Self
2012
Finding Your Roots (TV Series) · as Self
2012
Shakespeare Uncovered (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter
2012
CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (TV Series) · as Self - Participant
2011
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self
2010
Daybreak (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2009
The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self - Actor
2008
Speechless · as Self
2008
2007
This Is Zodiac · as Self
2007
British Film Forever (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Have I Got a Bit More News for You (TV Series) · as Himself - Panellist
2007
The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2006
2006
2006
The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2006
2006
Carry on Ken · as Self
2005
Sunday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Actor
2005
Lost: The Journey · as Self - Narrator
2005
2005
Japan's War in Colour · as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2004
2004
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2004
The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Self
2004
2004
2003
Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
This Week (2003) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2002
Top Gear (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Today with Des and Mel (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2002
2002
Masters of Darkness (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator
2002
2001
Richard & Judy (TV Series) · as Self
2001
2001
Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2001
Dinner for Five (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest
2001
Saturday Kitchen (TV Series) · as Self
2000
BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1999
Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self
1994
Extra (TV Series) · as Self
1993
GMTV (TV Series) · as Self
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1990
Have I Got News for You (TV Series) · as Self
1988
This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1987
Dispatches (TV Series) · as Self
1987
Biography (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator
1982
Channel 4 News (TV Series) · as Self
1982
Timewatch (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1980
Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor
1979
Question Time (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist
1979
CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1978
The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1972
Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Narration (voice)
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

1997
Oz (TV Series)

2024
Little Wing · as Executive Producer
2022
Mending the Line · as Executive Producer
2022
The Independent · as Executive Producer
2008
Red · as Associate Producer
2008
The Escapist · as Executive Producer

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