Brian Cox
Acting
🎂 1946-06-01
Brian Denis Cox CBE 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.
Cast credits(277)
Kostas Becker (voice)
1989
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self
2007
Harry Moon
1993
Self
2003
Self
2014
Self
2002
2005
2015
Self
2015
Self - Guest
2006
Dr. Gillespie
1970
Logan Roy
2018
Frank
1979
God
2014
Self - Narration (voice)
1971
Death (voice)
2019
Magnus Bain
2013
Self
2013
Self
2014
Jack Langrishe
2004
Alsemero
1965
King Agamemnon
2004
Self - Panellist
1979
Self - Guest
1988
Himself - Panellist
Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
1996
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
2024
Michael Steppings
1987
Anubis (voice)
2000
The King
1988
Self
2004
Self - Participant
2011
Admiral Porter
2015
Popfly (voice)
2025
Dalhousie
1974
Argyle Wallace
1995
Self
2017
Jared Talbot
2014
Alan Watts (voice)
2013
Ward Abbott
2002
Self
2011
Self - Guest
2011
Self – Actor
2022
The Director
1991
John Landon
2011
Melvin Belli
2007
Bernardo Guadagni
2016
Ward Abbott
2004
Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
2009
Ivan Simanov
2010
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
2021
Ivan
2013
Richard Morgan
2002
Major Hogan
1993
Tommy Tilden
2016
Mikhail Kutuzov
2016
Stefan Szabo
1972
Self
2001
Joe Reisert
2005
The Controller
2023
Self
2017
2010
Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
1997
Frank
2025
Chuck
1980
Mr. Kreeg
2007
Milton
2020
Dr. Nathan Waldman
1996
Rivers
2021
Santa (voice)
2024
Narrator
2008
King Lear
1987
Robert McKee
2002
Raymond
2012
Sebastian
2013
Alec Hewett
2005
Old Angus
2007
Herman Wilhelm Goering
2000
Lyman Earl Collier
1996
Macbeth
1992
James Brogan
2002
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
1998
Albany
2011
James McCurdy
2015
Bill
2019
Hogan
1997
Lord Morton
2000
Grandpa
2024
Jim Bryce
2016
Mr. Smith
1996
Billy Voss
1977
Manolis
2015
Self
2022
Big John Harrigan
2001
Joe Hamill
1997
Jim Morris Sr.
2002
Killearn
1995
Father GĂłra
1984
Minister Breteuil
2001
Gary Wheeler
1999
Gerry
2011
Gilles
2020
Michael O'Mara
2002
Major Michael Hogan
1993
John O'Hagen
2001
Joseph Bell
2005
Winston Churchill
2017
John O'Hagen
2018
Dunny
1987
Sean Wallace
1999
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
1998
Macbeth (voice)
1992
Narrator (voice)
2023
Owen Benjamin
1992
Dennis Masen
2009
Self
2003
Anton
1970
Capt. John O’Hagan
General Hemmer (voice)
2007
Menenius
2011
Dr. Finch
2006
Daniel Tennant
2007
Douglas Baxter
2006
Van Doren
2009
2003
Henrik Ibsen (voice)
1988
Dr. Langham
2014
Glover
2011
Dr. McGregor
1985
Tobias
2004
Trotsky
1971
Dr. Gillespie
1982
Jack Purves
1988
Avery Ludlow
2008
Bill Ball
2012
Ozzy
2009
Max
2023
Wally
2012
Major Michael Hogan
1993
Green Dragon (voice)
2009
Angus McTeague
1994
Gary Barker
2005
Captain Sharp
2011
Andrew Neil
1990
Uncle Vladimir
1998
Sandy
Voronov
1989
Jacques
2009
Captain Oakes
2003
Ike Fletcher
2023
Self
2022
Clayton Blackstone
1998
Lenny Fairburn
2012
Daddy
2014
Henry
2019
Jaan Vari
2024
Self
2000
Father Amedy
1990
The Mechanic
2012
Spanners (voice)
2008
Self
2016
Other Voices (voice)
2004
McGrath
1978
Geoffrey Harrison
1991
Martin Smith
2000
Alsemero
1974
Robert Dodds
2024
Harry Montebello
2012
Charlie King
1994
Doug
1999
Shane
2019
Judge Freisler
1996
Self
2023
Self
2022
Peter Kerrigan
1990
George Simpson
1976
Aneurin Bevan
1997
Aethelwine
1994
2003
Rory MacNeil
2018
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Voice
Inspector McDunn
2000
Nick Booker
2022
Rev. Andrew Clark
2014
Irving
2011
Young Laird
1982
Mickey
1967
Drosselmeyer
2007
Father Reilly
2019
Self
2022
Frank Perry
2008
Sir Michael
2016
Self
2025
1987
Malcolm Young (voice)
2011
Vic
1986
Sidney McLoughlin
2000
Matt Busby
2013
Steven Shaw
1975
Self
2006
Sydney Newman
2013
Bob Servant
2013
George Beneventi
2000
2014
Lord Morton
2000
2023
Laurent
1980
Andrew Carnegie (voice)
2015
Conrad / Crunch (voice)
2017
Dr. Morel
2000
2002
The Narrator
2018
Chisolm
2001
Narrator (voice)
1999
Edgar Hoover
2013
Leon Douglas
1981
Self
2004
Burgundy
1983
Norman
2015
Narrator
2002
Edward Hoyland
1992
Reverend Kalahan
2010
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
1994
Lasar Opie
1968
Narrator
1987
Himself
2001
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2014
Self - Host
2012
Host
2017
Carl May
1992
self
1990
Self
2022
Henry II
1978
Rev. Wallace (voice)
1989
Vic
1986
Jimmy
Narrator
2002
Detective Inspector Nelson
1987
Presenter
2022
William Stryker
2003
Carlton Heard
1992
Narrator
2002
Cyr
2002
Nelson
1965
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Narrator
2005
Harold Blumenthal
2013
Gabriel
2006
Voiceover Narrator
1988
Dalhousie
1980
Himself
2023
Father (Voice)
2020
Narrator
2015
Self
2009
Narrator (voice)
1994
The Director
1992
Narrator (voice)
2023
Bertrand Russell (voice)
Narrator
2002
Himself
2017
Old Man
2012
Dr. Hunt
2007
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
1986
1992
Dr. Robert Smith
2005
John Rebus
2020
Self
1989
Johann Sebastian Bach
1985
Self
2016
Narrator
2017
voice
2018
