Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Acting
Born 1946-06-01Dundee, Scotland, UK
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.

Titles

The Electric State
The Electric State
Popfly (voice) • 2025
Film
7/10
The Parenting
The Parenting
Frank • 2025
Film
6/10
That Christmas
That Christmas
Santa (voice) • 2024
Film
7/10
Il Signore degli Anelli - La guerra dei Rohirrim
Il Signore degli Anelli - La guerra dei Rohirrim
Helm Hammerhand (voice) • 2024
Film
7/10
Mending the Line
Mending the Line
Ike Fletcher • 2023
Film
7/10
Quasi a modo
Quasi a modo
Narrator (voice) • 2023
Film
5/10
Separazione
Separazione
Rivers • 2021
Film
6/10
Al di là delle apparenze
Al di là delle apparenze
Gilles • 2020
Film
5/10
La baia del silenzio
La baia del silenzio
Milton • 2020
Film
4/10
L'amore è senza età
L'amore è senza età
Shane • 2019
Film
6/10
Pretenders
Pretenders
Henry • 2019
Film
5/10
Succession
Succession
Logan Roy • 2018
Serie
8/10
Super Troopers 2
Super Troopers 2
John O'Hagen • 2018
Film
6/10
Guerra e pace
Guerra e pace
Mikhail Kutuzov • 2016
Serie
8/10
Autopsy
Autopsy
Tommy Tilden • 2016
Film
7/10
Morgan
Morgan
Jim Bryce • 2016
Film
6/10
Il fuoco della giustizia
Il fuoco della giustizia
James McCurdy • 2015
Film
6/10
The Slap
The Slap
Manolis • 2015
Serie
6/10
Pixels
Pixels
Admiral Porter • 2015
Film
6/10
The Game
The Game
Daddy • 2014
Serie
7/10
The Anomaly
The Anomaly
Dr. Langham • 2014
Film
5/10
Red 2
Red 2
Ivan • 2013
Film
7/10
Mindscape
Mindscape
Sebastian • 2013
Film
6/10
Believe - Il sogno si avvera
Believe - Il sogno si avvera
Matt Busby • 2013
Film
6/10
Candidato a sorpresa
Candidato a sorpresa
Raymond • 2012
Film
6/10
L'alba del pianeta delle scimmie
L'alba del pianeta delle scimmie
John Landon • 2011
Film
7/10
Ironclad
Ironclad
Albany • 2011
Film
6/10
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
Menenius • 2011
Film
6/10
The Veteran
The Veteran
Gerry • 2011
Film
6/10
Red
Red
Ivan Simanov • 2010
Film
7/10
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Action 12 Reporter (voice) • 2009
Film
8/10
Scooby-Doo! e la spada del Samurai
Scooby-Doo! e la spada del Samurai
Green Dragon (voice) • 2009
Film
8/10
The Take - Una storia criminale
The Take - Una storia criminale
Ozzy • 2009
Serie
8/10
The Good Heart - Carissimi nemici
The Good Heart - Carissimi nemici
Jacques • 2009
Film
6/10
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids
Dennis Masen • 2009
Serie
6/10
Red
Red
Avery Ludlow • 2008
Film
6/10
Prison Escape
Prison Escape
Frank Perry • 2008
Film
6/10
Zodiac
Zodiac
Melvin Belli • 2007
Film
8/10
La vendetta di Halloween
La vendetta di Halloween
Mr. Kreeg • 2007
Film
7/10
Water Horse - La leggenda degli abissi
Water Horse - La leggenda degli abissi
Old Angus • 2007
Film
7/10
Battaglia per la Terra
Battaglia per la Terra
General Hemmer (voice) • 2007
Film
6/10
Match Point
Match Point
Alec Hewett • 2005
Film
7/10
Red Eye
Red Eye
Joe Reisert • 2005
Film
6/10
The Ringer - L'imbucato
The Ringer - L'imbucato
Gary Barker • 2005
Film
6/10
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy
Ward Abbott • 2004
Film
7/10
Troy
Troy
King Agamemnon • 2004
Film
7/10
Sin - Peccato mortale
Sin - Peccato mortale
Captain Oakes • 2003
Film
5/10
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
Ward Abbott • 2002
Film
7/10