Brian Cox
Acting
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
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movieSuper Troopers 3
2026
Capt. John O’Hagan
movieThe Sunrise File
2026
Oded Ailam (voice)
movieGlenrothan
2026
Sandy
movieThe Marbles
2025
Self - Interviewee
movieRaoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
2025
Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
tvDexter: Resurrection
2025
New York Ripper
tvVE Day 80
2025
Self
movieThe Electric State
2025
Popfly (voice)
movieThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
movieThat Christmas
2024
Santa (voice)
tvUnsinkable
2024
Robert Dodds
movieSkelly
2024
Grandpa
movieLittle Wing
2024
Jaan Vari
tv007: Road to a Million
2023
The Controller
movieBill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023
Narrator (voice)
movieMending the Line
2023
Ike Fletcher
movieQuasi
2023
Narrator (voice)
movieBonnie
2022
Self
movieThe Independent
2022
Nick Booker
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Self – Actor / Self - Actor
tvBlade Runner: Black Lotus
2021
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
movieThe Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
2021
Kostas Becker (voice)
tvAmol Rajan Interviews
2021
Self - Interviewed Guest
movieSeparation
2021
Rivers
movieOleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieJohn Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
2020
John Rebus
movieLawrence After Arabia
2020
Father (Voice)
movieThe Last Right
2019
Father Reilly
moviePretenders
2019
Henry
movieRemember Me
2019
Shane
tvGood Omens
2019
Death (voice)
movieKubrick by Candlelight
2018
The Narrator
movieWiddershins
2018
voice
tvSuccession
2018
Logan Roy
movieSuper Troopers 2
2018
John O'Hagen
movieThe Etruscan Smile
2018
Rory MacNeil
movieBob Constructorul: Mega Mașini
2017
Conrad / Crunch (voice)
movieChurchill
2017
Winston Churchill
movieThe Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016
Tommy Tilden
tvMedici: Masters of Florence
2016
Bernardo Guadagni
movieMorgan
2016
Jim Bryce
movieThe Carer
2016
Sir Michael
tvWar and Peace
2016
Mikhail Kutuzov
movieKilling Thyme
2015
Norman
movieForsaken
2015
James McCurdy
moviePacific Warriors
2015
Narrator
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest / Self
moviePixels
2015
Admiral Porter
movieAndrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
2015
Andrew Carnegie (voice)
tvThe Slap
2015
Manolis
movieThe Gospel of John
2014
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
tvThe Game
2014
Daddy
tvThe Great War: The People's Story
2014
Rev. Andrew Clark
movieThe Anomaly
2014
Dr. Langham
tvPenny Dreadful
2014
Jared Talbot
movieHer
2013
Alan Watts (voice)
movieAn Adventure in Space and Time
2013
Sydney Newman
movieThe Curse of Edgar
2013
Edgar Hoover
movieAnna
2013
Sebastian
movieBelieve
2013
Matt Busby
Blumenthal
2013
Harold Blumenthal
movieRED 2
2013
Ivan
tvShetland
2013
Magnus Bain
tvBob Servant
2013
Bob Servant
tvAddicted to Pleasure
2012
Self - Host
movieBlood
2012
Lenny Fairburn
tvA Touch of Cloth
2012
Bill Ball
movieThe Campaign
2012
Raymond
tvTooned
2012
The Mechanic
movieAll at Sea
2012
Wally
tvThe Straits
2012
Harry Montebello
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
movieExit Humanity
2011
Malcolm Young (voice)
tvThe Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Self / Self - Guest
movieRise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
John Landon
movieThe Veteran
2011
Gerry
movieIronclad
2011
Albany
movieThe Key Man
2011
Irving
movieCoriolanus
2011
Menenius
tvThe Sinking of the Laconia
2011
Captain Sharp
movieRED
2010
Ivan Simanov
movieOn Expenses
2010
Michael Martin
movieAs Good As Dead
2010
Reverend Kalahan
tvThe Day of the Triffids
2009
Dennis Masen
movieFantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
movieThe Good Heart
2009
Jacques
tvThe Take
2009
Ozzy
movieTell-Tale
2009
Van Doren
movieScooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009
Green Dragon (voice)
tvKings
2009
King Vesper Abaddon
movieRed
2008
Avery Ludlow
movieThe Escapist
2008
Frank Perry
tvThe Colour of Magic
2008
Narrator
movieAgent Crush
2008
Spanners (voice)
movieThe Water Horse
2007
Old Angus
movieThe Secret of the Nutcracker
2007
Drosselmeyer
movieShoot on Sight
2007
Daniel Tennant
movieTrick 'r Treat
2007
Mr. Kreeg
movieBattle for Terra
2007
General Hemmer (voice)
movieThe Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieA Woman in Winter
2007
Dr. Hunt
movieZodiac
2007
Melvin Belli
tvM.I. High
2007
Voice of the Mastermind
movieRunning with Scissors
2006
Dr. Finch
movieThe Flying Scotsman
2006
Douglas Baxter
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest
movieThe Ringer
2005
Gary Barker
movieMatch Point
2005
Alec Hewett
movieRed Eye
2005
Joe Reisert
movieHitler in Colour
2005
Narrator
movieBlue/Orange
2005
Dr. Robert Smith
movieJapan's War in Colour
2005
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)
movieThe Bourne Supremacy
2004
Ward Abbott
movieTroy
2004
Agamemnon
tvDeadwood
2004
Jack Langrishe
movieThe Reckoning
2004
Tobias
movieX2
2003
William Stryker
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
movieSin
2003
Captain Oakes
movie25th Hour
2002
James Brogan
movieAdaptation.
2002
Robert McKee
tvTop Gear
2002
Self
movieThe Ring
2002
Richard Morgan
movieThe Biographer
2002
Michael O'Mara
movieThe Bourne Identity
2002
Ward Abbott
movieThe Rookie
2002
Jim Morris Sr.
movieBug
2002
Cyr
movieThe Affair of the Necklace
2001
Minister Breteuil
movieL.I.E.
2001
Big John Harrigan
movieStrictly Sinatra
2001
Chisolm
movieSuper Troopers
2001
Captain O'Hagen
movieInside 'Manhunter'
2001
Himself
tvAqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Anubis (voice)
movieSaltwater
2000
George Beneventi
tvNuremberg
2000
Herman Wilhelm Goering
movieComplicity
2000
Inspector McDunn
movieA Shot at Glory
2000
Martin Smith
movieMad About Mambo
2000
Sidney McLoughlin
movieThe Invention of Dr. Morel
2000
Dr. Morel
movieLongitude
2000
Lord Morton
tvLongitude
2000
Lord Morton
The History of the British Police Force
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieFor Love of the Game
1999
Gary Wheeler
movieThe Corruptor
1999
Sean Wallace
movieRushmore
1998
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
moviePoodle Springs
1998
Clayton Blackstone
movieBattle of the Clans
1998
Narrator
movieMerchants of Venus
1998
Uncle Vladimir
movieDesperate Measures
1998
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
movieThe Boxer
1997
Joe Hamill
movieFood for Ravens
1997
Aneurin Bevan
movieKiss the Girls
1997
Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
movieThe Long Kiss Goodnight
1996
Dr. Nathan Waldman
movieThe Glimmer Man
1996
Mr. Smith
tvSuperman: The Animated Series
1996
Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
movieChain Reaction
1996
Lyman Earl Collier
movieWitness Against Hitler
1996
Judge Freisler
movieBraveheart
1995
Argyle Wallace
movieRob Roy
1995
Killearn
movieThe Maltese Double Cross
1994
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Negotiator
1994
Charlie King
movieGrushko
1994
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
moviePrince of Jutland
1994
Aethelwine
movieIron Will
1994
Angus McTeague
tvFrasier
1993
Harry Moon
movieSharpe's Eagle
1993
Major Michael Hogan
movieSharpe's Rifles
1993
Major Michael Hogan
tvSharpe
1993
Major Hogan
movieSix Characters in Search of An Author
1992
The Director
tvThe Big Battalions
1992
Edward Hoyland
tvShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Macbeth (voice)
movieThe Lost Language of Cranes
1992
Owen Benjamin
tvThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
Carl May
movieDeceptions
1992
Carlton Heard
movieRed Fox
1991
Geoffrey Harrison
tvPerformance
1991
The Director
movieHidden Agenda
1990
Peter Kerrigan
tvPerfect Scoundrels
1990
Father Amedy
movieSecret Weapon
1990
Andrew Neil
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Kostas Becker (voice)
movieThe Blasphemers' Banquet
1989
Rev. Wallace (voice)
movieMurder on the Moon
1989
Voronov
movieDirected by Andrei Tarkovsky
1988
Voiceover Narrator
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieBeryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988
Jack Purves
tvRed Dwarf
1988
The King
tvThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Henrik Ibsen (voice)
tvFrench & Saunders
1987
King Lear
tvInspector Morse
1987
Michael Steppings
Rat in the Skull
1987
Detective Inspector Nelson
movieManhunter
1986
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
movieFlorence Nightingale
1985
Dr. McGregor
movieThe Cantor of St Thomas's
1985
Johann Sebastian Bach
moviePope John Paul II
1984
Father Góra
movieKing Lear
1983
Burgundy
movieA Cotswold Death
1982
Dr. Gillespie
movieThe Privilege
1982
Young Laird
tvHouse on the Hill
1981
Leon Douglas
movieDalhousie's Luck
1980
Dalhousie
tvTherese Raquin
1980
Laurent LeClaire
tvMinder
1979
Frank
tvQuestion Time
1979
Self - Panellist
tvOut
1978
McGrath
tvThe Devil's Crown
1978
Henry II
tvTarget
1977
Billy Voss
movieClay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976
George Simpson
movieIn Celebration
1975
Steven Shaw
tvChurchill's People
1974
William Wallace
tvPlayhouse
1974
Dalhousie
movieThe Changeling
1974
Alsemero
tvVan der Valk
1972
Stefan Szabo
Stage 2
1971
Hastings
tvGreat Performances
1971
Self - Narration (voice)
tvPlay for Today
1970
Dr. Gillespie
tvManhunt
1970
Anton
movieThe Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
Lasar Opie
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Apeman
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Alsemero
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Josef Stalin / Rod
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Nelson
tvTheatre 625
1964
Lasar Opie
movieA Modern Magician
The Voice
Wittgenstein's Poker
Bertrand Russell (voice)
tvHave I Got a Bit More News for You
Himself - Panellist
Production5
movieGlenrothan
2026
Producer
movieSeven Jewish Children
2025
Executive Producer
movieLittle Wing
2024
Executive Producer
movieRed
2008
Associate Producer
movieThe Escapist
2008
Executive Producer
Directing2
movieGlenrothan
2026
Director
tvOz
1997
Director