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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34975
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Filmography (Movies)
Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers
Character:Capt. John O’Hagan
Release Date:06/08/2026
The Marbles
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:07/11/2025
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Character:Self — Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
Release Date:22/09/2025
Glenrothan
Character:Sandy
Release Date:11/09/2025
The Parenting
Character:Frank
Release Date:12/03/2025
AMR: Dying to Change the World
Character:AMR
Release Date:11/03/2025
The Electric State
Character:Popfly (voice)
Release Date:07/03/2025
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Character:Helm Hammerhand (voice)
Release Date:05/12/2024
That Christmas
Character:Santa (voice)
Release Date:27/11/2024
Skelly
Character:Grandpa
Release Date:07/05/2024
Little Wing
Character:Jaan Vari
Release Date:13/03/2024
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:05/09/2023
Prisoner's Daughter
Character:Max
Release Date:30/06/2023
Mending the Line
Character:Ike Fletcher
Release Date:09/06/2023
Quasi
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/04/2023
An Interview with Brian Cox
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/04/2023
Ooh the Banter!
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2022
Bonnie
Character:Self
Release Date:12/11/2022
The Independent
Character:Nick Booker
Release Date:02/11/2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/2022
Separation
Character:Rivers
Release Date:30/04/2021
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:23/04/2021
The Bay of Silence
Character:Milton
Release Date:20/08/2020
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
Character:John Rebus
Release Date:27/05/2020
Last Moment of Clarity
Character:Gilles
Release Date:19/05/2020
Lawrence After Arabia
Character:Father (Voice)
Release Date:19/05/2020
The Last Right
Character:Father Reilly
Release Date:06/12/2019
Strange But True
Character:Bill
Release Date:17/10/2019
Pretenders
Character:Henry
Release Date:27/09/2019
Remember Me
Character:Shane
Release Date:02/08/2019
Kubrick by Candlelight
Character:The Narrator
Release Date:23/11/2018
Widdershins
Character:voice
Release Date:27/06/2018
Super Troopers 2
Character:John O'Hagen
Release Date:19/04/2018
The Etruscan Smile
Character:Rory MacNeil
Release Date:12/04/2018
An Evening with Brian Cox
Character:Himself
Release Date:26/07/2017
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
Character:Conrad / Crunch (voice)
Release Date:27/05/2017
Churchill
Character:Winston Churchill
Release Date:25/05/2017
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
Character:Narrator
Release Date:18/02/2017
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Character:Self
Release Date:23/12/2016
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Character:Tommy Tilden
Release Date:21/12/2016
Morgan
Character:Jim Bryce
Release Date:01/09/2016
The Carer
Character:Sir Michael
Release Date:05/08/2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Character:Self
Release Date:13/06/2016
Killing Thyme
Character:Norman
Release Date:17/11/2015
Forsaken
Character:James McCurdy
Release Date:16/09/2015
Pacific Warriors
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/09/2015
Pixels
Character:Admiral Porter
Release Date:16/07/2015
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Character:Andrew Carnegie (voice)
Release Date:01/07/2015
The Gospel of John
Character:Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Release Date:01/12/2014
Scotland In A Day
Character:
Release Date:18/09/2014
The Anomaly
Character:Dr. Langham
Release Date:19/06/2014
Her
Character:Alan Watts (voice)
Release Date:18/12/2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
Character:Sydney Newman
Release Date:21/11/2013
The Curse of Edgar
Character:Edgar Hoover
Release Date:27/10/2013
Anna
Character:Sebastian
Release Date:13/10/2013
Believe
Character:Matt Busby
Release Date:04/10/2013
Blumenthal
Character:Harold Blumenthal
Release Date:03/08/2013
RED 2
Character:Ivan
Release Date:18/07/2013
Blood
Character:Lenny Fairburn
Release Date:09/10/2012
The Campaign
Character:Raymond
Release Date:09/08/2012
All at Sea
Character:Wally
Release Date:25/05/2012
I Missed My Mother's Funeral
Character:Old Man
Release Date:01/01/2012
Exit Humanity
Character:Malcolm Young (voice)
Release Date:16/10/2011
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Character:Glover
Release Date:10/09/2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Character:John Landon
Release Date:03/08/2011
The Veteran
Character:Gerry
Release Date:29/04/2011
Ironclad
Character:Albany
Release Date:03/03/2011
The Key Man
Character:Irving
Release Date:18/02/2011
Coriolanus
Character:Menenius
Release Date:14/02/2011
RED
Character:Ivan Simanov
Release Date:13/10/2010
On Expenses
Character:
Release Date:23/02/2010
As Good As Dead
Character:Reverend Kalahan
Release Date:25/01/2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Character:Action 12 Reporter (voice)
Release Date:14/10/2009
Brian Cox's Jute Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2009
The Good Heart
Character:Jacques
Release Date:11/09/2009
Tell-Tale
Character:Van Doren
Release Date:24/04/2009
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Character:Green Dragon (voice)
Release Date:07/04/2009
Red
Character:Avery Ludlow
Release Date:08/08/2008
The Escapist
Character:Frank Perry
Release Date:20/06/2008
Agent Crush
Character:Spanners (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Water Horse
Character:Old Angus
Release Date:25/12/2007
The Secret of the Nutcracker
Character:Drosselmeyer
Release Date:23/12/2007
Shoot on Sight
Character:Daniel Tennant
Release Date:15/12/2007
Trick 'r Treat
Character:Mr. Kreeg
Release Date:09/12/2007
Battle for Terra
Character:General Hemmer (voice)
Release Date:06/09/2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
Character:Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:03/08/2007
A Woman in Winter
Character:Dr. Hunt
Release Date:09/04/2007
Zodiac
Character:Melvin Belli
Release Date:02/03/2007
Running with Scissors
Character:Dr. Finch
Release Date:27/10/2006
The Outsiders
Character:Gabriel
Release Date:03/10/2006
The Flying Scotsman
Character:Douglas Baxter
Release Date:16/08/2006
Carry On Ken
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2006
The Ringer
Character:Gary Barker
Release Date:23/12/2005
Match Point
Character:Alec Hewett
Release Date:26/10/2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Character:Joseph Bell
Release Date:08/09/2005
Red Eye
Character:Joe Reisert
Release Date:10/08/2005
Danny Phantom: Reign Storm
Character:Pariah Dark (Voice)
Release Date:29/07/2005
Hitler in Colour
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/04/2005
Blue/Orange
Character:Dr. Robert Smith
Release Date:23/02/2005
Japan's War in Colour
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/01/2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Character:Other Voices (voice)
Release Date:04/09/2004
The Bourne Supremacy
Character:Ward Abbott
Release Date:23/07/2004
Troy
Character:King Agamemnon
Release Date:13/05/2004
Murder by Numbers
Character:Self
Release Date:16/03/2004
The Reckoning
Character:Tobias
Release Date:26/02/2004
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2003
X2
Character:William Stryker
Release Date:27/04/2003
Sin
Character:Captain Oakes
Release Date:01/01/2003
25th Hour
Character:James Brogan
Release Date:19/12/2002
Adaptation.
Character:Robert McKee
Release Date:06/12/2002
Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World
Character:Narrator
Release Date:19/11/2002
The Ring
Character:Richard Morgan
Release Date:18/10/2002
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Character:
Release Date:29/09/2002
The Biographer
Character:Michael O'Mara
Release Date:01/09/2002
The Bourne Identity
Character:Ward Abbott
Release Date:14/06/2002
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/04/2002
The Rookie
Character:Jim Morris Sr.
Release Date:25/03/2002
Bug
Character:Cyr
Release Date:28/02/2002
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/02/2002
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
Character:Narrator
Release Date:05/02/2002
The Affair of the Necklace
Character:Minister Breteuil
Release Date:30/11/2001
L.I.E.
Character:Big John Harrigan
Release Date:07/09/2001
Strictly Sinatra
Character:Chisolm
Release Date:29/06/2001
Super Troopers
Character:John O'Hagen
Release Date:15/02/2001
Inside 'Manhunter'
Character:Himself
Release Date:13/02/2001
Saltwater
Character:George Beneventi
Release Date:29/09/2000
Complicity
Character:Inspector McDunn
Release Date:06/05/2000
A Shot at Glory
Character:Martin Smith
Release Date:03/05/2000
Mad About Mambo
Character:Sidney McLoughlin
Release Date:04/04/2000
The Invention of Dr. Morel
Character:Dr. Morel
Release Date:16/03/2000
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Character:Self
Release Date:25/01/2000
Longitude
Character:Lord Morton
Release Date:02/01/2000
The History of the British Police Force
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:27/09/1999
The Minus Man
Character:Doug
Release Date:24/09/1999
For Love of the Game
Character:Gary Wheeler
Release Date:17/09/1999
The Corruptor
Character:Sean Wallace
Release Date:12/03/1999
Rushmore
Character:Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Release Date:11/12/1998
Poodle Springs
Character:Clayton Blackstone
Release Date:25/07/1998
Merchants of Venus
Character:Uncle Vladimir
Release Date:01/03/1998
Desperate Measures
Character:Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Release Date:30/01/1998
The Boxer
Character:Joe Hamill
Release Date:31/12/1997
Food for Ravens
Character:Aneurin Bevan
Release Date:11/11/1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Character:Hogan
Release Date:13/10/1997
Kiss the Girls
Character:Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
Release Date:29/09/1997
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Character:Dr. Nathan Waldman
Release Date:11/10/1996
The Glimmer Man
Character:Mr. Smith
Release Date:04/10/1996
Chain Reaction
Character:Lyman Earl Collier
Release Date:02/08/1996
Witness Against Hitler
Character:Judge Freisler
Release Date:10/03/1996
Braveheart
Character:Argyle Wallace
Release Date:24/05/1995
Rob Roy
Character:Killearn
Release Date:13/04/1995
The Maltese Double Cross
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:16/11/1994
The Negotiator
Character:Charlie King
Release Date:31/05/1994
Grushko
Character:Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
Release Date:24/03/1994
Prince of Jutland
Character:Aethelwine
Release Date:23/02/1994
Iron Will
Character:Angus McTeague
Release Date:14/01/1994
Sharpe's Eagle
Character:Major Michael Hogan
Release Date:12/05/1993
Sharpe's Rifles
Character:Major Michael Hogan
Release Date:05/05/1993
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Character:The Director
Release Date:12/12/1992
Macbeth
Character:Macbeth
Release Date:23/11/1992
The Cutter
Character:
Release Date:10/08/1992
The Lost Language of Cranes
Character:Owen Benjamin
Release Date:09/02/1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
Character:Carl May
Release Date:16/01/1992
Deceptions
Character:Carlton Heard
Release Date:01/01/1992
Red Fox
Character:Geoffrey Harrison
Release Date:08/12/1991
Hidden Agenda
Character:Peter Kerrigan
Release Date:21/11/1990
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Character:self
Release Date:01/05/1990
Secret Weapon
Character:Andrew Neil
Release Date:19/03/1990
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/1989
The Blasphemers' Banquet
Character:Rev. Wallace (voice)
Release Date:31/07/1989
Murder on the Moon
Character:Voronov
Release Date:09/05/1989
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Character:Voiceover Narrator
Release Date:23/09/1988
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Character:Jack Purves
Release Date:15/05/1988
Shoot for the Sun
Character:Dunny
Release Date:16/03/1987
Rat in the Skull
Character:Detective Inspector Nelson
Release Date:01/01/1987
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1987
Home Cooking
Character:Vic
Release Date:08/11/1986
Manhunter
Character:Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Release Date:14/08/1986
Florence Nightingale
Character:Dr. McGregor
Release Date:07/04/1985
The Cantor of St Thomas's
Character:Johann Sebastian Bach
Release Date:07/04/1985
Pope John Paul II
Character:Father Góra
Release Date:22/04/1984
King Lear
Character:Burgundy
Release Date:03/04/1983
A Cotswold Death
Character:Dr. Gillespie
Release Date:12/01/1982
The Privilege
Character:Young Laird
Release Date:01/01/1982
Dalhousie's Luck
Character:Dalhousie
Release Date:03/08/1980
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Character:George Simpson
Release Date:24/02/1976
In Celebration
Character:Steven Shaw
Release Date:17/03/1975
The Changeling
Character:Alsemero
Release Date:20/01/1974
Nicholas and Alexandra
Character:Trotsky
Release Date:29/11/1971
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Character:Lasar Opie
Release Date:29/07/1968
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
Character:Nelson
Release Date:07/07/1965
Television Appearances
VE Day 80
Character:Self
Unsinkable
Character:Robert Dodds
007: Road to a Million
Character:The Controller
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Character:Self
Made of Money with Brian Cox
Character:
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live
Character:Presenter
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character:Self – Actor
Piers Morgan Uncensored
Character:Self
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Character:Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
Good Omens
Character:Death (voice)
Succession
Character:Logan Roy
The Russell Howard Hour
Character:Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Character:Self
Brian Cox's Russia
Character:Host
Medici: Masters of Florence
Character:Bernardo Guadagni
War and Peace
Character:Mikhail Kutuzov
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
The Slap
Character:Manolis
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
The Game
Character:Daddy
The Great War: The People's Story
Character:Rev. Andrew Clark
Penny Dreadful
Character:Jared Talbot
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Character:God
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Shetland
Character:Magnus Bain
The Last Leg
Character:Self
Bob Servant
Character:Bob Servant
Addicted to Pleasure
Character:Self - Host
A Touch of Cloth
Character:Bill Ball
Tooned
Character:The Mechanic
The Straits
Character:Harry Montebello
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character:Self - Participant
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character:Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Sinking of the Laconia
Character:Captain Sharp
The Day of the Triffids
Character:Dennis Masen
The Take
Character:Ozzy
Kings
Character:King Vesper Abaddon
The Colour of Magic
Character:Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
Character:
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self
Deadwood
Character:Jack Langrishe
One Life
Character:
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Top Gear
Character:Self
Richard & Judy
Character:Self
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Character:Anubis (voice)
Nuremberg
Character:Herman Wilhelm Goering
Longitude
Character:Lord Morton
I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Character:Narrator
Superman: The Animated Series
Character:Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Frasier
Character:Harry Moon
Sharpe
Character:Major Hogan
The Big Battalions
Character:Edward Hoyland
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Character:Macbeth (voice)
Performance
Character:The Director
Have I Got News for You
Character:Self
Perfect Scoundrels
Character:Father Amedy
The Simpsons
Character:Kostas Becker (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Red Dwarf
Character:The King
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Character:Henrik Ibsen (voice)
Acting
Character:
French & Saunders
Character:King Lear
Inspector Morse
Character:Michael Steppings
Unnatural Causes
Character:Vic
House on the Hill
Character:Leon Douglas
Hammer House of Horror
Character:Chuck
Therese Raquin
Character:Laurent
Minder
Character:Frank
Question Time
Character:Self - Panellist
Out
Character:McGrath
The Devil's Crown
Character:Henry II
Target
Character:Billy Voss
Churchill's People
Character:William Wallace
Playhouse
Character:Dalhousie
Van der Valk
Character:Stefan Szabo
Great Performances
Character:Self - Narration (voice)
Play for Today
Character:Dr. Gillespie
Manhunt
Character:Anton
The Gamblers
Character:Mickey
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Alsemero
Theatre 625
Character:Lasar Opie
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