Brian Cox

Known for ActingBorn 1946-06-01 (age 80)Dundee, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Unsinkable

The Gamblers

The Biographer

The Negotiator

Deceptions

Dexter: Resurrection

Succession

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

The Changeling

Good Omens

The Russell Howard Hour

Deadwood

Japan's War in Colour

Oz

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

The Invention of Dr. Morel

Her

Witness Against Hitler

Red Dwarf

Hitler in Colour

The Maltese Double Cross

Penny Dreadful

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Sharpe

The Big Battalions

The Simpsons

Braveheart

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Medici: Masters of Florence

An Adventure in Space and Time

House on the Hill

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Inspector Morse

War and Peace

Kings

Widdershins

Shetland

Frasier

Top Gear

Superman: The Animated Series

Zodiac

Out

The Take

A Woman in Winter

The Devil's Crown

The Bourne Ultimatum