Actor profile
Brian Cox
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.
197 Movies
94 TV Shows
2 In Production 293 Credits
Filmography
Movies & TV Shows
Scotland In A Day
18th September 2014
On Expenses
23rd February 2010
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
4th September 2004 as Other Voices (voice)
The Cutter
10th August 1992
A Modern Magician
as The Voice
Old Pals
as Jimmy
Wittgenstein's Poker
as Bertrand Russell (voice)
Made of Money with Brian Cox
23rd September 2023
Remembers…
29th June 2022
The Colbert Report
17th October 2005
One Life
24th September 2003
Acting
28th August 1987
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Himself - Panellist
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Super Troopers 3
6th August 2026 as Capt. John O’Hagan
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The Sunrise File
21st June 2026 as Oded Ailam (voice)