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Brian Cox
Known for: ActingBrian 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.
Filmography 125
Succession
+3
as Logan Roy 
Dexter: Resurrection
+9
as The New York Ripper 
Troy
+6
as Agamemnon 
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
+6
as John Landon 
Braveheart
+10
as Argyle Wallace 
The Bourne Identity
+4
as Ward Abbott 
Pixels
+5
as Admiral Porter 
Fantastic Mr. Fox
+3
as Action 12 Reporter (voice) 
The Electric State
as Popfly (voice) 
Zodiac
+16
as Melvin Belli 
The Bourne Supremacy
+7
as Ward Abbott 
The Ring
+14
as Richard Morgan 
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
+8
as Helm Hammerhand (voice) 
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
+15
as Tommy Tilden 
Super Troopers 3
+2
as Captain O’Hagan 
Trick 'r Treat
+7
as Mr. Kreeg 
War and Peace
+11
as Mikhail Kutuzov 
Kiss the Girls
+10
as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD 
Match Point
+18
as Alec Hewett 
Chain Reaction
+4
as Lyman Earl Collier 
That Christmas
as Santa (voice) 
RED
+5
as Ivan Simanov 
The Colour of Magic
+12
as Narrator 
The Slap
+2
as Manolis 
The Long Kiss Goodnight
+3
as Dr. Nathan Waldman 
RED 2
+6
as Ivan 
Red Eye
+11
as Joe Reisert 
The Parenting
as Frank 
The Water Horse
+9
as Old Angus 
Super Troopers
+3
as Captain O'Hagen 
The Game
+1
as Daddy 
007: Road to a Million
as The Controller 
Nuremberg
as Herman Wilhelm Goering 
25th Hour
+5
as James Brogan 
The Campaign
+2
as Raymond 
Super Troopers 2
+7
as Captain O'Hagan 
The Corruptor
+7
as Sean Wallace 
The Independent
+4
as Nick Booker 
The Rookie
+6
as Jim Morris Sr. 
Battle for Terra
as General Hemmer (voice) 
The Day of the Triffids
as Dennis Masen 
The Glimmer Man
+3
as Mr. Smith 
The Sinking of the Laconia
+4
as Captain Sharp 
Anna
+12
as Sebastian 
Rushmore
+3
as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim 
The Take
as Ozzy 
Ironclad
+3
as Albany 
For Love of the Game
+5
as Gary Wheeler 
The Straits
as Harry Montebello 
Strange but True
+11
as Bill 
The Bay of Silence
+5
as Milton 
Forsaken
+12
as James McCurdy 
Rob Roy
+9
as Killearn 
Last Moment of Clarity
+6
as Gilles 
Desperate Measures
+6
as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy 
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
+2
as Green Dragon (voice) 
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
as Self 
Iron Will
+1
as Angus McTeague 
Prisoner's Daughter
+10
as Max 
Running with Scissors
+5
as Dr. Finch 
Therese Raquin
as Laurent LeClaire 
The Boxer
+2
as Joe Hamill 
Morgan
+2
as Jim Bryce 
Churchill
+10
as Winston Churchill 
Bob Servant
as Bob Servant 
The Ringer
+4
as Gary Barker 
The Minus Man
+10
as Doug 
The Anomaly
+7
as Dr. Langham 
As Good As Dead
+11
as Reverand Kalahan 
The Flying Scotsman
+3
as Douglas Baxter 
The Escapist
+5
as Frank Perry 
L.I.E.
+1
as Big John Harrigan 
Mending the Line
+3
as Ike Fletcher 
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
+8
as Glover 
Separation
+7
as Rivers 
Glenrothan
as Sandy 
Quasi
as Narrator (voice) 
The Affair of the Necklace
+2
as Minister Breteuil 
Remember Me
+2
as Shane 
Coriolanus
+10
as Menenius 
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Sydney Newman 
Red
+10
as Avery Ludlow 
Little Wing
+6
as Jaan Vari 
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines
as Conrad / Crunch (voice) 
Tell-Tale
+7
as Van Doren 
The Reckoning
+3
as Tobias 
The Big Battalions
as Edward Hoyland 
The Good Heart
+8
as Jacques 
The Etruscan Smile
+15
as Rory MacNeil 
Hidden Agenda
+9
as Peter Kerrigan 
Blood
+2
as Lenny Fairburn 
Pope John Paul II
as Father Góra 
The Carer
+7
as Sir Michael 
The Veteran
+8
as Gerry 
Bonnie
+5
as Self 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice) 
Prince of Jutland
+11
as Aethelwine 
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
as Jack Purves 
The Last Right
+12
as Father Reilly 
A Shot at Glory
+4
as Martin Smith 
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
as Self 
Agent Crush
as Spanners (voice) 
The Key Man
+5
as Irving 
Believe
+5
as Matt Busby 
The Secret of the Nutcracker
as Drosselmeyer 
Exit Humanity
+3
as Malcolm Young (voice) 
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Lasar Opie 
Mad About Mambo
as Sidney McLoughlin 
Lawrence After Arabia
+12
as Father (Voice) 
Pacific Warriors
+4
as Narrator 
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
+3
as Narrator (voice) 
The Gospel of John
+6
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version 
Killing Thyme
as Norman 
All at Sea
+15
as Wally 
Complicity
+3
as Inspector McDunn 
Skelly
+6
as Grandpa 
The Negotiator
+1
as Charlie King 
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
+2
as Joseph Bell 
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
as Voiceover Narrator 
Saltwater
+2
as George Beneventi 
Florence Nightingale
as Dr. McGregor 
Pretenders
+3
as Henry 
X2
+3
as William Stryker