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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
Succesiunea
as Logan Roy 
Dexter: Renașterea
as The New York Ripper 
Inimă neînfricată
as Argyle Wallace 
Greu de Pensionat
as Ivan Simanov 
Troia
as Agamemnon 
The Electric State
as Popfly (voice) 
A 25-a oră
as James Brogan 
Planeta maimuțelor: Invazia
as John Landon 
Fantasticul domn Fox
as Action 12 Reporter (voice) 
Greu de pensionat 2
as Ivan 
Război și pace
as Mikhail Kutuzov 
Pixelii: O aventură digitală
as Admiral Porter 
Identitatea lui Bourne
as Ward Abbott 
I se spunea Zodiac
as Melvin Belli 
Povești de Halloween
as Mr. Kreeg 
Corupție în cartierul chinezesc
as Sean Wallace 
Supremația lui Bourne
as Ward Abbott 
Avertizarea
as Richard Morgan 
Stăpânul Inelelor: Războiul Rohirrimilor
as Helm Hammerhand (voice) 
Autopsie fatală
as Tommy Tilden 
Nuremberg
as Herman Wilhelm Goering 
Sărutul care ucide
as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD 
The Slap
as Manolis 
Culoarea magiei
as Narrator 
Reacția în lanț
as Lyman Earl Collier 
Super polițiști 3
as Captain O’Hagan 
Acel Crăciun
as Santa (voice) 
Calea spre un milion: O aventură James Bond
as The Controller 
Sărutul dulce al răzbunării
as Dr. Nathan Waldman 
Boxerul
as Joe Hamill 
Jocul
as Daddy 
Zbor de noapte
as Joe Reisert 
Punctul de meci
as Alec Hewett 
Parenting
as Frank 
The Take
as Ozzy 
Super Polițiștii
as Captain O'Hagen 
The Straits
as Harry Montebello 
Campania
as Raymond 
Calul de apă
as Old Angus 
Super polițiști 2
as Captain O'Hagan 
Rushmore
as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim 
Morgan
as Jim Bryce 
The Independent
as Nick Booker 
Debutantul
as Jim Morris Sr. 
Bob Constructorul: Mega Mașini
as Conrad / Crunch (voice) 
Red
as Avery Ludlow 
Bătălie pentru Terra
as General Hemmer (voice) 
Coriolanus
as Menenius 
The Day of the Triffids
as Dennis Masen 
The Glimmer Man
as Mr. Smith 
Scufundarea Laconiei
as Captain Sharp 
Măsuri disperate
as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy 
The Ringer
as Gary Barker 
Ironclad
as Albany 
For Love of the Game
as Gary Wheeler 
Ciudat dar adevărat
as Bill 
Poveste fatală
as Van Doren 
The Bay of Silence
as Milton 
Blestemaţi
as James McCurdy 
Last Moment of Clarity
as Gilles 
Anna
as Sebastian 
As Good As Dead
as Reverand Kalahan 
Agent Crush
as Spanners (voice) 
Bob Servant
as Bob Servant 
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
as Self 
Rob Roy
as Killearn 
Voință de fier
as Angus McTeague 
Prisoner's Daughter
as Max 
Running with Scissors
as Dr. Finch 
Therese Raquin
as Laurent LeClaire 
Scooby-Doo! și Sabia Samuraiului
as Green Dragon (voice) 
Anomalia
as Dr. Langham 
L.I.E.
as Big John Harrigan 
The Minus Man
as Doug 
Bonnie
as Self 
The Flying Scotsman
as Douglas Baxter 
The Escapist
as Frank Perry 
Fir întins
as Ike Fletcher 
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
as Glover 
Glenrothan
as Sandy 
The Affair of the Necklace
as Minister Breteuil 
Remember Me
as Shane 
Separare
as Rivers 
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Sydney Newman 
Churchill
as Winston Churchill 
Little Wing
as Jaan Vari 
Quasi
as Narrator (voice) 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice) 
Condamnat să ucidă
as Tobias 
The Big Battalions
as Edward Hoyland 
The Good Heart
as Jacques 
The Etruscan Smile
as Rory MacNeil 
Hidden Agenda
as Peter Kerrigan 
Killing Thyme
as Norman 
Complicity
as Inspector McDunn 
Prince of Jutland
as Aethelwine 
Judecată criminală
as Lenny Fairburn 
Pope John Paul II
as Father Góra 
Îngrijitoarea
as Sir Michael 
Veteranul
as Gerry 
Skelly
as Grandpa 
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
as Jack Purves 
The Last Right
as Father Reilly 
A Shot at Glory
as Martin Smith 
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
as Self 
The Key Man
as Irving 
Believe
as Matt Busby 
The Secret of the Nutcracker
as Drosselmeyer 
Exit Humanity
as Malcolm Young (voice) 
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Lasar Opie 
Nebun după mambo
as Sidney McLoughlin 
Lawrence After Arabia
as Father (Voice) 
Pacific Warriors
as Narrator 
The Gospel of John
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version 
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
as Narrator (voice) 
All at Sea
as Wally 
The Negotiator
as Charlie King 
Un triunghi amoros
as Henry 
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
as Joseph Bell 
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
as Voiceover Narrator 
Saltwater
as George Beneventi 
Florence Nightingale
as Dr. McGregor 
X-Men 2
as William Stryker