Brian Cox
Born 1946
Known for Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Glenrothan (2026)
Skelly (2024)
That Christmas (2024)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
Quasi (2023)
Mending the Line (2022)
Lawrence After Arabia (2021)
Separation (2021)
The Last Right (2019)
The Etruscan Smile (2018)
Widdershins (2018)
Churchill (2017)
The Carer (2016)
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace (2015)
Pacific Warriors (2015)
The Curse of Edgar (2013)
Wide Blue Yonder (2010)
The Good Heart (2009)
Red (2008)
The Escapist (2008)
The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007)
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Hitler in Colour (2005)
Food for Ravens (1997)
The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
Prisoner's Daughter (2022)
The Independent (2022)
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Believe (2013)
Exit Humanity (2011)
The Key Man (2011)
On Expenses (2010)
Battle for Terra (2007)
The Ringer (2005)
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
Complicity (2000)
Saltwater (2000)
Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
The Parenting (2025)
Little Wing (2024)
The Bay of Silence (2020)
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie (2017)
Anna (2013)
The Veteran (2011)
Tell-Tale (2009)
Agent Crush (2008)
Running with Scissors (2006)
Red Eye (2005)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Sin (2003)
L.I.E. (2001)
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
Mad About Mambo (2000)
The Minus Man (1999)
Desperate Measures (1998)
The Boxer (1997)
Iron Will (1994)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
Pretenders (2018)
Forsaken (2015)
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Troy (2004)
The Reckoning (2003)
Bug (2002)
The Ring (2002)
The Glimmer Man (1996)
Prince of Jutland (1994)
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)
Manhunter (1986)
Remember Me (2019)
Strange but True (2019)
Blumenthal (2013)
Blood (2012)
Ironclad (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
