Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Biography: Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Birthday: June 01, 1946

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Known For

Braveheart
Braveheart

1995-05-24

The Ring
The Ring

2002-10-18

25th Hour
25th Hour

2002-12-19

Troy
Troy

2004-05-13

Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs

1998-07-25

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009-10-23

Zodiac
Zodiac

2007-03-02

The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy

2004-07-23

The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity

2002-06-14

The Independent
The Independent

2022-11-02

Adaptation.
Adaptation.

2002-12-06

The Good Heart
The Good Heart

2009-09-11

Rushmore
Rushmore

1998-12-11

The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight

1996-10-11

The Minus Man
The Minus Man

1999-02-25

Trick 'r Treat
Trick 'r Treat

2007-12-09

Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors

2006-10-27

Manhunter
Manhunter

1986-08-14

Red Eye
Red Eye

2005-08-10

Rob Roy
Rob Roy

1995-04-13

Iron Will
Iron Will

1994-01-14

Complicity
Complicity

2000-05-06

Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction

1996-08-02

Bug
Bug

2002-02-28

Kiss the Girls
Kiss the Girls

1997-09-29

The Corruptor
The Corruptor

1999-03-12

Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures

1998-01-30

The Reckoning
The Reckoning

2004-02-26

The Ringer
The Ringer

2005-12-23

Red
Red

2008-08-08

Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale

2009-04-24

The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man

1996-10-04

As Good As Dead
As Good As Dead

2010-01-25

X2
X2

2003-04-27

The Rookie
The Rookie

2002-03-25

The Escapist
The Escapist

2008-06-20

Mad About Mambo
Mad About Mambo

2000-04-04

The Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman

2006-08-16

An Interview with Brian Cox
An Interview with Brian Cox

2023-04-11

Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy

1989-12-07

Ironclad
Ironclad

2011-03-03

Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra

1971-11-29

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

2009-04-07

Battle for Terra
Battle for Terra

2007-09-06

RED
RED

2010-10-13

The Boxer
The Boxer

1997-12-31

Quasi
Quasi

2023-04-20

Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda

1990-11-21

King Lear
King Lear

1983-04-03

Super Troopers
Super Troopers

2001-02-15

Japan's War In Colour
Japan's War In Colour

2005-01-17

The Maltese Double Cross
The Maltese Double Cross

1994-11-16

L.I.E.
L.I.E.

2001-09-07

Prince of Jutland
Prince of Jutland

1994-02-23

Longitude
Longitude

2000-01-02

The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace

2001-11-30

Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Eagle

1993-05-12

Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe's Rifles

1993-05-05

The Veteran
The Veteran

2011-04-29

The Secret of the Nutcracker
The Secret of the Nutcracker

2007-12-23

The Water Horse
The Water Horse

2007-12-25

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

1988-09-23

The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes

1992-02-09

Brian Cox's Jute Journey
Brian Cox's Jute Journey

2009-10-05

The Blasphemers' Banquet
The Blasphemers' Banquet

1989-07-31

The Campaign
The Campaign

2012-08-09

Coriolanus
Coriolanus

2011-02-14

The Key Man
The Key Man

2011-02-18

The Parenting
The Parenting

A Woman in Winter
A Woman in Winter

2007-04-09

Her
Her

2013-12-18

The Privilege
The Privilege

1982-01-01

Strictly Sinatra
Strictly Sinatra

2001-06-29

The Year of the Sex Olympics
The Year of the Sex Olympics

1968-07-29

Blood
Blood

2012-10-09

In Celebration
In Celebration

1975-03-17

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022-11-26

Witness Against Hitler
Witness Against Hitler

1996-03-10

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

2003-05-20

The Cloning of Joanna May
The Cloning of Joanna May

1992-01-16

Little Wing
Little Wing

2024-03-13

An Adventure in Space and Time
An Adventure in Space and Time

2013-11-21

On Expenses
On Expenses

2010-02-23

The Cutter
The Cutter

1992-08-10

I Missed My Mother's Funeral
I Missed My Mother's Funeral

2012-01-01

Six Characters in Search of An Author
Six Characters in Search of An Author

1992-12-12

The Curse of Edgar
The Curse of Edgar

2013-10-27

Hitler in Colour
Hitler in Colour

2005-04-30

Anna
Anna

2013-10-13

Inside 'Manhunter'
Inside 'Manhunter'

2001-02-13

Believe
Believe

2013-10-04

Blumenthal
Blumenthal

2013-08-03

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024-12-05

RED 2
RED 2

2013-07-18

Match Point
Match Point

2005-10-26

The Changeling
The Changeling

1974-01-20

Ukraine: Answering the Call
Ukraine: Answering the Call

2022-07-03

Deceptions
Deceptions

1992-01-01

Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II

1984-04-22

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011-08-03

The Electric State
The Electric State

2025-03-13

A Modern Magician
A Modern Magician

The Anomaly
The Anomaly

2014-06-19

The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Trials of Henry Kissinger

2002-09-29

The Gospel of John
The Gospel of John

2014-12-01

Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers

2004-03-16

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

2016-12-23

Shoot for the Sun
Shoot for the Sun

1987-03-16

The Glove
The Glove

Bonnie
Bonnie

2022-11-12

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

1990-05-01

Pixels
Pixels

2015-07-16

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988-05-15

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

2023-09-05

Forsaken
Forsaken

2015-09-16

Exit Humanity
Exit Humanity

2011-10-16

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

2011-09-10

That Christmas
That Christmas

2024-11-27

The Planets
The Planets

Ooh the Banter!
Ooh the Banter!

2022-12-31

Agent Crush
Agent Crush

2008-01-01

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

2002-02-05

Shoot on Sight
Shoot on Sight

2008-08-22

Skelly
Skelly

2024-05-07

Saltwater
Saltwater

2000-09-29

Wittgenstein's Poker
Wittgenstein's Poker

Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend

1997-10-13

Churchill
Churchill

2017-05-25

The Carer
The Carer

2016-08-05

Morgan
Morgan

2016-09-01

The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2016-12-21

For Love of the Game
For Love of the Game

1999-09-17

Murder on the Moon
Murder on the Moon

1989-05-09

Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh

2002-02-12

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2

2003-11-25

Scotland In A Day
Scotland In A Day

2014-09-18

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

2005-09-08

Glenrothan
Glenrothan

Pretenders
Pretenders

2019-09-27

Red Fox
Red Fox

1991-12-08

A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory

2000-05-03

Food for Ravens
Food for Ravens

1997-11-11

Blue/Orange
Blue/Orange

2005-02-23

Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation

2017-02-18

Rat in the Skull
Rat in the Skull

1987-01-01

Pacific Warriors
Pacific Warriors

2015-09-10

Merchants of Venus
Merchants of Venus

1998-03-01

Super Troopers 2
Super Troopers 2

2018-04-19

Sin
Sin

2003-01-01

Strange but True
Strange but True

2019-10-17

Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World
Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World

2002-11-19

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale

1985-04-07

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

2017-05-27

The Etruscan Smile
The Etruscan Smile

2018-04-12

Kubrick by Candlelight
Kubrick by Candlelight

2018-11-23

The Invention of Dr. Morel
The Invention of Dr. Morel

2000-03-16

Remember Me
Remember Me

2019-08-02

Last Moment of Clarity
Last Moment of Clarity

2020-05-19

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004-09-04

The Cantor of St Thomas's
The Cantor of St Thomas's

1985-04-07

The Bay of Silence
The Bay of Silence

2020-08-20

Wide Blue Yonder
Wide Blue Yonder

2012-05-25

Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon

1990-03-19

The Last Right
The Last Right

2019-12-06

Lawrence After Arabia
Lawrence After Arabia

2020-05-19

Grushko
Grushko

1994-03-24

The Negotiator
The Negotiator

1994-05-31

Widdershins
Widdershins

2018-06-27

Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

2015-07-01

The Outsiders
The Outsiders

2006-10-03

John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues

2020-05-27

An Evening with Brian Cox
An Evening with Brian Cox

2017-07-26

A Knight in Tarnished Armour
A Knight in Tarnished Armour

1965-07-07

A Cotswold Death
A Cotswold Death

1982-01-12

The Biographer
The Biographer

2002-09-01

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

1976-02-24

Separation
Separation

2021-04-30

Home Cooking
Home Cooking

1986-11-08

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

2021-04-23

Carry on Ken
Carry on Ken

2006-01-01

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

1987-01-01

Mending the Line
Mending the Line

2023-06-09

Prisoner's Daughter
Prisoner's Daughter

2023-06-30

Dalhousie's Luck
Dalhousie's Luck

1980-08-03

The Making of 'Rushmore'
The Making of 'Rushmore'

2000-01-25

Killing Thyme
Killing Thyme

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

2016-06-13

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