Brian Cox

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-06-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Dundee, Scotland, UK

Brian Cox

Biography

Brian Denis Cox CBE 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...

Acting

1995

Braveheart

as Argyle Wallace

2002

The Ring

as Richard Morgan

2002

25th Hour

as James Brogan

2004

Troy

as King Agamemnon

1998

Poodle Springs

as Clayton Blackstone

2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Action 12 Reporter (voice)

2007

Zodiac

as Melvin Belli

2002

The Bourne Identity

as Ward Abbott

2004

The Bourne Supremacy

as Ward Abbott

2022

The Independent

as Nick Booker

2002

Adaptation.

as Robert McKee

2009

The Good Heart

as Jacques

1998

Rushmore

as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim

1996

The Long Kiss Goodnight

as Dr. Nathan Waldman

1999

2007

Trick 'r Treat

as Mr. Kreeg

2006

1986

Manhunter

as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor

2005

Red Eye

as Joe Reisert

1995

Rob Roy

as Killearn

1994

Iron Will

as Angus McTeague

2000

Complicity

as Inspector McDunn

1996

Chain Reaction

as Lyman Earl Collier

2002

Bug

as Cyr

1997

Kiss the Girls

as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD

1999

The Corruptor

as Sean Wallace

1998

Desperate Measures

as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy

2004

The Reckoning

as Tobias

2005

The Ringer

as Gary Barker

2008

Red

as Avery Ludlow

2009

Tell-Tale

as Van Doren

1996

The Glimmer Man

as Mr. Smith

2010

As Good As Dead

as Reverend Kalahan

2003

X2

as William Stryker

2002

The Rookie

as Jim Morris Sr.

2008

The Escapist

as Frank Perry

2000

Mad About Mambo

as Sidney McLoughlin

2006

The Flying Scotsman

as Douglas Baxter

2011

Ironclad

as Albany

2009

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

as Green Dragon (voice)

2007

Battle for Terra

as General Hemmer (voice)

2010

RED

as Ivan Simanov

1997

The Boxer

as Joe Hamill

2023

Quasi

as Narrator (voice)

1990

Hidden Agenda

as Peter Kerrigan

1983

King Lear

as Burgundy

2001

Super Troopers

as John O'Hagen

2005

1994

The Maltese Double Cross

as Narrator (voice)

2001

L.I.E.

as Big John Harrigan

1994

Prince of Jutland

as Aethelwine

2000

Longitude

as Lord Morton

1993

Sharpe's Eagle

as Major Michael Hogan

2001

The Affair of the Necklace

as Minister Breteuil

1993

Sharpe's Rifles

as Major Michael Hogan

2011

The Veteran

as Gerry

2007

2007

The Water Horse

as Old Angus

1988

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

as Voiceover Narrator

1992

1989

The Blasphemers' Banquet

as Rev. Wallace (voice)

2012

The Campaign

as Raymond

2011

Coriolanus

as Menenius

2011

The Key Man

as Irving

2025

2007

2013

Her

as Alan Watts (voice)

1982

The Privilege

as Young Laird

2001

2012

Blood

as Lenny Fairburn

1975

In Celebration

as Steven Shaw

1996

Witness Against Hitler

as Judge Freisler

2024

Little Wing

as Jaan Vari

2013

2013

The Curse of Edgar

as Edgar Hoover

2005

Hitler in Colour

as Narrator

2013

Anna

as Sebastian

2001

2013

Believe

as Matt Busby

2013

Blumenthal

as Harold Blumenthal

2013

RED 2

as Ivan

2005

Match Point

as Alec Hewett

1974

The Changeling

as Alsemero

1992

Deceptions

as Carlton Heard

1984

Pope John Paul II

as Father Góra

2025

The Electric State

as Popfly (voice)

-

A Modern Magician

as The Voice

2014

The Anomaly

as Dr. Langham

2014

The Gospel of John

as Narrator (voice) – King James Version

1987

2022

Bonnie

as Self

2015

Pixels

as Admiral Porter

2023

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

as Narrator (voice)

2015

Forsaken

as James McCurdy

2011

Exit Humanity

as Malcolm Young (voice)

2024

That Christmas

as Santa (voice)

2022

2008

Agent Crush

as Spanners (voice)

2007

Shoot on Sight

as Daniel Tennant

2024

Skelly

as Grandpa

2000

Saltwater

as George Beneventi

-

Wittgenstein's Poker

as Bertrand Russell (voice)

1997

2017

Churchill

as Winston Churchill

2016

The Carer

as Sir Michael

2016

Morgan

as Jim Bryce

2016

1999

For Love of the Game

as Gary Wheeler

1989

-

Glenrothan

as Sandy

2019

Pretenders

as Henry

1991

Red Fox

as Geoffrey Harrison

2000

A Shot at Glory

as Martin Smith

1997

Food for Ravens

as Aneurin Bevan

2005

Blue/Orange

as Dr. Robert Smith

1987

Rat in the Skull

as Detective Inspector Nelson

2015

Pacific Warriors

as Narrator

1998

Merchants of Venus

as Uncle Vladimir

2018

Super Troopers 2

as John O'Hagen

2003

Sin

as Captain Oakes

2019

1985

Florence Nightingale

as Dr. McGregor

2017

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

as Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice)

2018

The Etruscan Smile

as Rory MacNeil

2018

Kubrick by Candlelight

as The Narrator

2019

Remember Me

as Shane

1985

The Cantor of St Thomas's

as Johann Sebastian Bach

2020

2012

1990

Secret Weapon

as Andrew Neil

2019

The Last Right

as Father Reilly

2020

Lawrence After Arabia

as Father (Voice)

1994

Grushko

as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko

1994

The Negotiator

as Charlie King

2018

Widdershins

as voice

2006

The Outsiders

as Gabriel

1982

A Cotswold Death

as Dr. Gillespie

2002

The Biographer

as Michael O'Mara

1976

2021

Separation

as Rivers

1986

2021

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

as Narrator (voice)

2006

2023

Mending the Line

as Ike Fletcher

1980

Dalhousie's Luck

as Dalhousie

-

Killing Thyme

as Norman

-

Old Pals

as Jimmy

2007

The Bourne Ultimatum

as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

-

Macbeth

as Macbeth

Production

2008

The Escapist

as Executive Producer

2024

Little Wing

as Executive Producer

2025

Seven Jewish Children

as Executive Producer

-

Glenrothan

as Director

2008

Red

as Associate Producer

-

Glenrothan

as Producer

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