Acting
Brian Cox
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.
Filmography
Glenrothan
Film · 2026
Super Troopers 3
Film · 2026
The Sunrise File
Film · 2026
The Parenting
Film · 2025
The Electric State
Film · 2025
The Marbles
Film · 2025
AMR: Dying to Change the World
Film · 2025
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Film · 2025
VE Day 80
Series · 2025
Dexter: Resurrection
Series · 2025
Little Wing
Film · 2024
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Film · 2024
That Christmas
Film · 2024
Skelly
Film · 2024
Unsinkable
Series · 2024
An Interview with Brian Cox
Film · 2023
Quasi
Film · 2023
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Film · 2023
Mending the Line
Film · 2023
Prisoner's Daughter
Film · 2023
007: Road to a Million
Series · 2023
Made of Money with Brian Cox
Series · 2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Series · 2023
The Independent
Film · 2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Film · 2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Film · 2022
Bonnie
Film · 2022
Ooh the Banter!
Film · 2022
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live
Series · 2022
Piers Morgan Uncensored
Series · 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Series · 2022
Remembers…
Series · 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Series · 2022
Separation
Film · 2021
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Film · 2021
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Series · 2021
Amol Rajan Interviews
Series · 2021
Last Moment of Clarity
Film · 2020
The Bay of Silence
Film · 2020
Lawrence After Arabia
Film · 2020
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
Film · 2020
Pretenders
Film · 2019
Strange but True
Film · 2019
Remember Me
Film · 2019
The Last Right
Film · 2019
Good Omens
Series · 2019
Super Troopers 2
Film · 2018
The Etruscan Smile
Film · 2018
Kubrick by Candlelight
Film · 2018
Widdershins
Film · 2018
Succession
Series · 2018
Churchill
Film · 2017
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
Film · 2017
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines
Film · 2017
An Evening with Brian Cox
Film · 2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Series · 2017
Brian Cox's Russia
Series · 2017
The Russell Howard Hour
Series · 2017
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Film · 2016
The Carer
Film · 2016
Morgan
Film · 2016
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Film · 2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Film · 2016
War and Peace
Series · 2016
Medici: Masters of Florence
Series · 2016
Pixels
Film · 2015
Forsaken
Film · 2015
Pacific Warriors
Film · 2015
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Film · 2015
Killing Thyme
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Slap
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Anomaly
Film · 2014
The Gospel of John
Film · 2014
Scotland In A Day
Film · 2014
The Game
Series · 2014
Penny Dreadful
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Great War: The People's Story
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Series · 2014
Her
Film · 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
Film · 2013
The Curse of Edgar
Film · 2013
Anna
Film · 2013
Believe
Film · 2013
Blumenthal
Film · 2013
RED 2
Film · 2013
Shetland
Series · 2013
Bob Servant
Series · 2013
The Last Leg
Series · 2013
The Campaign
Film · 2012
Blood
Film · 2012
I Missed My Mother's Funeral
Film · 2012
All at Sea
Film · 2012
The Straits
Series · 2012
A Touch of Cloth
Series · 2012
Tooned
Series · 2012
Addicted to Pleasure
Series · 2012
Ironclad
Film · 2011
The Veteran
Film · 2011
Coriolanus
Film · 2011
The Key Man
Film · 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Film · 2011
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Film · 2011
Exit Humanity
Film · 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series · 2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
Series · 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Series · 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series · 2011
RED
Film · 2010
On Expenses
Film · 2010
As Good As Dead
Film · 2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Film · 2009
The Good Heart
Film · 2009
Tell-Tale
Film · 2009
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Film · 2009
Brian Cox's Jute Journey
Film · 2009
The Take
Series · 2009
The Day of the Triffids
Series · 2009
Kings
Series · 2009
Red
Film · 2008
The Escapist
Film · 2008
Agent Crush
Film · 2008
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
Film · 2008
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
Film · 2008
The Colour of Magic
Series · 2008
Zodiac
Film · 2007
Trick 'r Treat
Film · 2007
Battle for Terra
Film · 2007
The Secret of the Nutcracker
Film · 2007
The Water Horse
Film · 2007
A Woman in Winter
Film · 2007
Shoot on Sight
Film · 2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
M.I. High
Series · 2007
Running with Scissors
Film · 2006
The Flying Scotsman
Film · 2006
The Outsiders
Film · 2006
Carry On Ken
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Red Eye
Film · 2005
The Ringer
Film · 2005
Japan's War in Colour
Film · 2005
Hitler in Colour
Film · 2005
Match Point
Film · 2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Film · 2005
Blue/Orange
Film · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
Troy
Film · 2004
The Bourne Supremacy
Film · 2004
The Reckoning
Film · 2004
Murder by Numbers
Film · 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Film · 2004
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
Film · 2004
Deadwood
Series · 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Series · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
X2
Film · 2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Film · 2003
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Film · 2003
Sin
Film · 2003
One Life
Series · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Ring
Film · 2002
25th Hour
Film · 2002
The Bourne Identity
Film · 2002
Adaptation.
Film · 2002
Bug
Film · 2002
The Rookie
Film · 2002
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Film · 2002
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
Film · 2002
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
Film · 2002
Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World
Film · 2002
The Biographer
Film · 2002
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch
Film · 2002
Top Gear
Series · 2002
Masters of Darkness
Series · 2002
Super Troopers
Film · 2001
L.I.E.
Film · 2001
The Affair of the Necklace
Film · 2001
Strictly Sinatra
Film · 2001
Inside 'Manhunter'
Film · 2001
Richard & Judy
Series · 2001
Complicity
Film · 2000
Mad About Mambo
Film · 2000
Longitude
Film · 2000
Saltwater
Film · 2000
A Shot at Glory
Film · 2000
The Invention of Dr. Morel
Film · 2000
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Film · 2000
Nuremberg
Series · 2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Series · 2000
Longitude
Series · 2000
The Minus Man
Film · 1999
The Corruptor
Film · 1999
For Love of the Game
Film · 1999
The History of the British Police Force
Film · 1999
Poodle Springs
Film · 1998
Rushmore
Film · 1998
Desperate Measures
Film · 1998
Merchants of Venus
Film · 1998
Battle of the Clans
Film · 1998
Kiss the Girls
Film · 1997
The Boxer
Film · 1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Film · 1997
Food for Ravens
Film · 1997
I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Series · 1997
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Film · 1996
Chain Reaction
Film · 1996
The Glimmer Man
Film · 1996
Witness Against Hitler
Film · 1996
Superman: The Animated Series
Series · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Braveheart
Film · 1995
Rob Roy
Film · 1995
Iron Will
Film · 1994
The Maltese Double Cross
Film · 1994
Prince of Jutland
Film · 1994
Grushko
Film · 1994
The Negotiator
Film · 1994
Sharpe's Eagle
Film · 1993
Sharpe's Rifles
Film · 1993
Sharpe
Series · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
The Lost Language of Cranes
Film · 1992
The Cutter
Film · 1992
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Film · 1992
Deceptions
Film · 1992
The Big Battalions
Series · 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Series · 1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
Series · 1992
Red Fox
Film · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Hidden Agenda
Film · 1990
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Film · 1990
Secret Weapon
Film · 1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Series · 1990
Have I Got News for You
Series · 1990
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
Film · 1989
The Blasphemers' Banquet
Film · 1989
Murder on the Moon
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Film · 1988
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Film · 1988
Red Dwarf
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Series · 1988
Shoot for the Sun
Film · 1987
Rat in the Skull
Film · 1987
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Film · 1987
French & Saunders
Series · 1987
Inspector Morse
Series · 1987
Acting
Series · 1987
Manhunter
Film · 1986
Home Cooking
Film · 1986
Unnatural Causes
Series · 1986
Florence Nightingale
Film · 1985
The Cantor of St Thomas's
Film · 1985
Pope John Paul II
Film · 1984
King Lear
Film · 1983
The Privilege
Film · 1982
A Cotswold Death
Film · 1982
House on the Hill
Series · 1981
Dalhousie's Luck
Film · 1980
Hammer House of Horror
Series · 1980
Therese Raquin
Series · 1980
Question Time
Series · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Out
Series · 1978
The Devil's Crown
Series · 1978
Target
Series · 1977
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Film · 1976
In Celebration
Film · 1975
Shades of Greene
Series · 1975
The Master of Ballantrae
Series · 1975
The Changeling
Film · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Churchill's People
Series · 1974
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
Nicholas and Alexandra
Film · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Stage 2
Series · 1971
Manhunt
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Film · 1968
The Gamblers
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
Film · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Series · 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Series · 1965
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
A Modern Magician
Film
The Glove
Film
The Planets
Film
Wittgenstein's Poker
Film
Old Pals
Film
Super Troopers 4
Film
Just Dandy
Film
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Series