Brian Cox

77 · Born: Jun 1, 1946

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Born Jun 1, 1946 Dundee, Scotland, UK

Spouse

Nicole Ansari-Cox
( Dec 31, 1969 to Apr 24, 2024 )
Caroline Burt
( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )

Parents

Mary Ann Guillerline Cox (McCann)
Charles McArdle Campbell Cox

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Biography

Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born June 1, 1946) is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, in film and television he is known as character actor who has appeared in a range of independent films and blockbusters. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2024

Little Wing as Jaan

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Helm Hammerhand (voice)

The Electric State

The Electric State

2023

Prisoner's Daughter

Prisoner's Daughter as Max

Quasi as Narrator (voice)

Mending the Line

Mending the Line as Ike Fletcher

007: Road to a Million

007: Road to a Million as The Controller

2022

The Independent

The Independent as Nick Booker

How the Other Half Live with Brian Cox

How the Other Half Live with Brian Cox as Presenter

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as God

2021

Separation as Rivers

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story as Narrator (voice)

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Blade Runner: Black Lotus as Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)

The Simpsons as Kostas Becker (voice)

2020

The Bay of Silence

The Bay of Silence as Milton

Last Moment of Clarity

Last Moment of Clarity as Gilles

Lawrence: After Arabia

Lawrence: After Arabia as Father (Voice)

2019

Remember Me as Shane

Strange But True

Strange But True as Bill

The Last Right as Father Reilly

The Etruscan Smile

The Etruscan Smile as Rory MacNeil

The Pretenders as Henry

Good Omens as Death (voice)

2018

Super Troopers 2

Super Troopers 2 as Captain O'Hagan

Widdershins as voice

Dark Highlands as Opening Narrator

Kubrick by Candlelight

Kubrick by Candlelight as The Narrator

Succession as Logan Roy

2017

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines as Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice)

Churchill as Winston Churchill

Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation

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

Brian Cox's Russia

Brian Cox's Russia as Host

2016

Morgan as Jim Bryce

The Carer as Sir Michael

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

The Autopsy of Jane Doe as Tommy Tilden

War & Peace as Mikhail Kutuzov

Medici as Bernardo Guadagni

2015

Pixels as Admiral Porter

Pacific Warriors

Pacific Warriors as Narrator

Forsaken as James McCurdy

Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace

Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace as Andrew Carnegie (voice)

The Slap as Manolis

2014

The Anomaly as Dr. Langham

The Game as Daddy

Shetland as Magnus Bain

2013

The Curse of Edgar

The Curse of Edgar as Edgar Hoover

Anna as Sebastian

Blumenthal as Harold Blumenthal

Believe as Matt Busby

RED 2 as Ivan

An Adventure in Space and Time

An Adventure in Space and Time as Sydney Newman

Bob Servant Independent

Bob Servant Independent as Bob Servant

Tooned as The Mechanic

2012

Blood as Lenny Fairburn

All at Sea as Wally

The Campaign as Raymond

A Touch of Cloth

A Touch of Cloth as Bill Ball

The Straits as Harry Montebello

2011

Citizen Gangster

Citizen Gangster as Glover

Exit Humanity as Malcolm Young (voice)

Coriolanus as Menenius

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes as John Landon

Ironclad as Albany

The Veteran as Gerry

The Key Man as Irving

The Sinking of the Laconia

The Sinking of the Laconia as Captain Sharp

2010

The Revelation of the Pyramids

The Revelation of the Pyramids as Narrator

RED as Ivan Simanov

As Good as Dead

As Good as Dead as Reverend Kalahan

2009

Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword

Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword as Green Dragon (voice)

Tell Tale as Van Doren

The Good Heart as Jacques

The Take as Ozzy

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids as Dennis Masen

2008

Red as Avery Ludlow

Shoot on Sight as Daniel Tennant

Agent Crush as Spanners (voice)

The Escapist as Frank Perry

The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic as Narrator

2007

Battle for Terra

Battle for Terra as General Hemmer (voice)

The Water Horse

The Water Horse as Old Angus

Trick 'r Treat as Mr. Kreeg

A Woman in Winter

A Woman in Winter as Dr. Hunt

Zodiac as Melvin Belli

The Secret of the Nutcracker

The Secret of the Nutcracker as Drosselmeyer

2006

Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors as Dr. Finch

The Flying Scotsman

The Flying Scotsman as Douglas Baxter

Deadwood as Jack Langrishe

Top Gear as Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car

2005

Japan's War in Colour

Japan's War in Colour as Narrator

Blue/Orange as Dr. Robert Smith

Red Eye as Joe Reisert

Hitler in Colour

Hitler in Colour as Narrator

The Ringer as Gary Barker

Match Point as Alec Hewett

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle as Joseph Bell

2004

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy as Ward Abbott

The Reckoning as Tobias

Troy as King Agamemnon

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)

2003

X2 as William Stryker

Sin as Captain Oakes

2002

The Ring as Richard Morgan

Masters of Darkness

Masters of Darkness as Narrator

The Biographer as Michael O'Mara

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity as Ward Abbott

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

25th Hour as James Brogan

Bug as Cyr

The Rookie as Jim Morris Sr.

2001

The Affair of the Necklace

The Affair of the Necklace as Minister Breteuil

L.I.E. as Big John Harrigan

Super Troopers as Captain O'Hagan

Strictly Sinatra

Strictly Sinatra as Chisolm

Frasier as Harry Moon

2000

Longitude as Lord Morton

Complicity as Inspector McDunn

Mad About Mambo

Mad About Mambo as Sidney McLoughlin

A Shot at Glory

A Shot at Glory as Martin Smith

Saltwater as George Beneventi

Nuremberg as Herman Wilhelm Goering

Longitude as Lord Morton

1999

The Corruptor as Sean Wallace

For Love of the Game

For Love of the Game as Gary Wheeler

The Minus Man as Doug

1998

Poodle Springs as Clayton Blackstone

Rushmore as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim

Merchants of Venus

Merchants of Venus as Uncle Vladimir

Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy

1997

The Boxer as Joe Hamill

Food for Ravens

Food for Ravens as Aneurin Bevan

Kiss the Girls as Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.

Red Dwarf as The King

1996

The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man as Mr. Smith

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight as Dr. Nathan Waldman

Chain Reaction as Lyman Earl Collier

Superman: The Animated Series

Superman: The Animated Series as Dr. Earl Garver (voice)

1995

Rob Roy as Killearn

1994

Royal Deceit as Aethelwine

Grushko as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko

The Maltese Double Cross

The Maltese Double Cross as Narrator (voice)

Iron Will as Angus McTeague

The Negotiator as Charlie King

1993

Sharpe as Major Michael Hogan

Sharpe as Major Michael Hogan

Sharpe as Major Hogan

1992

Performance as The Director

The Lost Language of Cranes

The Lost Language of Cranes as Owen Benjamin

The Cloning of Joanna May

The Cloning of Joanna May as Carl May

Van der Valk as Stefan Szabo

1991

Red Fox as Geoffrey Harrison

1990

Secret Weapon as Andrew Neil

Hidden Agenda as Peter Kerrigan

1989

Murder by Moonlight

Murder by Moonlight as Voronov

1988

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Jack Purves

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky as Voiceover Narrator

1987

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People as Narrator

1986

Manhunter as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor

1985

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale as Dr. McGregor

1984

Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II as Father Góra

1983

King Lear as Burgundy

1982

Play for Today as Dr. Gillespie

Minder as Frank

1980

Hammer House of Horror

Hammer House of Horror as Chuck

1978

Out as McGrath

The Devil's Crown

The Devil's Crown as Henry II of England

1975

In Celebration as Steven Shaw

1974

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month as Alsemero

1968

Theatre 625 as Lasar Opie

appearances

2022

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Ukraine: Answering the Call

Ukraine: Answering the Call

Carpool Karaoke

Carpool Karaoke

2021

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2016

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

2013

Dream Me Up Scotty!

Dream Me Up Scotty!

2010

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2001

Inside 'Manhunter'

Inside 'Manhunter'

1997

Great Performances

Great Performances

Great Performances

Great Performances

1993