Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for leading performances on stage and television, as well as supporting roles in film. 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. Empire magazine awarded him the Empire Icon Award in 2006, and the UK Film Council named him one of the top 10 powerful British film stars in Hollywood in 2007.
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Known For
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
(2011)
John Landon
Her
(2013)
Alan Watts (voice)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
William Stryker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Troy
(2004)
King Agamemnon
Pixels
(2015)
Admiral Porter
Braveheart
(1995)
Argyle Wallace
The Bourne Identity
(2002)
Ward Abbott
The Long Kiss Goodnight
(1996)
Dr. Nathan Waldman
Super Troopers 2
(2018)
John O'Hagen
The Ring
(2002)
Richard Morgan
RED 2
(2013)
Ivan
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
(2016)
Tommy Tilden
Zodiac
(2007)
Melvin Belli
RED
(2010)
Ivan Simanov
The Bourne Supremacy
(2004)
Ward Abbott
Full Filmography
Acting
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
(1965)
Nelson
The Year of the Sex Olympics
(1968)
Lasar Opie
Nicholas and Alexandra
(1971)
Trotsky
The Changeling
(1974)
Alsemero
In Celebration
(1975)
Steven Shaw
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
(1976)
George Simpson
The Privilege
(1982)
Young Laird
A Cotswold Death
(1982)
Dr. Gillespie
King Lear
(1983)
Burgundy
Pope John Paul II
(1984)
Father Góra
Florence Nightingale
(1985)
Dr. McGregor
The Cantor of St Thomas's
(1985)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Cooking
(1986)
Vic
Manhunter
(1986)
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Shoot for the Sun
(1987)
Dunny
Rat in the Skull
(1987)
Detective Inspector Nelson
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
(1987)
Narrator
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
(1988)
Jack Purves
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
(1988)
Voiceover Narrator
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
(1989)
Self
The Blasphemers' Banquet
(1989)
Rev. Wallace (voice)
Murder on the Moon
(1989)
Voronov
Hidden Agenda
(1990)
Peter Kerrigan
Secret Weapon
(1990)
Andrew Neil
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
(1990)
self
Red Fox
(1991)
Geoffrey Harrison
Six Characters in Search of An Author
(1992)
The Director
Deceptions
(1992)
Carlton Heard
The Cutter
(1992)
The Cloning of Joanna May
(1992)
Carl May
The Lost Language of Cranes
(1992)
Owen Benjamin
Sharpe's Eagle
(1993)
Major Michael Hogan
Sharpe's Rifles
(1993)
Major Michael Hogan
Iron Will
(1994)
Angus McTeague
The Maltese Double Cross
(1994)
Narrator (voice)
The Negotiator
(1994)
Charlie King
Royal Deceit
(1994)
Aethelwine
Grushko
(1994)
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
Rob Roy
(1995)
Killearn
Braveheart
(1995)
Argyle Wallace
The Glimmer Man
(1996)
Mr. Smith
Chain Reaction
(1996)
Lyman Earl Collier
The Long Kiss Goodnight
(1996)
Dr. Nathan Waldman
Witness Against Hitler
(1996)
Judge Freisler
The Boxer
(1997)
Joe Hamill
Kiss the Girls
(1997)
Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
Food for Ravens
(1997)
Aneurin Bevan
Desperate Measures
(1998)
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Rushmore
(1998)
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Poodle Springs
(1998)
Clayton Blackstone
Merchants of Venus
(1998)
Uncle Vladimir
The Corruptor
(1999)
Sean Wallace
The Minus Man
(1999)
Doug
For Love of the Game
(1999)
Gary Wheeler
Mad About Mambo
(2000)
Sidney McLoughlin
Complicity
(2000)
Inspector McDunn
A Shot at Glory
(2000)
Martin Smith
Saltwater
(2000)
George Beneventi
The Invention of Dr. Morel
(2000)
Dr. Morel
Longitude
(2000)
Lord Morton
Inside 'Manhunter'
(2001)
Himself
L.I.E.
(2001)
Big John Harrigan
Super Troopers
(2001)
John O'Hagen
The Affair of the Necklace
(2001)
Minister Breteuil
Strictly Sinatra
(2001)
Chisolm
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
(2002)
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
(2002)
Narrator
The Biographer
(2002)
Michael O'Mara
The Rookie
(2002)
Jim Morris Sr.
Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World
(2002)
Narrator
Bug
(2002)
Cyr
Adaptation.
(2002)
Robert McKee
The Bourne Identity
(2002)
Ward Abbott
The Ring
(2002)
Richard Morgan
25th Hour
(2002)
James Brogan
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
(2002)
Narrator
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
(2003)
Self
Sin
(2003)
Captain Oakes
X2
(2003)
William Stryker
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
(2004)
Other Voices (voice)
The Reckoning
(2004)
Tobias
The Bourne Supremacy
(2004)
Ward Abbott
Troy
(2004)
King Agamemnon
Murder by Numbers
(2004)
Self
Japan's War In Colour
(2005)
Narrator
Blue/Orange
(2005)
Dr. Robert Smith
The Ringer
(2005)
Gary Barker
Red Eye
(2005)
Joe Reisert
Match Point
(2005)
Alec Hewett
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
(2005)
Joseph Bell
Hitler in Colour
(2005)
Narrator
The Flying Scotsman
(2006)
Douglas Baxter
Running with Scissors
(2006)
Dr. Finch
The Outsiders
(2006)
Gabriel
Carry on Ken
(2006)
Self
A Woman in Winter
(2007)
Dr. Hunt
The Secret of the Nutcracker
(2007)
Drosselmeyer
The Water Horse
(2007)
Old Angus
Trick 'r Treat
(2007)
Mr. Kreeg
Zodiac
(2007)
Melvin Belli
Battle for Terra
(2007)
General Hemmer (voice)
The Escapist
(2008)
Frank Perry
Red
(2008)
Avery Ludlow
Agent Crush
(2008)
Spanners (voice)
Shoot on Sight
(2008)
Daniel Tennant
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
(2009)
Green Dragon (voice)
Tell-Tale
(2009)
Van Doren
Brian Cox's Jute Journey
(2009)
Self
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
The Good Heart
(2009)
Jacques
As Good As Dead
(2010)
Reverend Kalahan
On Expenses
(2010)
RED
(2010)
Ivan Simanov
Exit Humanity
(2011)
Malcolm Young (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
(2011)
John Landon
Coriolanus
(2011)
Menenius
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
(2011)
Glover
The Key Man
(2011)
Irving
The Veteran
(2011)
Gerry
Ironclad
(2011)
Albany
I Missed My Mother's Funeral
(2012)
Old Man
The Campaign
(2012)
Raymond
Blood
(2012)
Lenny Fairburn
Wide Blue Yonder
(2012)
Wally
Blumenthal
(2013)
Harold Blumenthal
Believe
(2013)
Matt Busby
RED 2
(2013)
Ivan
Anna
(2013)
Sebastian
The Curse of Edgar
(2013)
Edgar Hoover
An Adventure in Space and Time
(2013)
Sydney Newman
Her
(2013)
Alan Watts (voice)
Scotland In A Day
(2014)
The Anomaly
(2014)
Dr. Langham
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
William Stryker (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Gospel of John
(2014)
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Forsaken
(2015)
James McCurdy
Pixels
(2015)
Admiral Porter
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
(2015)
Andrew Carnegie (voice)
Pacific Warriors
(2015)
Narrator
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
(2016)
Tommy Tilden
The Carer
(2016)
Sir Michael
Morgan
(2016)
Jim Bryce
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
(2016)
Self
Churchill
(2017)
Winston Churchill
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
(2017)
Narrator
An Evening with Brian Cox
(2017)
Himself
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
(2017)
Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice)
Widdershins
(2018)
voice
Kubrick by Candlelight
(2018)
The Narrator
Super Troopers 2
(2018)
John O'Hagen
Pretenders
(2019)
Henry
The Last Right
(2019)
Father Reilly
Remember Me
(2019)
Shane
Strange but True
(2019)
Bill
The Etruscan Smile
(2019)
Rory MacNeil
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
(2020)
John Rebus
The Bay of Silence
(2020)
Milton
Lawrence After Arabia
(2020)
Father (Voice)
Last Moment of Clarity
(2020)
Gilles
Separation
(2021)
Rivers
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
(2021)
Narrator (voice)
The Independent
(2022)
Nick Booker
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
(2022)
Self
Ordinary Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”
(2022)
Self - English Narrator (voice)
Bonnie
(2022)
Self
Ukraine: Answering the Call
(2022)
Self
Ooh the Banter!
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Prisoner's Daughter
(2023)
Max
Mending the Line
(2023)
Ike Fletcher
Quasi
(2023)
Narrator (voice)
An Interview with Brian Cox
(2023)
Himself
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
(2023)
Narrator (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
(2024)
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
Little Wing
(2024)
Jaan Vari
Skelly
(2024)
Grandpa
Production