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