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.
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Filmography
all 267
Movies 186
TV Shows 81
self 48
Voice 19
Narrator 13
Director 3
Producer 2
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
Movie
Jaan Vari / Executive Producer
Little Wing (2024)
Movie
The Controller
007: Road to a Million (2023)
TV
Made of Money with Brian Cox (2023)
TV
Narrator (voice)
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend (2023)
Movie
Max
Prisoner's Daughter (2023)
Movie
Ike Fletcher
Mending the Line (2023)
Movie
Narrator
Quasi (2023)
Movie
Himself
An Interview with Brian Cox (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ooh the Banter! (2022)
Movie
Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
Movie
Actor
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live (2022)
TV
Self
Bonnie (2022)
Movie
Nicholas Booker
The Independent (2022)
Movie
Self – Actor
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
TV
Self
Ukraine: Answering the Call (2022)
Movie
Self
Piers Morgan Uncensored (2022)
TV
Self - Narrator
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust" (2022)
Movie
Self
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (2021)
TV
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)
TV
Rivers
Separation (2021)
Movie
8.5
Narrator
El Judici (2021)
TV
Narrator (voice)
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021)
Movie
Self
Inside Culture (2020)
TV
Milton
The Bay of Silence (2020)
Movie
John Rebus
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues (2020)
Movie
Epilogue / Father (Voice)
Lawrence After Arabia (2020)
Movie
Gilles
Last Moment of Clarity (2020)
Movie
Father Reilly
The Last Right (2019)
Movie
Bill
Strange but True (2019)
Movie
4
Henry
Pretenders (2019)
Movie
Shane
Remember Me (2019)
Movie
Death (voice)
Good Omens (2019)
TV
6.3
Rory MacNeil
The Etruscan Smile (2019)
Movie
The Narrator
Kubrick by Candlelight (2018)
Movie
Mr Widdershins
Widdershins (2018)
Movie
Logan Roy
Succession (2018)
TV
7
John O'Hagen
Super Troopers 2 (2018)
Movie
6.33
Self
The Russell Howard Hour (2017)
TV
Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017)
TV
Himself
An Evening with Brian Cox (2017)
Movie
Conrad / Crunch
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie (2017)
Movie
Winston Churchill
Churchill (2017)
Movie
6
Self - Presenter
Brian Cox's Russia (2017)
TV
Narrator
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation (2017)
Movie
Pablo Picasso
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016)
Movie
Tommy Tilden
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Movie
6.17
Bernardo Guadagni
Medici: Masters of Florence (2016)
TV
6.5
Jim Bryce
Morgan (2016)
Movie
5.33
Sir Michael
The Carer (2016)
Movie
6
Mikhail Kutuzov
War and Peace (2016)
TV
7.25
James McCurdy
Forsaken (2015)
Movie
Narrator
Pacific Warriors (2015)
Movie
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
TV
2
Admiral Porter
Pixels (2015)
Movie
5.67
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace (2015)
Movie
Manolis
The Slap (2015)
TV
1
Self - Narrator
After Braveheart (2015)
TV
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
TV
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
The Gospel of John (2014)
Movie
Daddy
The Game (2014)
TV
6
Scotland In A Day (2014)
Movie
Dr. Langham
The Anomaly (2014)
Movie
Jared Talbot
Penny Dreadful (2014)
TV
6.56
God
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
TV
6.67
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Alan Watts (voice)
Her (2013)
Movie
6.83
Sydney Newman
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Movie
J. Edgar Hoover
The Curse of Edgar (2013)
Movie
Sebastian
Anna (2013)
Movie
Sir Matt Busby
Believe (2013)
Movie
Harold
Blumenthal (2013)
Movie
Ivan
RED 2 (2013)
Movie
7
Magnus Bain
Shetland (2013)
TV
5.82
Bob Servant
Bob Servant (2013)
TV
Self - Host
Addicted to Pleasure (2012)
TV
Lenny Fairburn
Blood (2012)
Movie
Bill Ball
A Touch of Cloth (2012)
TV
Raymond
The Campaign (2012)
Movie
5.5
Actor
Tooned (2012)
TV
Wally
Wide Blue Yonder (2012)
Movie
Self
Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of Television in Scotland (2012)
TV
Harry Montebello
The Straits (2012)
TV
Old Man
I Missed My Mother's Funeral (2012)
Movie
Self - Participant
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
TV
Malcolm Young
Exit Humanity (2011)
Movie
Glover
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011)
Movie
5
Self
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
TV
John Landon
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Movie
5.88
Gerry
The Veteran (2011)
Movie
Albany
Ironclad (2011)
Movie
1
Irving
The Key Man (2011)
Movie
5.92
Menenius
Coriolanus (2011)
Movie
3.5
Captain Sharp
The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)
TV
6
Ivan Simanov
RED (2010)
Movie
6.09
Michael Martin - Speaker of the House of Commons
On Expenses (2010)
Movie
Reverend Kalahan
As Good As Dead (2010)
Movie
Dennis
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
TV
6
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Movie
7.33
Self
Brian Cox's Jute Journey (2009)
Movie
Jacques
The Good Heart (2009)
Movie
Ozzy
The Take (2009)
TV
6
Phillip Van Doren
Tell-Tale (2009)
Movie
Green Dragon (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
Movie
6
Daniel Tennant
Shoot on Sight (2008)
Movie
Avery Ludlow
Red (2008)
Movie
Frank Perry
The Escapist (2008)
Movie
6
Narrator
The Colour of Magic (2008)
TV
'Spanners'
Agent Crush (2008)
Movie
Old Angus
The Water Horse (2007)
Movie
6
Drosselmeyer
The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007)
Movie
Mr. Kreeg
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Movie
5.33
General Hemmer (voice)
Battle for Terra (2007)
Movie
3.33
Dr. Hunt
A Woman in Winter (2007)
Movie
Melvin Belli
Zodiac (2007)
Movie
8.55
Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Dr. Finch
Running with Scissors (2006)
Movie
Gabriel
The Outsiders (2006)
Movie
Douglas Baxter
The Flying Scotsman (2006)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Self
The Making of 'Red Eye' (2006)
Movie
Self
Carry On Ken (2006)
TV
Self
Carry on Ken (2006)
Movie
Gary Barker
The Ringer (2005)
Movie
Alec Hewett
Match Point (2005)
Movie
5.83
The Colbert Report (2005)
TV
6.27
Dr. Joseph Bell
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Movie
Joe Reisert
Red Eye (2005)
Movie
6
Narrator
Hitler in Colour (2005)
Movie
Dr. Robert Smith
Blue/Orange (2005)
Movie
Narrator
Japan's War In Colour (2005)
Movie
Self
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
TV
Other Voices (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Movie
Ward Abbott
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Movie
6.07
King Agamemnon
Troy (2004)
Movie
6.03
Jack Langrishe
Deadwood (2004)
TV
6.17
Self
Murder by Numbers (2004)
Movie
Tobias
The Reckoning (2004)
Movie
One Life (2003)
TV
Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003)
Movie
William Stryker
X2 (2003)
Movie
6.23
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
TV
6.5
Captain Oakes
Sin (2003)
Movie
James Brogan
25th Hour (2002)
Movie
5.12
Robert McKee
Adaptation. (2002)
Movie
5.67
Self - Narrator
Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World (2002)
Movie
Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Top Gear (2002)
TV
6.75
Richard Morgan
The Ring (2002)
Movie
5.95
Narrator
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
Movie
Michael O'Mara
The Biographer (2002)
Movie
Ward Abbott
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Movie
6
Jim Morris Sr.
The Rookie (2002)
Movie
1
Cyr
Bug (2002)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Marquis De Sade: Pornographer or Prophet? (2002)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (2002)
Movie
Narrator
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002)
Movie
Minister Breteuil
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Movie
Self
Richard & Judy (2001)
TV
8
Big John Harrigan
L.I.E. (2001)
Movie
8
Chisolm
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
Movie
John O'Hagen
Super Troopers (2001)
Movie
3.5
Self
Inside 'Manhunter' (2001)
Movie
Anubis (voice)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000)
TV
6.44
George Beneventi
Saltwater (2000)
Movie
Nuremberg (2000)
Movie
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Nuremberg (2000)
TV
Inspector McDunn
Complicity (2000)
Movie
Martin Smith
A Shot at Glory (2000)
Movie
1
Sidney McLoughlin
Mad About Mambo (2000)
Movie
Dr. Morel
The Invention of Dr. Morel (2000)
Movie
Lord Morton
Longitude (2000)
TV
Lord Morton
Longitude (2000)
Movie
Gary Wheeler
For Love of the Game (1999)
Movie
6
Sean Wallace
The Corruptor (1999)
Movie
1
Doug
The Minus Man (1999)
Movie
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Rushmore (1998)
Movie
5.96
Clayton Blackstone
Poodle Springs (1998)
Movie
Uncle Vladimir
Merchants of Venus (1998)
Movie
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Desperate Measures (1998)
Movie
Joe Hamill
The Boxer (1997)
Movie
4
Nye Bevan
Food for Ravens (1997)
Movie
Self - Narration
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe (1997)
Movie
Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Movie
5.42
Director
Oz (1997)
TV
5.78
Dr. Nathan Waldman
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Movie
3
Mr. Smith
The Glimmer Man (1996)
Movie
5.89
Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
TV
4.86
Lyman Earl Collier
Chain Reaction (1996)
Movie
5.33
Self
The Daily Show (1996)
TV
6.75
Judge Freisler
Witness Against Hitler (1996)
Movie
Argyle Wallace
Braveheart (1995)
Movie
6.9
Killearn
Rob Roy (1995)
Movie
6
Narrator (voice)
The Maltese Double Cross (1994)
Movie
Charlie King
The Negotiator (1994)
Movie
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
Grushko (1994)
Movie
Aethelwine
Royal Deceit (1994)
Movie
Angus McTeague
Iron Will (1994)
Movie
Harry Moon
Frasier (1993)
TV
5.35
Narrator (English version)
The Eye of Vichy (1993)
Movie
Maj. Hogan
Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
Movie
6
Maj. Hogan
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
Movie
Major Hogan
Sharpe (1993)
TV
Self - Narrator
Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World (1993)
Movie
The Director
Six Characters in Search of An Author (1992)
Movie
Edward Hoyland
The Big Battalions (1992)
TV
Macbeth (voice)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
TV
The Cutter
The Cutter (1992)
Movie
Owen Benjamin
The Lost Language of Cranes (1992)
Movie
Carl May
The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)
Movie
Carlton Heard
Deceptions (1992)
Movie
Geoffrey Harrison
Red Fox (1991)
Movie
The Director
Performance (1991)
TV
Peter Kerrigan
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Movie
Father Amedy
Perfect Scoundrels (1990)
TV
Andrew Neil
Secret Weapon (1990)
Movie
Kostas Becker (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Self
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy (1989)
Movie
Rev. Wallace (voice)
The Blasphemers' Banquet (1989)
Movie
Voronov
Murder on the Moon (1989)
Movie
Voiceover Narrator
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1988)
Movie
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
TV
Jock Purves
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)
Movie
The King
Red Dwarf (1988)
TV
5.75
Henrik Ibsen
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)
TV
Acting (1987)
TV
Dunny
Shoot for the Sun (1987)
Movie
King Lear
French & Saunders (1987)
TV
Michael Steppings
Inspector Morse (1987)
TV
4.83
Narrator
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People (1987)
Movie
Detective Inspector Nelson
Rat in the Skull (1987)
Movie
Vic
Home Cooking (1986)
Movie
Vic
Unnatural Causes (1986)
TV
Dr. Lecktor
Manhunter (1986)
Movie
5.23
Dr. McGregor
Florence Nightingale (1985)
Movie
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Cantor of St Thomas's (1985)
Movie
Father Góra
Pope John Paul II (1984)
Movie
Burgundy
King Lear (1983)
Movie
Dr. Gillespie
A Cotswold Death (1982)
Movie
Young Laird
The Privilege (1982)
Movie
Chuck
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
TV
Laurent LeClaire
Thérèse Raquin (1980)
TV
Frank
Minder (1979)
TV
6
Self - Panellist
Question Time (1979)
TV
McGrath
Out (1978)
TV
Henry II
The Devil's Crown (1978)
TV
George Simpson
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden (1976)
Movie
Steven Shaw
In Celebration (1975)
Movie
William Wallace
Churchill's People (1974)
TV
Alsemero
The Changeling (1974)
Movie
Stefan Szabo
Van der Valk (1972)
TV
Trotsky
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Movie
Self
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Anton
Manhunt (1970)
TV
Lasar Opie
The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
Movie
Nelson
A Knight in Tarnished Armour (1965)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Bookmark
TV
self
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Movie
Executive Producer
Riff Raff
Movie
The Glove
Movie
The Electric State
Movie
The Planets
Movie
The Voice
A Modern Magician
Movie
Santa (voice)
That Christmas
Movie
Actor
The Parenting
Movie
Himself - Panellist
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Ratings
Average 5.85
Based on 10.9 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-06-01 (77 years old)
Birth NameBrian Denis Cox
Birth PlaceDundee, United Kingdom
SpouseNicole Ansari
ChildrenAlan Cox
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
Also Known AsBrian Denis Cox, Брайан Кокс, برایان کاکس, Brian Cox CBE
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Primetime Emmy Award, Den Spillende Faun, Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award, Laurence Olivier Award, Order of the British Empire, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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