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 (64)
Super Troopers 3
The Electric State
The Parenting
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
That Christmas
Prisoner's Daughter
The Independent
The Bay of Silence
Strange but True
Super Troopers 2
The Etruscan Smile
Churchill
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Morgan
Pixels
Forsaken
Her
RED 2
Anna
The Campaign
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Ironclad
Coriolanus
RED
As Good As Dead
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Tell-Tale
Red
The Bourne Ultimatum
Trick 'r Treat
Zodiac
The Water Horse
Battle for Terra
The Flying Scotsman
Match Point
The Ringer
Red Eye
The Bourne Supremacy
Troy
The Reckoning
X2
The Ring
The Bourne Identity
Adaptation.
25th Hour
The Rookie
Super Troopers
A Shot at Glory
The Minus Man
For Love of the Game
The Corruptor
Rushmore
Desperate Measures
Poodle Springs
The Boxer
Kiss the Girls
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Chain Reaction
The Glimmer Man
Braveheart
Rob Roy
Hidden Agenda
Manhunter
