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 L...
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.
Movies (Cast)
Troy
Her
Braveheart
The Veteran
Pixels
That Christmas
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Electric State
Super Troopers
RED
Forsaken
The Bourne Identity
RED 2
Zodiac
Tell-Tale
Red
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rushmore
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Believe
Separation
The Rookie
The Ringer
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Independent
Anna
Blood
Ironclad
Sin
The Ring
Exit Humanity
Match Point
Chain Reaction
The Bourne Supremacy
King Lear
Desperate Measures
The Escapist
Quasi
Kiss the Girls
Iron Will
Grushko
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
The Water Horse
Battle for Terra
Blue/Orange
In Celebration
The Anomaly
Little Wing
The Boxer
Florence Nightingale
The Long Kiss Goodnight
L.I.E.
The Curse of Edgar
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Strictly Sinatra
Agent Crush
The Carer
Strange But True
The Reckoning
Complicity
The Corruptor
Saltwater
Longitude
The Gospel of John
Secret Weapon
The Outsiders
The Last Right
The Glimmer Man
For Love of the Game
Red Eye
Poodle Springs
Bug
Super Troopers 2
The Secret of the Nutcracker
The Affair of the Necklace
Adaptation.
Prince of Jutland
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Good Heart
The Minus Man
Running with Scissors
Murder on the Moon
Sharpe: The Legend
Prisoner's Daughter
Hidden Agenda
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle