Brian Cox
Acting
Born 1946-06-01
Dundee, Scotland, UK
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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.
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The Simpsons
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show
Frasier
The Graham Norton Show
Troy
The Colbert Report
Play for Today
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Succession
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Great Performances
The One Show
Have I Got News for You
Oz
Agatha Christie's Marple
Top Gear
Shetland
Good Omens
Deadwood
BBC Play of the Month
Minder
Playhouse
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Theatre 625
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Dexter: Resurrection
Question Time
The Wednesday Play
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Red Dwarf
Superman: The Animated Series
Braveheart
Inspector Morse
The Bourne Identity
Penny Dreadful
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Pixels
The Electric State
The Tony Danza Show
Van der Valk
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Zodiac
The Jonathan Ross Show
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Last Leg
Medici: Masters of Florence
RED
Her
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Supremacy
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Ring
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Thirty-Minute Theatre
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