Brian Cox

Actor | Director | Associate Producer

Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He has also appeared in many Hollywood productions playing parts such as Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore and William Stryker in X2. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 production Manhunter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of co...

Place of Birth: Dundee, Scotland, UK

Date of Birth: Jun 1, 1946

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Filmography

Actor (154 Known Credits)

Last Moment of Clarity

Gilles

Lawrence After Arabia

Father (Voice)

Bill

Rory MacNeil

Death (voice)

Shane

Milton

Father Reilly

Logan Roy

Captain O'Hagan

Kubrick by Candlelight

The Narrator

Widdershins

voice

Churchill

Winston Churchill

Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation

Narrator

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines

Crunch

Medici: Masters of Florence

Bernardo Guadagni

Morgan

Jim Bryce

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Tommy Tilden

The Carer

Sir Michael

War and Peace

General Mikhail Kutuzov

Admiral Porter

James McCurdy

Narrator

Manolis

Jared Talbot

Dr. Langham

Daddy

The Great War: The People's Story

Rev. Andrew Clark

Magnus Bain

Ivan

Alan Watts (voice)

An Adventure in Space and Time

Sydney Newman

Mindscape

Sebastian

Believe

Matt Busby

La Malédiction d'Edgar

Edgar Hoover

Harold Blumenthal

Bill Ball

The Mechanic

Raymond

Lenny Fairburn

I Missed My Mother's Funeral

Old Man

The Straits

Harry Montebello

Wide Blue Yonder

Wally

Ironclad

Albany

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

John Landon

The Veteran

Gerry

Exit Humanity

Malcolm Young (voice)

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Glover

Coriolanus

Menenius

The Key Man

Irving

The Sinking of the Laconia

Captain Sharp, RMS Laconia

Reverend Kalahan

Ivan Simanov

Jacques

Action 12 Reporter (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Green Dragon (voice)

Tell-Tale

Van Doren

The Take

Ozzy

The Day of the Triffids

Dennis Masen

Ozzy

Avery Ludlow

Daniel Tennant

Frank Perry

Spanners (voice)

Erzähler

The Graham Norton Show

Himself

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Himself - Panellist

Zodiac

Melvin Belli

Battle for Terra

General Hemmer (voice)

Trick 'r Treat

Mr. Kreeg

The Water Horse

Old Angus

The Secret of the Nutcracker

Drosselmeyer

A Woman in Winter

Dr. Hunt

Running with Scissors

Dr. Finch

Douglas Baxter

Alec Hewett

Gary Barker

Joe Reisert

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Joseph Bell

Narrator

Dr. Robert Smith

Jack Langrishe

King Agamemnon

Ward Abbott

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?

Interviewee

Japan's War In Colour

Narrator

The Reckoning

Tobias

William Stryker

Sin

Captain Oakes

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2

Himself

Himself

Richard Morgan

James Brogan

Ward Abbott

Robert McKee

Jim Morris Sr.

Cyr

Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World

Narrator

Smallpox

Narrator

L.I.E.

Big John Harrigan

The Affair of the Necklace

Minister Breteuil

Captain O'Hagan

Chisolm

Himself

Inspector McDunn

Sidney McLoughlin

Lord Morton

Martin Smith

George Beneventi

Herman Wilhelm Goering

The Invention of Dr. Morel

Dr. Morel

Sean Wallace

Gary Wheeler

Doug

Clayton Blackstone

Captain Jeremiah Cassidy

Rushmore

Dr. Nelson Guggenheim

Merchants of Venus

Uncle Vladimir

Kiss the Girls

Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.

The Boxer

Joe Hamill

Food for Ravens

Aneurin Bevan

The Glimmer Man

Mr. Smith

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Dr. Nathan Waldman

Lyman Earl Collier

Argyle Wallace

Killearn

Angus McTeague

Aethelwine

Hogan

Harry Moon

Major Michael Hogan

Major Michael Hogan

The Lost Language of Cranes

Owen Benjamin

The Cloning of Joanna May

Carl May

Six Characters in Search of An Author

The Director

Red Fox

Geoffrey Harrison

Hidden Agenda

Kerrigan

Murder on the Moon

Voronov

Regi Andrej Tarkovskij

Voiceover Narrator

Rat in the Skull

Detective Inspector Nelson

Manhunter

Dr. Hannibal Lecktor

Florence Nightingale

Dr. McGregor

Pope John Paul II

Father Góra

The Cantor of St Thomas's

Johann Sebastian Bach

Burgundy

Laurent LeClaire

Himself - Panellist

Henry II of England

Steven Shaw

Nicholas and Alexandra

Trotsky

The Year of the Sex Olympics

Lasar Opie

Grushko

Colonel Yevgeni Grushko

The Negotiator

Charlie King

Last Moment of Clarity (2020)

Gilles

Lawrence After Arabia (2020)

Father (Voice)

Strange But True (2019)

Bill

The Etruscan Smile (2019)

Rory MacNeil

Good Omens (2019)

Death (voice)

Remember Me (2019)

Shane

The Bay of Silence (2019)

Milton

The Last Right (2019)

Father Reilly

Succession (2018 - 2021)

Logan Roy

Super Troopers 2 (2018)

Captain O'Hagan

Kubrick by Candlelight (2018)

The Narrator

Widdershins (2018)

voice

Churchill (2017)

Winston Churchill

Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation (2017)

Narrator

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines (2017)

Crunch

Medici: Masters of Florence (2016 - 2019)

Bernardo Guadagni

Morgan (2016)

Jim Bryce

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

Tommy Tilden

The Carer (2016)

Sir Michael

War and Peace (2016)

General Mikhail Kutuzov

Pixels (2015)

Admiral Porter

Forsaken (2015)

James McCurdy

Pacific Warriors (2015)

Narrator

The Slap (2015)

Manolis

Penny Dreadful (2014 - 2016)

Jared Talbot

The Anomaly (2014)

Dr. Langham

The Game (2014)

Daddy

The Great War: The People's Story (2014)

Rev. Andrew Clark

Shetland (2013 - 2022)

Magnus Bain

Bob Servant (2013 - 2014)

Bob Servant

RED 2 (2013)

Ivan

Her (2013)

Alan Watts (voice)

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

Sydney Newman

Mindscape (2013)

Sebastian

Believe (2013)

Matt Busby

La Malédiction d'Edgar (2013)

Edgar Hoover

Blumenthal (2013)

Harold Blumenthal

A Touch of Cloth (2012 - 2014)

Bill Ball

Tooned (2012 - 2014)

The Mechanic

The Campaign (2012)

Raymond

Blood (2012)

Lenny Fairburn

I Missed My Mother's Funeral (2012)

Old Man

The Straits (2012)

Harry Montebello

Wide Blue Yonder (2012)

Wally

Ironclad (2011)

Albany

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

John Landon

The Veteran (2011)

Gerry

Exit Humanity (2011)

Malcolm Young (voice)

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011)

Glover

Coriolanus (2011)

Menenius

The Key Man (2011)

Irving

The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)

Captain Sharp, RMS Laconia

As Good As Dead (2010)

Reverend Kalahan

RED (2010)

Ivan Simanov

The Good Heart (2009)

Jacques

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Action 12 Reporter (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)

Green Dragon (voice)

Tell-Tale (2009)

Van Doren

The Take (2009)

Ozzy

The Day of the Triffids (2009)

Dennis Masen

The Take (2009)

Ozzy

Red (2008)

Avery Ludlow

Shoot on Sight (2008)

Daniel Tennant

The Escapist (2008)

Frank Perry

Agent Crush (2008)

Spanners (voice)

The Colour of Magic (2008)

Erzähler

The Graham Norton Show (2007 - 2022)

Himself

Have I Got a Bit More News for You (2007 - 2022)

Himself - Panellist

Zodiac (2007)

Melvin Belli

Battle for Terra (2007)

General Hemmer (voice)

Trick 'r Treat (2007)

Mr. Kreeg

The Water Horse (2007)

Old Angus

The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007)

Drosselmeyer

A Woman in Winter (2007)

Dr. Hunt

Running with Scissors (2006)

Dr. Finch

The Flying Scotsman (2006)

Douglas Baxter

Match Point (2005)

Alec Hewett

The Ringer (2005)

Gary Barker

Red Eye (2005)

Joe Reisert

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)

Joseph Bell

Hitler in Colour (2005)

Narrator

Blue/Orange (2005)

Dr. Robert Smith

Deadwood (2004 - 2006)

Jack Langrishe

Troy (2004)

King Agamemnon

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Ward Abbott

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? (2004)

Interviewee

Japan's War In Colour (2003)

Narrator

The Reckoning (2003)

Tobias

X2 (2003)

William Stryker

Sin (2003)

Captain Oakes

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 (2003)

Himself

Top Gear (2002 - 2022)

Himself

The Ring (2002)

Richard Morgan

25th Hour (2002)

James Brogan

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Ward Abbott

Adaptation. (2002)

Robert McKee

The Rookie (2002)

Jim Morris Sr.

Bug (2002)

Cyr

Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World (2002)

Narrator

Smallpox (2002)

Narrator

L.I.E. (2001)

Big John Harrigan

The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

Minister Breteuil

Super Troopers (2001)

Captain O'Hagan

Strictly Sinatra (2001)

Chisolm

Inside 'Manhunter' (2001)

Himself

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

Nuremberg (2000)

Herman Wilhelm Goering

The Invention of Dr. Morel (2000)

Dr. Morel

The Corruptor (1999)

Sean Wallace

For Love of the Game (1999)

Gary Wheeler

The Minus Man (1999)

Doug

Poodle Springs (1998)

Clayton Blackstone

Desperate Measures (1998)

Captain Jeremiah Cassidy

Rushmore (1998)

Dr. Nelson Guggenheim

Merchants of Venus (1998)

Uncle Vladimir

Kiss the Girls (1997)

Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.

The Boxer (1997)

Joe Hamill

Food for Ravens (1997)

Aneurin Bevan

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Mr. Smith

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Dr. Nathan Waldman

Chain Reaction (1996)

Lyman Earl Collier

Braveheart (1995)

Argyle Wallace

Rob Roy (1995)

Killearn

Iron Will (1994)

Angus McTeague

Prince of Jutland (1994)

Aethelwine

Sharpe (1993 - 2008)

Hogan

Frasier (1993 - 2004)

Harry Moon

Sharpe's Eagle (1993)

Major Michael Hogan

Sharpe's Rifles (1993)

Major Michael Hogan

The Lost Language of Cranes (1992)

Owen Benjamin

The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)

Carl May

Six Characters in Search of An Author (1992)

The Director

Red Fox (1991)

Geoffrey Harrison

Hidden Agenda (1990)

Kerrigan

Murder on the Moon (1989)

Voronov

Regi Andrej Tarkovskij (1988)

Voiceover Narrator

Rat in the Skull (1987)

Detective Inspector Nelson

Manhunter (1986)

Dr. Hannibal Lecktor

Florence Nightingale (1985)

Dr. McGregor

Pope John Paul II (1985)

Father Góra

The Cantor of St Thomas's (1985)

Johann Sebastian Bach

King Lear (1983)

Burgundy

Thérèse Raquin (1980)

Laurent LeClaire

Question Time (1979 - 2020)

Himself - Panellist

The Devil's Crown (1978)

Henry II of England

In Celebration (1975)

Steven Shaw

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Trotsky

The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)

Lasar Opie

Grushko

Colonel Yevgeni Grushko

The Negotiator

Charlie King

Director (1 Known Credits)

Director

Oz (1997 - 2003)

Director

Associate Producer (1 Known Credits)

Red

Associate Producer

Red (2008)

Associate Producer

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Brian Cox

Actor | Director | Associate Producer

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