Brian Denis Cox CBE 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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2 | The Electric State (2025) | Popfly (voice) | 6.6 | |
3 | That Christmas (2024) | Santa (voice) | 5 | |
4 | Little Wing (2024) | Jaan Vari | 8 | |
5 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) | Helm Hammerhand (voice) | 6.8 | |
6 | Prisoner's Daughter (2023) | Max | - | - |
7 | Mending the Line (2023) | Ike Fletcher | - | - |
8 | Quasi (2023) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
9 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022) | Self | - | - |
10 | Ukraine: Answering the Call (2022) | Self | - | - |
11 | The Independent (2022) | Nick Booker | 7 | |
12 | Separation (2021) | Rivers | 4 | |
13 | Lawrence After Arabia (2020) | Father (Voice) | - | - |
14 | The Bay of Silence (2020) | Milton | 1 | |
15 | Last Moment of Clarity (2020) | Gilles | 3.7 | |
16 | Pretenders (2019) | Henry | - | - |
17 | The Last Right (2019) | Father Reilly | - | - |
18 | Strange But True (2019) | Bill | 2 | |
19 | Super Troopers 2 (2018) | John O'Hagen | 6.7 | |
20 | Churchill (2017) | Winston Churchill | 6 | |
21 | Morgan (2016) | Jim Bryce | 5.9 | |
22 | The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) | Tommy Tilden | 6.9 | |
23 | The Carer (2016) | Sir Michael | - | - |
24 | Forsaken (2015) | James McCurdy | 5.8 | |
25 | Pixels (2015) | Admiral Porter | 6.2 | |
26 | The Gospel of John (2014) | Narrator (voice) – King James Version | 8 | |
27 | The Anomaly (2014) | Dr. Langham | 6.3 | |
28 | An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) | Sydney Newman | 8.8 | |
29 | Her (2013) Top 100 by FilmGator | Alan Watts (voice) | 8.2 | |
30 | Believe (2013) | Matt Busby | - | - |
31 | Anna (2013) | Sebastian | 6.8 | |
32 | RED 2 (2013) | Ivan | 6.9 | |
33 | The Campaign (2012) | Raymond | 6.7 | |
34 | Blood (2012) | Lenny Fairburn | 6 | |
35 | Ironclad (2011) | Albany | 6.1 | |
36 | Exit Humanity (2011) | Malcolm Young (voice) | 5.5 | |
37 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Oscars 2012 | John Landon | 7.5 | |
38 | The Veteran (2011) | Gerry | 6.4 | |
39 | Coriolanus (2011) | Menenius | 5.8 | |
40 | Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011) | Glover | 6.5 | |
41 | RED (2010) | Ivan Simanov | 7.4 | |
42 | On Expenses (2010) | - | - | - |
43 | As Good As Dead (2010) | Reverend Kalahan | 5.5 | |
44 | Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Oscars 2010 | Action 12 Reporter (voice) | 7.8 | |
45 | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009) | Green Dragon (voice) | 7 | |
46 | Tell-Tale (2009) | Van Doren | 5 | |
47 | The Good Heart (2009) | Jacques | 6 | |
48 | Red (2008) | Avery Ludlow | 4.6 | |
49 | The Escapist (2008) | Frank Perry | 6.8 | |
50 | Trick 'r Treat (2007) | Mr. Kreeg | 6.8 | |
51 | Battle for Terra (2007) | General Hemmer (voice) | 6.3 | |
52 | Zodiac (2007) | Melvin Belli | 7.6 | |
53 | The Water Horse (2007) | Old Angus | 6.6 | |
54 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Oscars 2008 | Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.9 | |
55 | Running with Scissors (2006) | Dr. Finch | 6.7 | |
56 | The Flying Scotsman (2006) | Douglas Baxter | 8.5 | |
57 | Blue/Orange (2005) | Dr. Robert Smith | - | - |
58 | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) | Joseph Bell | - | - |
59 | The Ringer (2005) | Gary Barker | 6.7 | |
60 | Red Eye (2005) | Joe Reisert | 6.7 | |
61 | Match Point (2005) Oscars 2006 | Alec Hewett | 7 | |
62 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) | Other Voices (voice) | - | - |
63 | The Bourne Supremacy (2004) | Ward Abbott | 7.8 | |
64 | The Reckoning (2004) | Tobias | 6.3 | |
65 | Troy (2004) Oscars 2005 | King Agamemnon | 6.9 | |
66 | Sin (2003) | Captain Oakes | - | - |
67 | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (2003) | - | - | - |
68 | X2 (2003) | William Stryker | 7.4 | |
69 | Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World (2002) | Narrator | - | - |
70 | 25th Hour (2002) | James Brogan | 7.7 | |
71 | The Rookie (2002) | Jim Morris Sr. | 6.5 | |
72 | The Ring (2002) | Richard Morgan | 7.1 | |
73 | The Bourne Identity (2002) | Ward Abbott | 8 | |
74 | Adaptation. (2002) Oscars 2003 | Robert McKee | 7.4 | |
75 | Bug (2002) | Cyr | 6.3 | |
76 | Inside 'Manhunter' (2001) | Himself | - | - |
77 | L.I.E. (2001) | Big John Harrigan | 7 | |
78 | The Affair of the Necklace (2001) Oscars 2002 | Minister Breteuil | 6.3 | |
79 | Super Troopers (2001) | John O'Hagen | 7.5 | |
80 | Complicity (2000) | Inspector McDunn | - | - |
81 | Mad About Mambo (2000) | Sidney McLoughlin | 5 | |
82 | A Shot at Glory (2000) | Martin Smith | 5 | |
83 | The Minus Man (1999) | Doug | - | - |
84 | The Corruptor (1999) | Sean Wallace | 5.3 | |
85 | For Love of the Game (1999) | Gary Wheeler | 6.8 | |
86 | Desperate Measures (1998) | Captain Jeremiah Cassidy | 6.7 | |
87 | Rushmore (1998) | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim | 7.3 | |
88 | Poodle Springs (1998) | Clayton Blackstone | - | - |
89 | Kiss the Girls (1997) | Chief Hatfield, Durham PD | 6.8 | |
90 | The Boxer (1997) | Joe Hamill | 8 | |
91 | The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) | Dr. Nathan Waldman | 6.7 | |
92 | The Glimmer Man (1996) | Mr. Smith | 4.8 | |
93 | Chain Reaction (1996) | Lyman Earl Collier | 6 | |
94 | Braveheart (1995) | Argyle Wallace | 8.1 | |
95 | Rob Roy (1995) | Killearn | 7.1 | |
96 | Prince of Jutland (1994) | Aethelwine | 4 | |
97 | Iron Will (1994) | Angus McTeague | 6.5 | |
98 | Sharpe's Eagle (1993) | Major Michael Hogan | - | - |
99 | Sharpe's Rifles (1993) | Major Michael Hogan | - | - |
100 | Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1988) | Voiceover Narrator | 5 | |
101 | Manhunter (1986) | Dr. Hannibal Lecktor | 7 | |
102 | King Lear (1983) | Burgundy | - | - |
103 | Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) | Trotsky | 8 | |
104 | Super Troopers 3 | Capt. John O’Hagan | - | - |