Brian Cox

80 years old Dundee, Scotland, UK

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.

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 Super Troopers 3 (2026) Capt. John O’Hagan -
2 The Parenting (2025) Frank 9
3 The Electric State (2025) Popfly (voice) 6.6
4 That Christmas (2024) Santa (voice) 5
5 Little Wing (2024) Jaan Vari 8
6 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) Helm Hammerhand (voice) 6.8
7 Prisoner's Daughter (2023) Max -
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 The Bay of Silence (2020) Milton 1
14 Last Moment of Clarity (2020) Gilles 3.7
15 Lawrence After Arabia (2020) Father (Voice) -
16 Strange but True (2019) Bill 2
17 Pretenders (2019) Henry -
18 The Last Right (2019) Father Reilly -
19 Super Troopers 2 (2018) John O'Hagen 6.6
20 Churchill (2017) Winston Churchill 6
21 The Carer (2016) Sir Michael -
22 Morgan (2016) Jim Bryce 5.9
23 The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Tommy Tilden 6.9
24 Pixels (2015) Admiral Porter 6.2
25 Forsaken (2015) James McCurdy 5.8
26 The Gospel of John (2014) Narrator (voice) – King James Version 8
27 The Anomaly (2014) Dr. Langham 6.3
28 Believe (2013) Matt Busby -
29 Anna (2013) Sebastian 6.8
30 An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) Sydney Newman 8.8
31 Her (2013)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Alan Watts (voice) 8.2
32 RED 2 (2013) Ivan 6.9
33 Blood (2012) Lenny Fairburn 6
34 The Campaign (2012) Raymond 6.7
35 The Veteran (2011) Gerry 6.4
36 Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011) Glover 6.5
37 Coriolanus (2011) Menenius 5.8
38 Exit Humanity (2011) Malcolm Young (voice) 5.5
39 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Oscars 2012 		John Landon 7.5
40 Ironclad (2011) Albany 6.1
41 On Expenses (2010) Michael Martin -
42 As Good As Dead (2010) Reverend Kalahan 5.5
43 RED (2010) Ivan Simanov 7.4
44 Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009) Green Dragon (voice) 7
45 Tell-Tale (2009) Van Doren 5
46 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Oscars 2010 		Action 12 Reporter (voice) 7.7
47 The Good Heart (2009) Jacques 6
48 The Escapist (2008) Frank Perry 6.8
49 Red (2008) Avery Ludlow 4.6
50 The Water Horse (2007) Old Angus 6.6
51 Zodiac (2007) Melvin Belli 7.6
52 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Oscars 2008 		Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 8
53 Battle for Terra (2007) General Hemmer (voice) 6.3
54 Trick 'r Treat (2007) Mr. Kreeg 6.8
55 Running with Scissors (2006) Dr. Finch 6.7
56 The Flying Scotsman (2006) Douglas Baxter 8
57 The Ringer (2005) Gary Barker 6.7
58 The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) Joseph Bell -
59 Red Eye (2005) Joe Reisert 6.7
60 Blue/Orange (2005) Dr. Robert Smith -
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 Reckoning (2004) Tobias 6.3
64 Troy (2004)
Oscars 2005 		Agamemnon 6.9
65 The Bourne Supremacy (2004) Ward Abbott 7.8
66 X2 (2003) William Stryker 7.4
67 Sin (2003) Captain Oakes -
68 The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 (2003) Self -
69 The Ring (2002) Richard Morgan 7.2
70 25th Hour (2002) James Brogan 7.7
71 Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World (2002) Narrator -
72 The Bourne Identity (2002)
Top 30 in 2000s 		Ward Abbott 8.1
73 The Rookie (2002) Jim Morris Sr. 6.5
74 Adaptation. (2002)
Oscars 2003 		Robert McKee 7.4
75 Bug (2002) Cyr 6.3
76 Inside 'Manhunter' (2001) Himself -
77 Super Troopers (2001) Captain O'Hagen 7.3
78 L.I.E. (2001) Big John Harrigan 7
79 The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Oscars 2002 		Minister Breteuil 6.3
80 Mad About Mambo (2000) Sidney McLoughlin 5
81 A Shot at Glory (2000) Martin Smith 5
82 Complicity (2000) Inspector McDunn -
83 For Love of the Game (1999) Gary Wheeler 6.8
84 The Minus Man (1999) Doug -
85 The Corruptor (1999) Sean Wallace 5.3
86 Desperate Measures (1998) Captain Jeremiah Cassidy 6.7
87 Rushmore (1998) Dr. Nelson Guggenheim 7.1
88 Poodle Springs (1998) Clayton Blackstone -
89 The Boxer (1997) Joe Hamill 8
90 Kiss the Girls (1997) Chief Hatfield, Durham PD 6.8
91 The Glimmer Man (1996) Mr. Smith 4.8
92 The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Dr. Nathan Waldman 6.7
93 Chain Reaction (1996) Lyman Earl Collier 6
94 Rob Roy (1995) Killearn 7.1
95 Braveheart (1995) Argyle Wallace 8.1
96 Iron Will (1994) Angus McTeague 6.5
97 Prince of Jutland (1994) Aethelwine 4
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