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Brian Cox
Highest Rated: 96% An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jun 1, 1946
Birthplace: Dundee, Scotland, UK
The accomplished Shakespearean actor Brian Cox, became well-known for his world tour as "King Lear" with the National Theater, and brought that same commanding delivery and strong presence to countless roles as movie bad guys, starting with his chilling portrayal of Hannibal Leckter in Michael Mann's cult thriller, "Manhunter" (1986). That film proved to be a false start in the American movie business, but Cox returned a decade later, and this time, his solid frame and mastery of accents made him a busy supporting player in blockbusters like "Rob Roy" (1995) and "The Bourne Identity" (2002), as well as acclaimed indie fare from Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, and Woody Allen. Cox's occasional leading roles did not go unnoticed, with the actor earning and Emmy for portraying infamous Nazi Hermann Goering in the TNT movie "Nuremberg" (TNT, 2000). Cox's key roles in comedies like "Super Troopers" (2001) further demonstrated his versatility across genres and nations, while his countrymen revered him as one of the finest actors ever to emerge from Scotland.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56% | 86% | Little Wing |
Jaan (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2024 |
| 43% | 81% | Prisoner's Daughter | Max (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 76% | 82% | Mending the Line | Ike Fletcher (Character) | $377.9K | 2022 |
| 35% | 73% | The Independent |
Nicholas Booker (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonnie | Self | - | 2022 |
| 7% | 35% | Separation | Rivers (Character) | $4.4M | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lawrence: After Arabia |
Epilogue / |
- | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oleg | Narrator | - | 2021 |
| 52% | 46% | The Bay of Silence | Milton (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Moment of Clarity | Gilles (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 67% | 81% | The Last Right | Father Reilly (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Remember Me | Shane (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 52% | 83% | Strange but True | Bill (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 70% | 75% | The Etruscan Smile | Rory MacNeil (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Widdershins | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pretenders | Henry (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Highlands | Narrator | - | 2018 |
| 35% | 64% | Super Troopers 2 | Captain O'Hagan (Character) | $30.6M | 2018 |
| 20% | 33% | The Pretenders | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bob the Builder: Mega Machines | Conrad (Voice) | - | 2017 |
| 49% | 54% | Churchill | Winston Churchill (Character) | $1.3M | 2017 |
| 67% | 60% | The Carer | Sir Michael (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 86% | 71% | The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Tommy Tilden (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 37% | 30% | Morgan | Jim Bryce (Character) | $3.9M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon | Marlon Brando (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Thyme | Norman (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 40% | 87% | Forsaken | James McCurdy (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 18% | 46% | Pixels | Admiral Porter (Character) | $78.7M | 2015 |
| 0% | 24% | The Anomaly | Dr. Langham (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 30% | 30% | Believe | Matt Busby (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 30% | 38% | Anna | Sebastian (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 96% | 92% | An Adventure in Space and Time | Sydney Newman (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 56% | 48% | Blumenthal | Harold (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 95% | 82% | Her | Alan Watts (Voice) | $25.6M | 2013 |
| 45% | 63% | Red 2 | Ivan (Character) | $53.2M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Curse of Edgar | Edgar Hoover (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 55% | 33% | Blood | Lenny Fairburn (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 66% | 51% | The Campaign | Raymond Huggins (Character) | $86.9M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Key Man | Irving (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Exit Humanity | Narrator | - | 2011 |
| 56% | 40% | Citizen Gangster | Glover (Character) | $625 | 2011 |
| 60% | 38% | The Veteran | Gerry (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 92% | 58% | Coriolanus | Menenius (Character) | $756.5K | 2011 |
| 82% | 77% | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | John Landon (Character) | $176.7M | 2011 |
| 43% | 41% | Ironclad | Albany (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All At Sea | Wally (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 72% | 72% | Red | Ivan Simanov (Character) | $90.4M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | As Good as Dead | Reverend Kalahan (Character) | $1.5K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Revelation of the Pyramids | Narrator | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Wonders of the Solar System |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tell Tale | Phillip Van Doren (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 32% | 58% | The Good Heart | Jacques (Character) | $20.0K | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Green Dragon (Voice) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marple: They Do It With Mirrors | Lewis Serrocold (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | The Secret of the Nutcracker | Drosselmeyer (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 67% | 63% | The Escapist |
Frank (Character), Executive Producer |
$13.0K | 2008 |
| 71% | 68% | Red | Avery Ludlow (Character) | $3.2K | 2008 |
| 83% | 72% | Trick 'r Treat | Mr. Kreeg (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 49% | 41% | Battle for Terra | General Hemmer (Voice) | $1.6M | 2007 |
| 20% | 40% | Shoot on Sight | Daniel Tennant (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 74% | 62% | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | Old Angus (Character) | $40.4M | 2007 |
| 90% | 77% | Zodiac | Melvin Belli (Character) | $33.0M | 2007 |
| 50% | 51% | The Flying Scotsman | Douglas Baxter (Character) | $136.1K | 2006 |
| 32% | 56% | Running With Scissors | Dr. Finch (Character) | $6.8M | 2006 |
| 11% | 27% | Pulse | Producer | $20.3M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | A Woman in Winter | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 77% | 81% | Match Point | Alec Hewett (Character) | $23.1M | 2005 |
| 40% | 68% | The Ringer | Gary (Character) | $35.4M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Hitler in Colour | Narrator | - | 2005 |
| 80% | 64% | Red Eye | Joe Reisert (Character) | $57.9M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blue/Orange | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 39% | 56% | The Reckoning | Tobias (Character) | $256.6K | 2004 |
| 82% | 90% | The Bourne Supremacy | Ward Abbott (Character) | $176.0M | 2004 |
| 53% | 73% | Troy | Agamemnon (Character) | $133.2M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Sin | Captain Oakes (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 85% | 85% | X2 | William Stryker (Character) | $214.9M | 2003 |
| 95% | 78% | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Narrator | $515.7K | 2002 |
| 79% | 85% | 25th Hour | James Brogan (Character) | $13.1M | 2002 |
| 90% | 85% | Adaptation | Robert McKee (Character) | $22.2M | 2002 |
| 71% | 48% | The Ring | Richard Morgan (Character) | $128.6M | 2002 |
| 84% | 93% | The Bourne Identity | Ward Abbott (Character) | $121.5M | 2002 |
| 84% | 70% | The Rookie | Jim Sr. (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 77% | Bug | Cyr (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Biographer: The Secret Life of Princess Di | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Biographer | Michael O'Mara (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | The Legend of Loch Lomond | Narrator | - | 2001 |
| 63% | 31% | Strictly Sinatra | Chisolm (Character) | $1.2K | 2001 |
| 36% | 90% | Super Troopers | Captain O'Hagan (Character) | $18.5M | 2001 |
| 15% | 42% | The Affair of the Necklace | Baron de Breteuil (Character) | $430.3K | 2001 |
| 84% | 78% | L.I.E. | Big John Harrigan (Character) | $1.1M | 2001 |
| 57% | 52% | Mad About Mambo | Sidney McLoughlin (Character) | $61.7K | 2000 |
| 67% | 65% | A Shot at Glory | Martin Smith (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Complicity | Inspector McDunn (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Nuremberg | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saltwater | George Beneventi (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 58% | 46% | The Minus Man | Doug (Character) | $368.8K | 1999 |
| 46% | 75% | For Love of the Game | Gary Wheeler (Character) | $35.2M | 1999 |
| 48% | 43% | The Corruptor | Sean Wallace (Character) | $15.2M | 1999 |
| 90% | 91% | Rushmore | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim (Character) | $17.1M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Merchants of Venus | Uncle Vladimir (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Poodle Springs | Clayton Blackstone (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 32% | 62% | Kiss the Girls | Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D. (Character) | $60.5M | 1997 |
| 19% | 38% | Desperate Measures | Captain Jeremiah Cassidy (Character) | $13.7M | 1997 |
| 81% | 74% | The Boxer | Joe Hamill (Character) | $5.8M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Food for Ravens | Nye Bevan (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 68% | 70% | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Dr. Nathan Waldman (Character) | $33.4M | 1996 |
| 18% | 27% | Chain Reaction | Lyman Earl Collier (Character) | $20.6M | 1996 |
| 11% | 38% | The Glimmer Man | Mr. Smith (Character) | $20.4M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Witness Against Hitler | Judge Freisler (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scorpion Spring | Writer | - | 1995 |
| 73% | 75% | Rob Roy | Killearn (Character) | $30.4M | 1995 |
| 67% | 66% | Iron Will | Angus McTeague (Character) | $20.6M | 1994 |
| 83% | 25% | Prince of Jutland | Aethelwine (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Negotiator | Charlie King (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Sharpe's Rifles | Hogan (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | Sharpe's Eagle | Hogan (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | L'oeil De Vichy | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | The Lost Language of Cranes | Owen Benjamin (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cloning of Joanna May | Carl May (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 86% | 72% | Hidden Agenda | Kerrigan (Character) | $69.2K | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Weapon | Andrew Neil (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder by Moonlight | Voronov (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 94% | 77% | Manhunter | Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Character) | $7.0M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shoot for the Sun | Dunny (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pope John Paul II | Father Gora (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Privilege | Young Laird (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Cotswold Death | Dr. Gillespie (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Scream | Chuck Spillers (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | In Celebration | Steven Shaw (Character) | - | 1974 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2021 2023 |
| 43% | 70% | 007: Road to a Million | Host | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2023 |
| 95% | 87% | Succession | Logan Roy (Character) | 2018-2019 2021 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 2021-2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2023 |
| 60% | No Score Yet | Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond | Self | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2020 2022 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Kostas Becker (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shakespeare Uncovered | Host | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Shetland | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Slap | Manolis (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | After Braveheart | Narrator | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bob Servant | Bob Servant (Character) | 2014 |
| 95% | 88% | The Game | Daddy (Character) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bob Servant Independent | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Addicted to Pleasure | Host | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Straits | Harry Montebello (Character) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sinking of the Laconia | Captain Sharp (Character) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day of the Triffids | Dennis (Character) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | El Botín | Ozzy (Character) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Kings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 92% | 96% | Deadwood | Jack Langrishe (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Top Gear | Guest | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | French and Saunders | King Lear (Character) | 2004 |
| 95% | 94% | Frasier | Harry Moon (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 93% | 96% | Oz | Director | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nuremberg | Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Character) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mystery! | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hammer House of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil's Crown | Henry II (Character) | 1978 |