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Overview
Mini Biography:
Brian Cox is an Emmy Award-winning actor, first coming to attention in... moreTrivia:
First actor to portray Dr. Hannibal Lecter on the screen. moreAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(150 articles)
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Alternate Names:
Brian Cox CBEUS TV Schedule:
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Filmography
In Development: 
- Ocean Beach (details only on IMDbPro)
Actor:
- Birdsong (2010) (in production)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (post-production) .... Boggis
- "The Day of the Triffids" (2009) TV series (post-production) (unconfirmed) .... Dennis Mason
- As Good as Dead (2009) (post-production) .... Reverend Kalahan
- The Good Heart (2009) (post-production) .... Jacques
- Wide Blue Yonder (2009) (post-production) .... Wally
- "The Take" .... Ozzy (4 episodes, 2009)
- Episode #1.4 (2009) TV episode .... Ozzy
- Episode #1.3 (2009) TV episode .... Ozzy
- Episode #1.1 (2009) TV episode .... Ozzy
- Episode #1.2 (2009) TV episode .... Ozzy - Tell-Tale (2009) .... Van Doren
... aka Tell Tale (USA) - "Kings" .... King Vesper Abaddon (2 episodes, 2009)
- Judgment Day (2009) TV episode .... King Vesper Abaddon
- Prosperity (2009) TV episode .... King Vesper Abaddon - Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (2009) (V) (voice) .... Green Dragon
... aka Scooby-Doo! and the Sword of the Samurai (Australia) - Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (2009) (TV) .... Lewis Serrocold
- Lost & Found (2009) (TV) .... Burt Macey
- Trick 'r Treat (2008) .... Mr. Kreeg
- The Colour of Magic (2008) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (International: English title: complete title)
... aka The Color of Magic (USA: new title) - Agent Crush (2008) (voice) .... 'Spanners'
- The Escapist (2008) .... Frank Perry
- Red (2008) .... Avery Ludlow
- Killzone 2 (2008) (VG) (voice) .... Scolar Visari
- The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007) (TV)
- Shoot on Sight (2007) .... Daniel Tennant
- The Water Horse (2007) .... Old Angus
... aka The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (International: English title: promotional title) - Terra (2007) (voice) .... General Hemmer
... aka Battle for Terra (International: English title) (USA: new title) - The Martyr's Crown (2007) (voice) .... Narrator
- Zodiac (2007/I) .... Melvin Belli
- "Timewatch" .... Narrator (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "BBC History: Timewatch" (UK)
- The Last Duel (2007) TV episode .... Narrator - The Key Man (2007) .... Irving
- Running with Scissors (2006) .... Dr. Finch
- The Outsiders (2006) (TV) .... Gabriel
- "Deadwood" .... Jack Langrishe (9 episodes, 2006)
- Tell Him Something Pretty (2006) TV episode .... Jack Langrishe
- The Catbird Seat (2006) TV episode .... Jack Langrishe
- A Constant Throb (2006) TV episode .... Jack Langrishe
- Amateur Night (2006) TV episode .... Jack Langrishe
- Leviathan Smiles (2006) TV episode .... Jack Langrishe
(4 more) - The Flying Scotsman (2006) .... Douglas Baxter
... aka Flying Scotsman - Allein zum Ziel (Germany) - The Ringer (2005) .... Gary Barker
- Red Eye (2005) .... Joe Reisert
- "Danny Phantom" .... Pariah Dark (1 episode, 2005)
- Reign Storm (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Pariah Dark - The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Bell
- Lost: The Journey (2005) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- Match Point (2005) .... Alec Hewett
- Blue/Orange (2005) (TV) .... Dr. Robert Smith
- A Woman in Winter (2005) .... Dr. Hunt
- "French and Saunders" .... King Lear (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #6.4 (2004) TV episode .... King Lear - Killzone (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Scolar Visari
- Get the Picture (2004) .... Harry Sondheim
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004) .... Ward Abbott
... aka Die Bourne Verschwörung (Germany) - Troy (2004) .... Agamemnon
- Sin (2003/I) .... Captain Oakes
- Manhunt (2003) (VG) (voice) .... The Director
- The Reckoning (2003/I) .... Tobias
... aka El misterio de Wells (Spain)
... aka Morality Play - X2 (2003) .... William Stryker
... aka X-Men 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka X-2 (USA: poster title)
... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
... aka X2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
... aka X2: X-Men unis (Canada: French title) - 25th Hour (2002) .... James Brogan
- Adaptation. (2002) .... Robert McKee
- Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (2002) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Ring (2002) .... Richard Morgan
- The Biographer (2002) (TV) .... Michael O'Mara
- The Bourne Identity (2002) .... Ward Abbott
... aka Die Bourne Identität (Germany) - "Frasier" .... Harry Moon (2 episodes, 2002)
- Moons Over Seattle (2002) TV episode .... Harry Moon
- The Guilt Trippers (2002) TV episode .... Harry Moon - The Rookie (2002/I) .... Jim Morris Sr.
- Bug (2002) .... Cyr
- Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Secret Futures: Smallpox (UK)
... aka Smallpox (USA) - The Affair of the Necklace (2001) .... Minister Breteuil
- Strictly Sinatra (2001) .... Chisolm
... aka Strictly Sinatra (USA) - L.I.E. (2001) .... Big John Harrigan
- Super Troopers (2001) .... Captain O'Hagan
... aka Broken Lizard's Super Troopers (USA: complete title) - Zulu 9 (2001) (voice) .... Storyteller
- The Legend of Loch Lomond (2001) .... Narrator
... aka Legend of the Loch (UK) - Saltwater (2000) .... George
- A Shot at Glory (2000) .... Martin Smith
- "Animated Tales of the World" .... Narrator (1 episode, 2000)
- The Green Man of Knowledge: A Story from Scotland (2000) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator - Nuremberg (2000) (TV) .... Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
- Mad About Mambo (2000) .... Sidney McLoughlin
- Complicity (2000) .... Inspector McDunn
... aka Retribution (video title) - The Invention of Dr. Morel (2000) .... Dr. Morel
- Longitude (2000) (TV) .... Lord Morton
- For Love of the Game (1999) .... Gary Wheeler
- The Corruptor (1999) .... Sean Wallace
- The Minus Man (1999) .... Doug
- Rushmore (1998) .... Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
- Poodle Springs (1998) (TV) .... Clayton Blackstone
- Merchants of Venus (1998) .... Uncle Vladimir
... aka A Dirty Little Business (USA: MIFED title) - Desperate Measures (1998) .... Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
- The Boxer (1997) .... Joe Hamill
- Food for Ravens (1997) (TV) .... Nye Bevan
- Kiss the Girls (1997) .... Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
- "Superman" .... Dr. Earl Garver (1 episode, 1997)
... aka "Superman: The Animated Series" (USA: informal alternative title)
- Two's a Crowd (1997) TV episode (voice) .... Dr. Earl Garver - "Red Dwarf" .... The King (1 episode, 1997)
- Stoke Me a Clipper (1997) TV episode .... The King - The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) .... Dr. Nathan Waldman
- The Glimmer Man (1996) .... Mr. Smith
- Chain Reaction (1996) .... Lyman Earl Collier
- Witness Against Hitler (1996) (TV) .... Judge Freisler
- Braveheart (1995) .... Argyle Wallace
- Rob Roy (1995) .... Killearn
- I Was Catherine the Great's Stable Boy (1994) .... Voice Over
- The Negotiator (1994) (TV) .... Charlie King
- Grushko (1994) (TV) .... Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
- Prince of Jutland (1994) .... Aethelwine
... aka Amled, prinsen af Jylland (Denmark)
... aka Prinsen af Jylland (Denmark: video title)
... aka Royal Deceit (USA) - Iron Will (1994) .... Angus McTeague
- "Scene" .... P.O. Garvey (1 episode, 1993)
- Pig Boy (1993) TV episode .... P.O. Garvey - Sharpe's Eagle (1993) (TV) .... Maj. Michael Hogan
- Sharpe's Rifles (1993) (TV) .... Maj. Michael Hogan
- "Inspector Morse" .... Michael Steppings (1 episode, 1993)
- Deadly Slumber (1993) TV episode .... Michael Steppings - "The Big Battalions" .... Edward Hoyland (2 episodes, 1992)
- Episode #1.5 (1992) TV episode .... Edward Hoyland
- Episode #1.4 (1992) TV episode .... Edward Hoyland - "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" .... Macbeth (1 episode, 1992)
- Macbeth (1992) TV episode (voice) .... Macbeth - "Van der Valk" .... Stefan Szabo (1 episode, 1992)
- The Ties That Bind (1992) TV episode .... Stefan Szabo - The Cloning of Joanna May (1992) (TV) .... Carl May
- Deceptions (1992) .... Carlton Heard
- Six Characters in Search of an Author (1992) (TV) .... The Director
- The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV) .... Owen Benjamin
- "Red Fox" (1991) TV mini-series .... Geoffrey Harrison
- Hidden Agenda (1990) .... Kerrigan
- "Perfect Scoundrels" (1 episode, 1990)
- The Milk of Human Kindness (1990) TV episode - Secret Weapon (1990) (TV) .... Andrew Neil
- Murder on the Moon (1989) (TV) .... Voronov
... aka Murder by Moonlight (USA)
... aka Murder in Space (USA) - Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988) (TV) .... Jock Purves
- "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers" .... Henrik Ibsen (1 episode, 1988)
... aka "Ten Great Writers of the Modern World" (USA)
- Henrik Ibsen (1988) TV episode (voice) .... Henrik Ibsen - "Unnatural Causes" .... Vic (1 episode, 1986)
- Home Cooking (1986) TV episode .... Vic - Shoot for the Sun (1986) (TV) .... Dunny
- Manhunter (1986) .... Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
... aka Red Dragon: The Curse of Hannibal Lecter (USA: TV title) - The Fourth Floor (1986) (TV) .... Det. Chief Supt. Haladene
- The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest (1986) (TV) .... Waldemar Chrostowski
- Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV) .... Dr. McGrigor
- Pope John Paul II (1984) (TV) .... Father Góra
... aka The Pope - The Cantor of St Thomas's (1984) (TV) .... Johann Sebastian Bach
- "Jemima Shore Investigates" (1 episode, 1983)
- A Chamber of Horrors (1983) TV episode - King Lear (1983) (TV) .... Burgundy
- "Crown Court" .... Edward McLennan (3 episodes, 1976-1982)
- A Candidate for the Alliance (1982) TV episode .... Edward McLennan
- Ends and Means (1976) TV episode .... Edward McLennan
- Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil (1976) TV episode .... Edward McLennan - "Minder" .... Frank McFadden (1 episode, 1982)
- In (1982) TV episode .... Frank McFadden - "Play for Today" .... Dr. Gillespie / ... (2 episodes, 1976-1982)
- A Cotswold Death (1982) TV episode .... Dr. Gillespie
- Clay, Smeddum and Greenden (1976) TV episode .... George Simpson - The Privilege (1982) .... Young Laird
- "Hammer House of Horror" .... Chuck Spillers (1 episode, 1980)
- The Silent Scream (1980) TV episode .... Chuck Spillers - "BBC2 Playhouse" .... Dalhousie (1 episode, 1980)
- Dalhousie's Luck (1980) TV episode .... Dalhousie - "Thérèse Raquin" .... Laurent LeClaire (3 episodes, 1980)
- Episode #1.3 (1980) TV episode .... Laurent LeClaire
- Episode #1.2 (1980) TV episode .... Laurent LeClaire
- Episode #1.1 (1980) TV episode .... Laurent LeClaire - "Out" .... McGrath (3 episodes, 1978)
- I Wouldn't Take Your Hand If I Was Drowning (1978) TV episode .... McGrath
- The Moment he Opened his Envolope (1978) TV episode .... McGrath
- A Little Heart to Heart with Miss Bangor (1978) TV episode .... McGrath - "The Devil's Crown" .... Henry II (4 episodes, 1978)
... aka "La couronne du diable" (France)
- Bolt from the Blue (1978) TV episode .... Henry II
- Before the Dark (1978) TV episode .... Henry II
- The Hungry Falcons (1978) TV episode .... Henry II
- If All the World Were Mine (1978) TV episode .... Henry II - "Target" .... Billy Voss (1 episode, 1977)
- Carve Up (1977) TV episode .... Billy Voss - "Shades of Greene" .... Harry (1 episode, 1975)
- The Blue Film (1975) TV episode .... Harry - In Celebration (1975) .... Steven Shaw
- The Master of Ballantrae (1975) (TV)
- "Churchill's People" .... William Wallace (1 episode, 1975)
- The Wallace (1975) TV episode .... William Wallace - "Sutherland's Law" .... PC Jock Dougall (1 episode, 1974)
- The Evidence (1974) TV episode .... PC Jock Dougall - "BBC Play of the Month" .... Alsemero (1 episode, 1974)
- The Changeling (1974) TV episode .... Alsemero - Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) .... Trotsky
- "Thirty-Minute Theatre" .... Josef Stalin (2 episodes, 1969-1971)
- Combing Down His Yellow Hair (1971) TV episode
- These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin (1969) TV episode .... Josef Stalin - She Stoops to Conquer (1971) (TV) .... Hastings
... aka Stage 2: She Stoops to Conquer (UK: series title) - "Manhunt" .... Anton (2 episodes, 1970)
- Intent to Steal (1970) TV episode .... Anton
- Degrade and Rule (1970) TV episode .... Anton - "Doomwatch" .... Owen (1 episode, 1970)
- Hear No Evil (1970) TV episode .... Owen - When We Dead Awaken (1970) (TV) .... Ulfhejm
- "Z Cars" .... Ted Nuttall (2 episodes, 1969)
- The Shooter: Part 2 (1969) TV episode .... Ted Nuttall
- The Shooter: Part 1 (1969) TV episode .... Ted Nuttall - "Theatre 625" .... Lasar Opie (1 episode, 1968)
- The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) TV episode .... Lasar Opie - "The Gamblers" .... Micky (1 episode, 1967)
- The Bridge (1967) TV episode .... Micky - "Redcap" .... Private Carr (1 episode, 1966)
- Crime Passionel (1966) TV episode .... Private Carr - "The Wednesday Play" .... Nelson (1 episode, 1965)
- A Knight in Tarnished Armour (1965) TV episode .... Nelson
Soundtrack:
- The Escapist (2008) (performer: "The Butcher Boy")
- L.I.E. (2001) (performer: "Danny Boy", "Harrigan Song")
- Sharpe's Rifles (1993) (TV) (performer: "Here's Adieu to All Judges and Juries")
Director:
- "Oz" (1 episode, 2000)
- Gray Matter (2000) TV episode
Self:
- "The Paul O'Grady Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
... aka "The New Paul O'Grady Show" (UK: new title)
- Episode #8.57 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Speechless (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- "British Film Forever" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2007)
- Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) TV episode (as Brian Cox CBE) .... Himself
- Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) TV episode (as Brian Cox CBE) .... Himself - "HARDtalk Extra" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Brian Cox (2007) TV episode .... Himself - "Richard & Judy" .... Himself (5 episodes, 2003-2007)
- Episode dated 14 March 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 29 June 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 9 December 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 26 April 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 28 April 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - 4th Irish Film and Television Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- "Film '72" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "Film '73" (UK: new title)
... aka "Film '74" (UK: new title)
... aka "Film '75" (UK: new title)
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... aka "Film 2006" (UK: new title)
... aka "Film 2007" (UK: new title)
... aka "Film 2008" (UK: new title)
... aka "Film 2009" (UK: new title)
... aka "Film of the Year" (UK: teaser title)
... aka "The Film Programme" (UK: informal alternative title)
- Episode dated 29 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - The Secret Policeman's Ball (2006) (TV) .... Himself
... aka The Secret Policeman's Ball 2006 (Australia) - 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Film4's 50 Films to See Before You Die (UK: complete title) - "Top Gear" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 16 July 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "Artworks Scotland" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Brian Cox (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #2.63 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- Hitler in Colour (2005) (TV) .... Narrator
- The Evening Standard British Film Awards (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- Japan's War in Colour (2005) (TV) .... Narrator
- "Breakfast" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 13 January 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) (voice) .... Other Voices
- "McEnroe" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 16 July 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Dennis Miller" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 21 May 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Troy (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "GMTV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 29 April 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Murder by Numbers (2004) .... Himself
- The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (2003) (V) .... Himself
... aka The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men (USA) - "Today with Des and Mel" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 16 October 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) (V) .... Himself
- "Dinner for Five" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #2.7 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) .... Narrator
... aka Le procès de Henry Kissinger (France) - Masters of Darkness: Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World (2002) (TV) .... Narrator
- Queen Elizabeth's Magician (2001) (TV) .... Narrator
... aka Masters of Darkness: Queen Elizabeth's Magician (UK: series title) - Inside 'Manhunter' (2001) (V) .... Himself
- Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe (1997) (TV) .... Narration
- A New Window Pane (1997)
- "Great Composers" .... Beethoven (1 episode, 1997)
- Beethoven (1997) TV episode (voice) .... Beethoven - "Nyhetsmorgon" .... Himself (1 episode, 1995)
- Filmen 'Braveheart' (1995) TV episode .... Himself - Yo Picasso (1994) (TV) .... Pablo Picasso
- L'oeil de Vichy (1993) (voice) .... Narrator (English version)
... aka The Eye of Vichy - Regi Andrej Tarkovskij (1988) .... Voiceover Narrator
... aka Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (USA) - "Omnibus" (1 episode, 1987)
- Enemy of the State (1987) TV episode - "Acting" .... Himself (1 episode)
- Brian Cox: On Acting in Shakespearean Tragedy (????) TV episode .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (voice) (uncredited) .... Ward Abbott
- X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy (2006) (V) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Stage: Appeared (as "Max") in "Rock n Roll" by Tom Stoppard, Royal Court Theatre (June-July 2006) and The Duke of York Theatre (July-September 2006), London, England. morePublicity Listings:
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