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Brian Cox is an Emmy Award-winning actor, first coming to attention in the early 1970s with performances in numerous television films. His first big break was as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter. The film was not overly successful at the box office, although Cox's career prospects and popularity continued to develop... See full bio »

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2013 Vivaldi (pre-production)
Merlino (rumored)
 
2013 The Curse of Edgar (TV movie) (post-production)
Edgar Hoover
 
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time (TV movie) (post-production)
Sydney Newman
 
2013 M.I.High (TV series)
The Mastermind
The Final Endgame (2013) … The Mastermind (voice)
The Germinator (2013) … The Mastermind (voice)
 
2013 Bob Servant Independent (TV mini-series)
Bob Servant
Election Day (2013)
The Debate (2013) … Bob Servant
The Media (2013) … Bob Servant
Women and God (2013) … Bob Servant
A Local Man (2013) … Bob Servant
 
2012 A Touch of Cloth (TV series)
Bill Ball
Episode #1.2 (2012) … Bill Ball
 
2012 The Campaign
Raymond Huggins
 
2012 The Straits (TV series)
Harry Montebello
Fatherhood (2012) … Harry Montebello
Poison (2012) … Harry Montebello
The Price (2012) … Harry Montebello
 
2012 Syndicate (Video Game)
Jach Denham (voice)
 
2012 I Missed My Mother's Funeral (short)
Old Man
 
2012 Blumenthal
Harold
 
2011 Exit Humanity
Malcolm Young (voice)
 
2011 Citizen Gangster
Glover
 
2011 The Veteran
Gerry Langdon
 
2011 Ironclad
Baron William d'Aubigny
 
2011 Killzone 3 (Video Game)
Scholar Visari (voice)
 
2011 The Key Man
Irving
 
2010-2011 The Sinking of the Laconia (TV mini-series)
Captain Sharp
Episode #1.2 (2011) … Captain Sharp
Episode #1.1 (2011) … Captain Sharp
 
2010 The Big C (TV series)
Dad
Two for the Road (2010) … Dad
 
2010/I Red
Ivan Simonov
 
2010 On Expenses (TV movie)
Michael Martin - Speaker of the House of Commons
 
2009 The Day of the Triffids (TV mini-series)
Dennis Masen
Part 2 (2009) … Dennis Masen
Part 1 (2009) … Dennis Masen (credit only)
 
2009 Doctor Who (TV series)
Elder Ood
The End of Time: Part One (2009) … Elder Ood (voice)
 
2009 Kings (TV series)
King Vesper Abaddon
 
2009 The Take (TV mini-series)
Ozzy
Episode #1.4 (2009) … Ozzy
Episode #1.3 (2009) … Ozzy
Episode #1.1 (2009) … Ozzy
Episode #1.2 (2009) … Ozzy
 
2009 Tell Tale
Phillip Van Doren
 
2009 Scooby-Doo! And the Samurai Sword (video)
Green Dragon (voice)
 
2009 Killzone 2 (Video Game)
Scolar Visari (voice)
 
2009 Lost & Found (TV movie)
Burt Macey
 
2008 The Color of Magic (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2008 The Escapist
Frank Perry
 
2008 Red
Avery Ludlow
 
2008 Agent Crush
'Spanners' (voice)
 
2007 The Martyr's Crown (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 Timewatch (TV series documentary)
Narrator
The Last Duel (2007) … Narrator
 
2006 The Outsiders (TV movie)
Gabriel
 
2006 Deadwood (TV series)
Jack Langrishe
Amateur Night (2006) … Jack Langrishe
 
2006 A Woman in Winter
Dr. Hunt
 
2005 Danny Phantom (TV series)
King Pariah / Pariah Dark
Reign Storm (2005) … Pariah Dark (voice)
Reign Storm: Part 2 (2005) … King Pariah (voice)
 
2005 Lost: The Journey (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Blue/Orange (TV movie)
Dr. Robert Smith
 
2004 French and Saunders (TV series)
King Lear
Episode #6.4 (2004) … King Lear
 
2004 Killzone (Video Game)
Scolar Visari (voice)
 
2004 Get the Picture (short)
Harry Sondheim
 
2004 Troy
Agamemnon
 
2003 Sin
Captain Oakes
 
2003 Manhunt (Video Game)
Director (voice)
 
2003/I The Reckoning
Tobias
 
2002 Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 The Biographer (TV movie)
Michael O'Mara
 
2002 Frasier (TV series)
Harry Moon
 
2002 Bug
Cyr
 
2001 Strictly Sinatra
Chisolm
 
2001 The Legend of Loch Lomond (short)
Narrator
 
2001 Zulu 9 (short)
Storyteller (voice)
 
2000 Saltwater
George
 
2000 A Shot at Glory
Martin Smith
 
2000 Animated Tales of the World (TV series)
Narrator
The Green Man of Knowledge: A Story from Scotland (2000) … Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Nuremberg (TV mini-series)
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
 
2000 Mad About Mambo
Sidney McLoughlin
 
2000 Complicity
Inspector McDunn
 
2000 The Invention of Dr. Morel (short)
Dr. Morel
 
2000 Longitude (TV movie)
Lord Morton
 
1999 The Minus Man
Doug
 
1998 Poodle Springs (TV movie)
Clayton Blackstone
 
1998 Merchants of Venus
Uncle Vladimir
 
1998 Desperate Measures
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
 
1998 Family Brood (TV movie)
 
1997 The Boxer
Joe Hamill
 
1997 Food for Ravens (TV movie)
Nye Bevan
 
1991-1997 Great Performances (TV series)
Narration / Owen Benjamin
The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) … Owen Benjamin
 
1997 Kiss the Girls
Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
 
1997 Superman (TV series)
Dr. Earl Garver
Two's a Crowd (1997) … Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
 
1997 Red Dwarf (TV series)
The King
Stoke Me a Clipper (1997) … The King
 
1996 The Glimmer Man
Mr. Smith
 
1996 Witness Against Hitler (TV movie)
Judge Freisler
 
1995 Rob Roy
Killearn
 
1994 I Was Catherine the Great's Stable Boy (short)
Voice Over
 
1994 The Negotiator (TV movie)
Charlie King
 
1994 Grushko (TV series)
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
 
1994 Royal Deceit
Aethelwine
 
1994 Iron Will
Angus McTeague
 
1993 Scene (TV series)
P.O. Garvey
Pig Boy (1993) … P.O. Garvey
 
1993 Sharpe's Eagle (TV movie)
Hogan
 
1993 Sharpe's Rifles (TV movie)
Hogan
 
1993 L'oeil de Vichy
Narrator (English version) (voice)
 
1993 Inspector Morse (TV series)
Michael Steppings
Deadly Slumber (1993) … Michael Steppings
 
1992 The Big Battalions (TV mini-series)
Edward Hoyland
Episode #1.5 (1992) … Edward Hoyland
Episode #1.4 (1992) … Edward Hoyland
 
1992 Performance (TV series)
The Director
 
1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV series)
Macbeth
Macbeth (1992) … Macbeth (voice)
 
1992 Screen Two (TV series)
Owen Benjamin
The Lost Language of Cranes (1992) … Owen Benjamin
 
1992 Van der Valk (TV series)
Stefan Szabo
The Ties That Bind (1992) … Stefan Szabo
 
1992 The Cloning of Joanna May (TV movie)
Carl May
 
1992 Deceptions
Carlton Heard
 
1991 The Lost Language of Cranes (TV movie)
Owen Benjamin
 
1991 Red Fox (TV mini-series)
Geoffrey Harrison
 
1990 Hidden Agenda
Kerrigan
 
1990 Perfect Scoundrels (TV series)
Father Amedy
The Milk of Human Kindness (1990) … Father Amedy
 
1990 Secret Weapon (TV movie)
Andrew Neil
 
1989 Murder by Moonlight (TV movie)
Voronov
 
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (TV movie)
Jock Purves
 
1988 Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV mini-series documentary)
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen (1988) … Henrik Ibsen (voice)
 
1986 Unnatural Causes (TV series)
Vic
Home Cooking (1986) … Vic
 
1986 Shoot for the Sun (TV movie)
Dunny
 
1986 The Fourth Floor (TV movie)
Det. Chief Supt. Haladene
 
1986 The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest (TV movie)
Waldemar Chrostowski
 
1985 Florence Nightingale (TV movie)
Dr. McGrigor
 
1984 Scotland's Story (TV series)
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun / Lord George Murray
The '45 and the Aftermath (1984) … Lord George Murray
Act of Union (1984) … Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
Disaster at Darien (1984) … Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
 
1984 Pope John Paul II (TV movie)
Father Góra
 
1983 Jemima Shore Investigates (TV series)
Hamish McFaul
A Chamber of Horrors (1983) … Hamish McFaul
 
1983 King Lear (TV movie)
Burgundy
 
1982 The Privilege (short)
Young Laird
 
1982 Minder (TV series)
Frank
In (1982) … Frank
 
1976-1982 Play for Today (TV series)
Dr. Gillespie / George Simpson
A Cotswold Death (1982) … Dr. Gillespie
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden (1976) … George Simpson
 
1981 The House on the Hill (TV series)
Leon Campbell
Man of Straw (1981) … Leon Campbell
 
1980 Hammer House of Horror (TV series)
Chuck Spillers
The Silent Scream (1980) … Chuck Spillers
 
1980 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Dalhousie
Dalhousie's Luck (1980) … Dalhousie
 
1980 Thérèse Raquin (TV mini-series)
Laurent LeClaire
 
1978 Out (TV series)
McGrath / Tony McGrath
The Moment He Opened His Envelope (1978) … Tony McGrath
 
1978 The Devil's Crown (TV series)
Henry II
Bolt from the Blue (1978) … Henry II
Before the Dark (1978) … Henry II
The Hungry Falcons (1978) … Henry II
 
1977 Target (TV series)
Billy Voss
Carve Up (1977) … Billy Voss
 
1977 Rooms (TV series)
Eric Prentiss
Episode #2.24 (1977) … Eric Prentiss
Episode #2.23 (1977) … Eric Prentiss
Episode #2.22 (1977) … Eric Prentiss
Episode #2.21 (1977) … Eric Prentiss
Episode #2.20 (1977) … Eric Prentiss
 
1975 Shades of Greene (TV series)
Harry
The Blue Film (1975) … Harry
 
1975 In Celebration
Steven Shaw
 
1975 The Master of Ballantrae (TV short)
 
1975 Churchill's People (TV series)
William Wallace
The Wallace (1975) … William Wallace
 
1974 Sutherland's Law (TV series)
PC Jock Dougall
The Evidence (1974) … PC Jock Dougall
 
1974 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Alsemero
The Changeling (1974) … Alsemero
 
1973 Ego Hugo (TV movie)
Victor Hugo
 
1969-1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Josef Stalin
 
1971 Stage 2 (TV series)
Hastings
 
1970 Manhunt (TV series)
Anton
Intent to Steal (1970) … Anton
Degrade and Rule (1970) … Anton
 
1970 Doomwatch (TV series)
Bill Owen
Hear No Evil (1970) … Bill Owen
 
1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Phillip
The Master and the Mask (1970) … Phillip
 
1970 Bothwell (TV movie)
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
 
1970 When We Dead Awaken (TV movie)
Ulfhejm
 
1969 Z Cars (TV series)
Ted Nuttall
The Shooter: Part 2 (1969) … Ted Nuttall
The Shooter: Part 1 (1969) … Ted Nuttall
 
1968 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Lasar Opie
The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) … Lasar Opie
 
1967 The Gamblers (TV series)
Micky
The Bridge (1967) … Micky
 
1967 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Apeman
Children Playing (1967) … Apeman
 
1966 Redcap (TV series)
Private Carr
Crime Passionel (1966) … Private Carr
 
1965 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Nelson
A Knight in Tarnished Armour (1965) … Nelson
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
2008 The Escapist (performer: "The Butcher Boy")
 
2001 L.I.E. (performer: "Danny Boy", "Harrigan Song")
 
1993 Sharpe's Rifles (TV movie) (performer: "Here's Adieu to All Judges and Juries" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2000 Oz (TV series)
Gray Matter (2000)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2008 The Escapist (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (59 titles)
2012 Geraldine Page: Stages of a Dream (documentary) (post-production)
Himself (rumored)
 
2012 Just Dandy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of Television in Scotland (TV series documentary)
Himself
Swashbuckled (2012) … Himself
Mean Streets (2012) … Himself
Having a Laugh (2012) … Himself
 
2010-2012 Late Review (TV series)
Himself - Panelist
Episode dated 24 February 2012 (2012) … Himself - Panelist
Episode dated 15 October 2010 (2010) … Himself - Panelist
 
2010-2011 Question Time (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 October 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 30 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2011 55th BFI London Film Festival (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004-2011 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) … Himself
Troy (2004) … Himself
 
2011 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 March 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Old School, New School (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV series)
Himself
Brian Cox (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Revelation of the Pyramids (documentary)
Narrator (voice: UK version)
 
2009 Trick 'R Treat: The Lore and Legends of Halloween (video short)
Himself/Narrator
 
2009 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
Episode #14.6 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Saturday Kitchen (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The ONE Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.57 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Speechless (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) … Himself (as Brian Cox CBE)
 
2007 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
Brian Cox (2007) … Himself
 
2003-2007 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 March 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 29 June 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 9 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
Episode dated 26 April 2004 (2004) … Himself
Episode dated 28 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2007 4th Irish Film and Television Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 The Secret Policeman's Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003-2006 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 27 October 2006 (2006) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 14 July 2004 (2004) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 5 March 2003 (2003) … Himself - Guest
 
2006 50 Films to See Before You Die (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Top Gear (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.6 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The World's Greatest Actor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Artworks Scotland (TV series documentary)
Himself
Brian Cox (2006) … Himself
 
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.63 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Hitler in Colour (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 The Evening Standard British Film Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Japan's War in Colour (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2004 McEnroe (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 July 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Dennis Miller (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Making of 'Troy' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 April 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Murder by Numbers (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Dinner for Five (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.7 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger (documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 Smallpox (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Queen Elizabeth's Magician (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 Inside 'Manhunter' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Great Composers (TV series documentary)
Beethoven
Beethoven (1997) … Beethoven (voice)
 
1997 A New Window Pane (documentary short)
 
1995 Gomorron (TV series)
Himself
Om filmen 'Braveheart' (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Yo Picasso (TV documentary)
Pablo Picasso
 
1989 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.6 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (documentary)
Voiceover Narrator
 
1987 Acting (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Enemy of the State (1987)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
Ward Abbott (voice) (uncredited)
 
2006 X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Directed "Richard III" by William Shakespeare, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London, England, 1995. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 7 Interviews  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Brian Cox CBE

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Spike Lee] Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review his politics or his color as opposed to his filmmaking sometimes. Because he's a wonderful, wonderful filmmaker and a lover of the art. He stands up for things, but he's also a brilliant storyteller who really understands the whole. See more »

Trivia:

He was awarded the 1987 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performances in The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, and Fashion. See more »

Trademark:

Often plays characters associated with the government or the military (or both). See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini