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name: "Brian Cox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-cox"
fi1m_id: "brian-cox"
imdb_id: "nm0004051"
tmdb_id: 1248
wikidata_id: "Q34975"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "1 June 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 29
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 27
updated: "2026-10-07T17:33:37.399145+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brian Cox

## Identity

Brian Cox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-cox
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-cox
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004051
- **TMDB ID:** 1248
- **Wikidata ID:** Q34975
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248

Actor and director. Born 1 June 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 1 June 1946, Dundee, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1971–present
- **Also known as:** Brian Denis Cox, Brian Cox CBE, برایان کاکس
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 29: 27 acting, 1 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Franka Potente](https://film.one/person/franka-potente.md), [Matt Damon](https://film.one/person/matt-damon.md), [Patrick Crowley](https://film.one/person/patrick-crowley.md), [Sean Bean](https://film.one/person/sean-bean.md), [Tony Gilroy](https://film.one/person/tony-gilroy.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 27 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 58 (1), 1980s 85 (3), 1990s 75 (4), 2000s 83 (9), 2010s 72 (10), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 22 titles
- **Score spread:** 15 at 80+, 9 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 16 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 18, Action 7, Crime 7, Mystery 7, Comedy 6, Thriller 6
- **Screen time:** 37 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,375m across 16 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Bourne Identity*](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-identity.md) (83), [*The Bourne Supremacy*](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-supremacy.md) (81), [*The Ring*](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) (88), [*Oz*](https://film.one/tv/oz.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Manhunter*](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md) (84), [*Coriolanus*](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Rise of the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (80), [*X2*](https://film.one/film/x2.md) (80)
- **Paramount+:** [*Zodiac*](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md) (91)
- **BritBox:** [*Inspector Morse*](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*Dexter: Resurrection*](https://film.one/tv/dexter-resurrection.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Brian Cox

> Brian Cox makes authority sound habitual, and gives unpleasant men enough humanity to make them harder to dismiss. We rate him most highly when a role asks for more than the familiar gruffness; too many supporting parts have settled for that.

Brian Cox often sounds as though giving orders has become an ordinary part of the working day. The gruffness is familiar, but we value his ability to leave something recognisably human in men we would rather dismiss. *Manhunter* (1986), in which he played Hannibal Lecter, brought him his first screen notice. From the mid-1990s, Hollywood repeatedly cast him in supporting roles. The risk was that a director could hire the voice and ask for little else.

*Rushmore* (1998) is a good place to see why he need not be the centre of a film to be worth having in it. Wes Anderson casts him as Dr Nelson Guggenheim in a school comedy that understands how exhausting a self-appointed prodigy can be. Cox’s familiar authority is useful amid the careful eccentricity: Anderson gets something solid to set against the fussier behaviour. We were unexpectedly saddened by *Rushmore*, because Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray give that exhausting behaviour a cost we can feel. They provide the strongest reason to watch, but Cox fits a comedy in which being difficult need not make someone uninteresting.

In Doug Liman’s *The Bourne Identity* (2002), he plays Ward Abbott, and the appeal of that supporting work is different. The spy chase is urgent, the plotting efficient, and Cox’s established association with authority gives the casting an immediate usefulness. We recommend the film readily, with a reservation about the occasional contrivance needed to keep it moving. Its tenderness comes chiefly from Matt Damon and Franka Potente; Cox is part of a film that knows where to put its attention. The limitation of such casting is that recognisable authority can become all a supporting role requires, leaving his ability to humanise difficult men underused.

*Succession* (2018–2023) gives him a lead as Logan Roy and more room for the difficult patriarchs he plays so well. His strength is allowing an unpleasant man to remain recognisably human without making him easy company. We would still welcome more parts that do not require him to begin in charge, however reliably he can supply the gruffness. Start with *Rushmore* for the comedy; choose *Succession* when there is time for a longer acquaintance.

## Biography

Brian Denis Cox (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He trained at the Dundee Repertory Theatre and was a founding member of the Royal Lyceum Theatre. He performed with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in productions including King Lear.

Cox received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor, for Rat in the Skull (1984) and Titus Andronicus (1988). On screen he is known for roles including Dr. Nelson Guggenheim in Rushmore (1998), Logan Roy in Succession (2018–2023), and Michael Steppings in Inspector Morse (1987). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Nuremberg (2000) and a Golden Globe Award for Succession. In 2003 he was appointed CBE.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (29)

### Performed in (27) — the average rests on these

- *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025), Fi1m 64, as The New York Ripper — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter-resurrection.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Helm Hammerhand (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, as Logan Roy — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *War and Peace* (2016), Fi1m 65, as Mikhail Kutuzov — [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *Pixels* (2015), Fi1m 36, as Admiral Porter — [page](https://film.one/film/pixels.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, as Jared Talbot — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *An Adventure in Space and Time* (2013), Fi1m 80, as Sydney Newman — [page](https://film.one/film/an-adventure-in-space-and-time.md)
- *Her* (2013), Fi1m 84, as Alan Watts (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Magnus Bain — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Coriolanus* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Menenius — [page](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md)
- *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), Fi1m 80, as John Landon — [page](https://film.one/film/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Sinking of the Laconia* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Captain Sharp — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia.md)
- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Action 12 Reporter (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)
- *Zodiac* (2007), Fi1m 91, as Melvin Belli — [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Jack Langrishe — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), Fi1m 81, as Ward Abbott — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-supremacy.md)
- *X2* (2003), Fi1m 80, as William Stryker — [page](https://film.one/film/x2.md)
- *Adaptation.* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Robert McKee — [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *The Bourne Identity* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Ward Abbott — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-identity.md)
- *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, as Richard Morgan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), Fi1m 83, as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim — [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *The Boxer* (1997), Fi1m 68, as Joe Hamill — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *Braveheart* (1995), Fi1m 68, as Argyle Wallace — [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), Fi1m 88, as The King — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Michael Steppings — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Manhunter* (1986), Fi1m 84, as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor — [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md)
- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), Fi1m 58, as Trotsky — [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Oz* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-ultimatum.md)

## Complete filmography (252)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Super Troopers 3* (2026), as Captain O’Hagan
- *The Sunrise File* (2026), as Oded Ailam (voice)
- *Glenrothan* (2026), as Sandy · Director, Producer
- *Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction* (2025), as Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
- *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025), series, as The New York Ripper — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter-resurrection.md)
- *Seven Jewish Children* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Parenting* (2025), as Frank
- *AMR: Dying to Change the World* (2025), as AMR
- *The Electric State* (2025), as Popfly (voice)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim* (2024), as Helm Hammerhand (voice) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim.md)
- *That Christmas* (2024), as Santa (voice)
- *Unsinkable* (2024), series, as Robert Dodds
- *Skelly* (2024), as Grandpa
- *Little Wing* (2024), as Jaan Vari · Executive Producer
- *Made of Money with Brian Cox* (2023), series, Actor
- *Bill Douglas: My Best Friend* (2023), as Narrator (voice)
- *Prisoner's Daughter* (2023), as Max
- *Mending the Line* (2023), as Ike Fletcher
- *Quasi* (2023), as Narrator (voice)
- *Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live* (2022), series, as Presenter
- *The Independent* (2022), as Nick Booker
- *Blade Runner: Black Lotus* (2021), series, as Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
- *Separation* (2021), as Rivers
- *Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story* (2021), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Bay of Silence* (2020), as Milton
- *John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues* (2020), as John Rebus
- *Last Moment of Clarity* (2020), as Gilles
- *Lawrence After Arabia* (2020), as Father (Voice)
- *The Last Right* (2019), as Father Reilly
- *Strange but True* (2019), as Bill
- *Pretenders* (2019), as Henry
- *Remember Me* (2019), as Shane
- *Good Omens* (2019), series, as Death (voice)
- *Kubrick by Candlelight* (2018), as The Narrator
- *Widdershins* (2018), as voice
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Logan Roy — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Super Troopers 2* (2018), as Captain O'Hagan
- *The Etruscan Smile* (2018), as Rory MacNeil
- *Bob the Builder: Mega Machines* (2017), as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
- *Churchill* (2017), as Winston Churchill
- *Brian Cox's Russia* (2017), series, as Host
- *Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation* (2017), as Narrator
- *The Autopsy of Jane Doe* (2016), as Tommy Tilden
- *Medici: Masters of Florence* (2016), series, as Bernardo Guadagni
- *Morgan* (2016), as Jim Bryce
- *The Carer* (2016), as Sir Michael
- *War and Peace* (2016), series, as Mikhail Kutuzov — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *Killing Thyme* (2015), as Norman
- *Forsaken* (2015), as James McCurdy
- *Pacific Warriors* (2015), as Narrator
- *Pixels* (2015), as Admiral Porter — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/pixels.md)
- *Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace* (2015), as Andrew Carnegie (voice)
- *The Slap* (2015), series, as Manolis
- *The Gospel of John* (2014), as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
- *The Game* (2014), series, as Daddy
- *Scotland In A Day* (2014), Actor
- *The Great War: The People's Story* (2014), series, as Rev. Andrew Clark
- *The Anomaly* (2014), as Dr. Langham
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, as Jared Talbot — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *Her* (2013), as Alan Watts (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *An Adventure in Space and Time* (2013), as Sydney Newman — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/an-adventure-in-space-and-time.md)
- *The Curse of Edgar* (2013), as Edgar Hoover
- *Anna* (2013), as Sebastian
- *Believe* (2013), as Matt Busby
- *Blumenthal* (2013), as Harold Blumenthal
- *RED 2* (2013), as Ivan
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Magnus Bain — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Bob Servant* (2013), series, as Bob Servant
- *Blood* (2012), as Lenny Fairburn
- *A Touch of Cloth* (2012), series, as Bill Ball
- *The Campaign* (2012), as Raymond
- *Tooned* (2012), series, as The Mechanic
- *All at Sea* (2012), as Wally
- *The Straits* (2012), series, as Harry Montebello
- *I Missed My Mother's Funeral* (2012), as Old Man
- *Exit Humanity* (2011), as Malcolm Young (voice)
- *Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster* (2011), as Glover
- *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), as John Landon — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Veteran* (2011), as Gerry
- *Ironclad* (2011), as Albany
- *The Key Man* (2011), as Irving
- *Coriolanus* (2011), as Menenius — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md)
- *The Sinking of the Laconia* (2011), series, as Captain Sharp — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia.md)
- *RED* (2010), as Ivan Simanov
- *The Color of Magic 2in1* (2010), as Vypravěč
- *On Expenses* (2010), as Michael Martin
- *As Good As Dead* (2010), as Reverand Kalahan
- *The Day of the Triffids* (2009), series, as Dennis Masen
- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), as Action 12 Reporter (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)
- *The Good Heart* (2009), as Jacques
- *The Take* (2009), series, as Ozzy
- *Tell-Tale* (2009), as Van Doren
- *Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword* (2009), as Green Dragon (voice)
- *Kings* (2009), series, as King Vesper Abaddon
- *Red* (2008), as Avery Ludlow · Associate Producer
- *The Escapist* (2008), as Frank Perry · Executive Producer
- *The Colour of Magic* (2008), series, as Narrator
- *Agent Crush* (2008), as Spanners (voice)
- *The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2* (2008), as Narrator
- *The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1* (2008), as Narrator
- *The Water Horse* (2007), as Old Angus
- *The Secret of the Nutcracker* (2007), as Drosselmeyer
- *Shoot on Sight* (2007), as Daniel Tennant
- *Trick 'r Treat* (2007), as Mr. Kreeg
- *Battle for Terra* (2007), as General Hemmer (voice)
- *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-ultimatum.md)
- *A Woman in Winter* (2007), as Dr. Hunt
- *Zodiac* (2007), as Melvin Belli — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *M.I. High* (2007), series, as Voice of the Mastermind
- *Running with Scissors* (2006), as Dr. Finch
- *The Outsiders* (2006), as Gabriel
- *The Flying Scotsman* (2006), as Douglas Baxter
- *The Ringer* (2005), as Gary Barker
- *Match Point* (2005), as Alec Hewett
- *The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle* (2005), as Joseph Bell
- *Red Eye* (2005), as Joe Reisert
- *Hitler in Colour* (2005), as Narrator
- *Blue/Orange* (2005), as Dr. Robert Smith
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Lewis Serrocold
- *Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson* (2004), as Other Voices (voice)
- *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), as Ward Abbott — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-supremacy.md)
- *Troy* (2004), as Agamemnon
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Jack Langrishe — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *The Reckoning* (2004), as Tobias
- *One Life* (2003), series, Actor
- *X2* (2003), as William Stryker — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/x2.md)
- *Sin* (2003), as Captain Oakes
- *25th Hour* (2002), as James Brogan
- *Adaptation.* (2002), as Robert McKee — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World* (2002), as Narrator
- *The Ring* (2002), as Richard Morgan — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *The Biographer* (2002), as Michael O'Mara
- *The Bourne Identity* (2002), as Ward Abbott — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-identity.md)
- *Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch* (2002), as Narrator
- *The Rookie* (2002), as Jim Morris Sr.
- *Bug* (2002), as Cyr
- *Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh* (2002), as Narrator
- *Masters of Darkness* (2002), series, as Narrator
- *Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon* (2002), as Narrator
- *The Affair of the Necklace* (2001), as Minister Breteuil
- *L.I.E.* (2001), as Big John Harrigan
- *Strictly Sinatra* (2001), as Chisolm
- *Super Troopers* (2001), as Captain O'Hagen
- *Aqua Teen Hunger Force* (2000), series, as Anubis (voice)
- *Saltwater* (2000), as George Beneventi
- *Nuremberg* (2000), series, as Herman Wilhelm Goering
- *Complicity* (2000), as Inspector McDunn
- *A Shot at Glory* (2000), as Martin Smith
- *Mad About Mambo* (2000), as Sidney McLoughlin
- *The Invention of Dr. Morel* (2000), as Dr. Morel
- *Longitude* (2000), as Lord Morton
- *Longitude* (2000), series, as Lord Morton
- *The History of the British Police Force* (1999), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Minus Man* (1999), as Doug
- *For Love of the Game* (1999), as Gary Wheeler
- *The Corruptor* (1999), as Sean Wallace
- *Rushmore* (1998), as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *Poodle Springs* (1998), as Clayton Blackstone
- *Battle of the Clans* (1998), as Narrator
- *Merchants of Venus* (1998), as Uncle Vladimir
- *Desperate Measures* (1998), as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
- *The Boxer* (1997), as Joe Hamill — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *Food for Ravens* (1997), as Aneurin Bevan
- *Sharpe: The Legend* (1997), as Hogan
- *Kiss the Girls* (1997), as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
- *Oz* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire* (1997), series, as Narrator
- *The Long Kiss Goodnight* (1996), as Dr. Nathan Waldman
- *The Glimmer Man* (1996), as Mr. Smith
- *Superman: The Animated Series* (1996), series, as Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
- *Chain Reaction* (1996), as Lyman Earl Collier
- *Witness Against Hitler* (1996), as Judge Freisler
- *Braveheart* (1995), as Argyle Wallace — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *Rob Roy* (1995), as Killearn
- *The Maltese Double Cross* (1994), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Negotiator* (1994), as Charlie King
- *Grushko* (1994), as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
- *Prince of Jutland* (1994), as Aethelwine
- *Iron Will* (1994), as Angus McTeague
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Harry Moon — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Sharpe's Eagle* (1993), as Major Michael Hogan
- *Sharpe's Rifles* (1993), as Major Michael Hogan
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Major Hogan
- *Six Characters in Search of An Author* (1992), as The Director
- *The Big Battalions* (1992), series, as Edward Hoyland
- *Shakespeare: The Animated Tales* (1992), series, as Macbeth (voice)
- *The Cutter* (1992), Actor
- *The Lost Language of Cranes* (1992), as Owen Benjamin
- *The Cloning of Joanna May* (1992), series, as Carl May
- *Deceptions* (1992), as Carlton Heard
- *Red Fox* (1991), as Geoffrey Harrison
- *Performance* (1991), series, as The Director
- *Hidden Agenda* (1990), as Peter Kerrigan
- *Perfect Scoundrels* (1990), series, as Father Amedy
- *Secret Weapon* (1990), as Andrew Neil
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Kostas Becker (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Blasphemers' Banquet* (1989), as Rev. Wallace (voice)
- *Murder on the Moon* (1989), as Voronov
- *Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky* (1988), as Voiceover Narrator
- *Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun* (1988), as Jack Purves
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as The King — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *The Modern World: Ten Great Writers* (1988), series, as Henrik Ibsen (voice)
- *Acting* (1987), series, Actor
- *Shoot for the Sun* (1987), as Dunny
- *French & Saunders* (1987), series, as King Lear
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Michael Steppings — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Rat in the Skull* (1987), as Detective Inspector Nelson
- *Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People* (1987), as Narrator
- *Unnatural Causes* (1986), series, as Vic
- *Home Cooking* (1986), as Vic
- *Manhunter* (1986), as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md)
- *Florence Nightingale* (1985), as Dr. McGregor
- *The Cantor of St Thomas's* (1985), as Johann Sebastian Bach
- *Pope John Paul II* (1984), as Father Góra
- *King Lear* (1983), as Burgundy
- *A Cotswold Death* (1982), as Dr. Gillespie
- *The Privilege* (1982), as Young Laird
- *House on the Hill* (1981), series, as Leon Douglas
- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), series, as Chuck
- *Dalhousie's Luck* (1980), as Dalhousie
- *Therese Raquin* (1980), series, as Laurent LeClaire
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Frank — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Out* (1978), series, as McGrath
- *The Devil's Crown* (1978), series, as Henry II
- *Target* (1977), series, as Billy Voss
- *Clay, Smeddum and Greenden* (1976), as George Simpson
- *Shades of Greene* (1975), series, as Harry
- *In Celebration* (1975), as Steven Shaw
- *The Master of Ballantrae* (1975), series, as Henry Durie
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as William Wallace
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Dalhousie
- *The Changeling* (1974), as Alsemero
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Stefan Szabo
- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), as Trotsky — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)
- *Stage 2* (1971), series, as Hastings
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Dr. Gillespie
- *Manhunt* (1970), series, as Anton
- *The Year of the Sex Olympics* (1968), as Lasar Opie
- *The Gamblers* (1967), series, as Mickey
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Apeman
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Alsemero
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Josef Stalin, Rod
- *A Knight in Tarnished Armour* (1965), as Nelson
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Nelson
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Lasar Opie
- *A Modern Magician*, as The Voice
- *The Planets*, Actor
- *Super Troopers 4*, as Captain O'Hagan
- *Old Pals*, as Jimmy
- *Nuremberg*, as Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
- *Wittgenstein's Poker*, as Bertrand Russell (voice)
- *The Glove*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Brian Cox](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-2f419cd25c05.jpg) Brian Cox — Amy Martin Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Brian_Cox_Edinburgh_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brian Cox at the 2024 New York Comic Con](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-277aa0ced5b9.jpg) Brian Cox at the 2024 New York Comic Con — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/BrianCox-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-BrianCox-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Шотландский актёр Брайан Кокс (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-9836ecd2dea7.jpg) Шотландский актёр Брайан Кокс (2016) — Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Brian_Cox_%282016%29_-_01.jpg/1280px-Brian_Cox_%282016%29_-_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of Chain Reaction, Braveheart, Bourne series, Rushmore. NYC Dec '16. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-fcc7da1e0711.jpg) Star of Chain Reaction, Braveheart, Bourne series, Rushmore. NYC Dec '16. (2016) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Brian_Cox_%2830679139404%29.jpg/1280px-Brian_Cox_%2830679139404%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brian Cox](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-c999626b8418.jpg) Brian Cox — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Cox](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-ab4c7e521c37.jpg) Brian Cox — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Cox](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-6de81c43e0f8.jpg) Brian Cox — Image via TMDB
- ![Шотландский актёр Брайан Кокс (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-0f11d20b305d.jpg) Шотландский актёр Брайан Кокс (2016) — Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Brian_Cox_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Brian_Cox_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brian Cox](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-47eb6107c705.jpg) Brian Cox — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Cox](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-d90ab7ba7f65.jpg) Brian Cox — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Cox](https://film.one/media/person/706/gallery-3e3b2bfd4b30.jpg) Brian Cox — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2020: Golden Globe Awards (won)

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2001: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Nuremberg*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award 2008: Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award (won), for *Red*
- Den Spillende Faun 2007: Den Spillende Faun (won)
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor 1998: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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