Cast & creator
Brian Cox
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Brian Denis Cox, Brian Cox CBE, برایان کاکس
208
film credits
106
television credits
307
1964–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (314)
Showing 314 of 314 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Simpsons
Kostas Becker (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Colbert Report
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Frasier
Harry Moon
1993
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Great Performances
Self - Narration (voice)
1971
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
God
2014
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Himself - Panellist
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Play for Today
Dr. Gillespie
1970
The Wednesday Play
Nelson
1964
Top Gear
Self
2002
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Succession
Logan Roy
2018
Minder
Frank
1979
Oz
Director
1997
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Shetland
Magnus Bain
2013
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self - Actor
2022The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Sharpe
Major Hogan
1993
Superman: The Animated Series
Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
1996
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
BBC Play of the Month
Alsemero
1965
ITV Playhouse
Apeman
1967
Playhouse
Dalhousie
1974
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lewis Serrocold
2004
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Anubis (voice)
2000
Dexter: Resurrection
The New York Ripper
2025
Theatre 625
Lasar Opie
1964
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest
2011
Red Dwarf
The King
1988
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Josef Stalin
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Rod
1965
Inspector Morse
Michael Steppings
1987
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Good Omens
Death (voice)
2019
Deadwood
Jack Langrishe
2004
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Performance
The Director
1991
Super Troopers 3
Captain O’Hagan
2026
Braveheart
Argyle Wallace
1995
Troy
Agamemnon
2004
Medici: Masters of Florence
Bernardo Guadagni
2016
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
John Landon
2011
Penny Dreadful
Jared Talbot
2014
The Bourne Identity
Ward Abbott
2002
Pixels
Admiral Porter
2015
Van der Valk
Stefan Szabo
1972
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
2009
The Electric State
Popfly (voice)
2025
M.I. High
Voice of the Mastermind
2007
The Russell Howard Hour
Self
2017
Churchill's People
William Wallace
1974
The Bourne Ultimatum
Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
The Bourne Supremacy
Ward Abbott
2004
Her
Alan Watts (voice)
2013
The Ring
Richard Morgan
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
2024
Kings
King Vesper Abaddon
2009
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Henrik Ibsen (voice)
1988
French & Saunders
King Lear
1987
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
2021
Trick 'r Treat
Mr. Kreeg
2025
Kiss the Girls
Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
1997
Remembers…
2022
RED
Ivan Simanov
2010
War and Peace
Mikhail Kutuzov
2016
Zodiac
Melvin Belli
2007
Target
Billy Voss
1977
Chain Reaction
Lyman Earl Collier
1996
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Tommy Tilden
2016
Hammer House of Horror
Chuck
1980
The Great War: The People's Story
Rev. Andrew Clark
2014
Red Eye
Joe Reisert
2005
Match Point
Alec Hewett
2005
RED 2
Ivan
2013
Manhunt
Anton
1970
The Colour of Magic
Narrator
2008
Super Troopers
Captain O'Hagen
2001
The Slap
Manolis
2015
That Christmas
Santa (voice)
2024
The Sinking of the Laconia
Captain Sharp
2011
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Macbeth (voice)
1992
The Game
Daddy
2014
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Dr. Nathan Waldman
1996
Adaptation.
Robert McKee
2002
The Parenting
Frank
2025
007: Road to a Million
The Controller
2023
Unnatural Causes
Vic
1986
Super Troopers 2
Captain O'Hagan
2018
Nuremberg
Herman Wilhelm Goering
2000
Longitude
Lord Morton
2000
The Water Horse
Old Angus
2007
The Campaign
Raymond
2012
A Touch of Cloth
Bill Ball
2012
25th Hour
James Brogan
2002
The Take
Ozzy
2009
Ironclad
Albany
2011
The Day of the Triffids
Dennis Masen
2009
For Love of the Game
Gary Wheeler
1999
The Rookie
Jim Morris Sr.
2002
Battle for Terra
General Hemmer (voice)
2007
The Corruptor
Sean Wallace
1999
The Straits
Harry Montebello
2012
Rushmore
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
1998
The Glimmer Man
Mr. Smith
1996
Morgan
Jim Bryce
2016One Life
2003
The Independent
Nick Booker
2022
The Bay of Silence
Milton
2020
Anna
Sebastian
2013
Amol Rajan Interviews
Self - Interviewed Guest
2021The Gamblers
Mickey
1967
Strange but True
Bill
2019
Forsaken
James McCurdy
2015
Last Moment of Clarity
Gilles
2020
Out
McGrath
1978
Perfect Scoundrels
Father Amedy
1990
House on the Hill
Leon Douglas
1981
Rob Roy
Killearn
1995
Desperate Measures
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
1998
Unsinkable
Robert Dodds
2024
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Green Dragon (voice)
2009
Piers Morgan Uncensored
Self
2022
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Self
2023
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines
Conrad / Crunch (voice)
2017
Running with Scissors
Dr. Finch
2006
Bob Servant
Bob Servant
2013
Shades of Greene
Harry
1975
Tooned
The Mechanic
2012
The Escapist
Frank Perry
2008The Escapist
Executive Producer
2008
The Flying Scotsman
Douglas Baxter
2006
The Anomaly
Dr. Langham
2014
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Glover
2011
Glenrothan
Sandy
2026Glenrothan
Director
2026Glenrothan
Producer
2026Acting
1987
Therese Raquin
Laurent LeClaire
1980
Nicholas and Alexandra
Trotsky
1971
Churchill
Winston Churchill
2017
As Good As Dead
Reverand Kalahan
2010
Iron Will
Angus McTeague
1994
The Boxer
Joe Hamill
1997
Separation
Rivers
2021
Remember Me
Shane
2019
VE Day 80
Self
2025
Poodle Springs
Clayton Blackstone
1998
Little Wing
Jaan Vari
2024Little Wing
Executive Producer
2024
The Ringer
Gary Barker
2005
Mending the Line
Ike Fletcher
2023
Sin
Captain Oakes
2003
The Minus Man
Doug
1999Stage 2
Hastings
1971
Quasi
Narrator (voice)
2023
Red
Avery Ludlow
2008Red
Associate Producer
2008
The Etruscan Smile
Rory MacNeil
2018
The Veteran
Gerry
2011
The Affair of the Necklace
Minister Breteuil
2001
Prisoner's Daughter
Max
2023
Bonnie
Self
2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Self
2022
The Cloning of Joanna May
Carl May
1992
An Adventure in Space and Time
Sydney Newman
2013
L.I.E.
Big John Harrigan
2001
Coriolanus
Menenius
2011
The Carer
Sir Michael
2016
Hidden Agenda
Peter Kerrigan
1990
A Shot at Glory
Martin Smith
2000
The Big Battalions
Edward Hoyland
1992
Tell-Tale
Van Doren
2009
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Merchants of Venus
Uncle Vladimir
1998
Prince of Jutland
Aethelwine
1994
Pope John Paul II
Father Góra
1984
The Reckoning
Tobias
2004
Home Cooking
Vic
1986
Longitude
Lord Morton
2000
Believe
Matt Busby
2013
A Woman in Winter
Dr. Hunt
2007
The Last Right
Father Reilly
2019
The Good Heart
Jacques
2009
The Color of Magic 2in1
Vypravěč
2010
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Lasar Opie
1968Blumenthal
Harold Blumenthal
2013
Blood
Lenny Fairburn
2012
Inside 'Manhunter'
Himself
2001
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Jack Purves
1988Rat in the Skull
Detective Inspector Nelson
1987
Sharpe's Rifles
Major Michael Hogan
1993
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
2016
The Lost Language of Cranes
Owen Benjamin
1992
Sharpe: The Legend
Hogan
1997
Skelly
Grandpa
2024
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
2022
Florence Nightingale
Dr. McGregor
1985
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
2003The Master of Ballantrae
Henry Durie
1975
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Narrator (voice)
2021
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
2025
The Marbles
Self - Interviewee
2025
The Key Man
Irving
2011
Killing Thyme
Norman
2015
Mad About Mambo
Sidney McLoughlin
2000
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
Narrator
2008
Shoot on Sight
Daniel Tennant
2007
The Privilege
Young Laird
1982
The Secret of the Nutcracker
Drosselmeyer
2007
The Negotiator
Charlie King
1994
Shoot for the Sun
Dunny
1987Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
Self
2004
The Devil's Crown
Henry II
1978
Exit Humanity
Malcolm Young (voice)
2011
The Sunrise File
Oded Ailam (voice)
2026
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Narrator (voice)
2023
The Cutter
1992
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
Narrator
2008
The Gospel of John
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2014
Murder on the Moon
Voronov
1989
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Self
2002
Strictly Sinatra
Chisolm
2001
The Biographer
Michael O'Mara
2002
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
George Simpson
1976
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
Narrator
2002
Agent Crush
Spanners (voice)
2008
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Joseph Bell
2005
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live
Presenter
2022
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
2000
The Invention of Dr. Morel
Dr. Morel
2000
The Changeling
Alsemero
1974
Complicity
Inspector McDunn
2000
I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Narrator
1997
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
2003Scotland In A Day
2014
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
self
1990
Sharpe's Eagle
Major Michael Hogan
1993
Hitler in Colour
Narrator
2005
Pacific Warriors
Narrator
2015
Brian Cox's Jute Journey
Self
2009
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Self
2016
The Planets
Ooh the Banter!
Self
2022
Japan's War in Colour
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Masters of Darkness
Narrator
2002
The Curse of Edgar
Edgar Hoover
2013
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Narrator
1987The Outsiders
Gabriel
2006
Bug
Cyr
2002
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch
Narrator
2002
All at Sea
Wally
2012
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Voiceover Narrator
1988The History of the British Police Force
Narrator (voice)
1999I Missed My Mother's Funeral
Old Man
2012
Pretenders
Henry
2019Old Pals
Jimmy
Carry On Ken
Self
2006
Made of Money with Brian Cox
2023
Brian Cox's Russia
Host
2017
In Celebration
Steven Shaw
1975
Red Fox
Geoffrey Harrison
1991
King Lear
Burgundy
1983
Lawrence After Arabia
Father (Voice)
2020
Dalhousie's Luck
Dalhousie
1980
Kubrick by Candlelight
The Narrator
2018
Food for Ravens
Aneurin Bevan
1997
The Maltese Double Cross
Narrator (voice)
1994
Secret Weapon
Andrew Neil
1990AMR: Dying to Change the World
AMR
2025
Grushko
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
1994
The Blasphemers' Banquet
Rev. Wallace (voice)
1989
Witness Against Hitler
Judge Freisler
1996
Battle of the Clans
Narrator
1998
Saltwater
George Beneventi
2000
An Interview with Brian Cox
Himself
2023A Knight in Tarnished Armour
Nelson
1965
Murder by Numbers
Self
2004
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
Self
1989
Addicted to Pleasure
Self - Host
2012
On Expenses
Michael Martin
2010
A Modern Magician
The Voice
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Andrew Carnegie (voice)
2015Wittgenstein's Poker
Bertrand Russell (voice)
Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World
Narrator
2002Super Troopers 4
Captain O'Hagan
An Evening with Brian Cox
Himself
2017
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
Narrator
2002
A Cotswold Death
Dr. Gillespie
1982
The Glove
Seven Jewish Children
Executive Producer
2025
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
Narrator
2017
Blue/Orange
Dr. Robert Smith
2005
Widdershins
voice
2018
The Cantor of St Thomas's
Johann Sebastian Bach
1985
Deceptions
Carlton Heard
1992
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
John Rebus
2020
Six Characters in Search of An Author
The Director
1992
X2
William Stryker
2003
Manhunter
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
1986
Just Dandy
Self