Brian Cox
Born 1946
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 Com…
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Super Troopers 3(2026)
as Capt. John O’Hagan
The Sunrise File(2026)
as Oded Ailam (voice)
Glenrothan(2026)
as Sandy
The Marbles(2025)
as Self - Interviewee
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction(2025)
as Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
The Parenting(2025)
as Frank
- Film
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)
That Christmas(2024)
as Santa (voice)
Skelly(2024)
as Grandpa
Little Wing(2024)
as Jaan Vari
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)
An Interview with Brian Cox(2023)
as Himself
Ooh the Banter!(2022)
as Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba(2022)
as Self
Bonnie(2022)
as Self
The Independent(2022)
as Nick Booker
Ukraine: Answering the Call(2022)
as Self
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
Kubrick by Candlelight(2018)
as The Narrator
Widdershins(2018)
as voice
Super Troopers 2(2018)
as John O'Hagen
The Etruscan Smile(2018)
as Rory MacNeil
- Film
An Evening with Brian Cox(2017)
as Himself
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie(2017)
as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
Churchill(2017)
as Winston Churchill
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation(2017)
as Narrator
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC(2016)
as Self
The Autopsy of Jane Doe(2016)
as Tommy Tilden
Morgan(2016)
as Jim Bryce
The Carer(2016)
as Sir Michael
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light(2016)
as Self
Killing Thyme(2015)
as Norman
Forsaken(2015)
as James McCurdy
Pacific Warriors(2015)
as Narrator
Pixels(2015)
as Admiral Porter
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace(2015)
as Andrew Carnegie (voice)
The Gospel of John(2014)
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
- Film
Scotland In A Day(2014)
The Anomaly(2014)
as Dr. Langham
Her(2013)
as Alan Watts (voice)
An Adventure in Space and Time(2013)
as Sydney Newman
The Curse of Edgar(2013)
as Edgar Hoover
Anna(2013)
as Sebastian
Believe(2013)
as Matt Busby
- Film
Blumenthal(2013)
as Harold Blumenthal
RED 2(2013)
as Ivan
Blood(2012)
as Lenny Fairburn
The Campaign(2012)
as Raymond
All at Sea(2012)
as Wally
- Film
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
The Veteran(2011)
as Gerry
Ironclad(2011)
as Albany
The Key Man(2011)
as Irving
Coriolanus(2011)
as Menenius
RED(2010)
as Ivan Simanov
On Expenses(2010)
As Good As Dead(2010)
as Reverend Kalahan
Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)
as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
Brian Cox's Jute Journey(2009)
as Self
The Good Heart(2009)
as Jacques
Tell-Tale(2009)
as Van Doren
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword(2009)
as Green Dragon (voice)
Red(2008)
as Avery Ludlow
The Escapist(2008)
as Frank Perry
Agent Crush(2008)
as Spanners (voice)
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)
A Woman in Winter(2007)
as Dr. Hunt
Zodiac(2007)
as Melvin Belli
Running with Scissors(2006)
as Dr. Finch
- Film
The Outsiders(2006)
as Gabriel
The Flying Scotsman(2006)
as Douglas Baxter
Carry On Ken(2006)
as Self
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
Japan's War in Colour(2005)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Film
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?(2004)
as Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson(2004)
as Other Voices (voice)
The Bourne Supremacy(2004)
as Ward Abbott
Troy(2004)
as King Agamemnon
Murder by Numbers(2004)
as Self
The Reckoning(2004)
as Tobias
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2(2003)
as Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker(2003)
as Self
X2(2003)
as William Stryker
Sin(2003)
as Captain Oakes
25th Hour(2002)
as James Brogan
Adaptation.(2002)
as Robert McKee
- Film
Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World(2002)
as Narrator
The Ring(2002)
as Richard Morgan
The Trials of Henry Kissinger(2002)
as Self
The Biographer(2002)
as Michael O'Mara
The Bourne Identity(2002)
as Ward Abbott
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
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
Inside 'Manhunter'(2001)
as Himself
Saltwater(2000)
as George Beneventi
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
The Making of 'Rushmore'(2000)
as Self
Longitude(2000)
as Lord Morton
- Film
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
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
Food for Ravens(1997)
as Aneurin Bevan
Sharpe: The Legend(1997)
as Hogan
Kiss the Girls(1997)
as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996)
as Dr. Nathan Waldman
The Glimmer Man(1996)
as Mr. Smith
Chain Reaction(1996)
as Lyman Earl Collier
Witness Against Hitler(1996)
as Judge Freisler
Braveheart(1995)
as Argyle Wallace
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
Sharpe's Eagle(1993)
as Major Michael Hogan
Sharpe's Rifles(1993)
as Major Michael Hogan
Six Characters in Search of An Author(1992)
as The Director
The Cutter(1992)
The Lost Language of Cranes(1992)
as Owen Benjamin
The Cloning of Joanna May(1992)
as Carl May
Deceptions(1992)
as Carlton Heard
Red Fox(1991)
as Geoffrey Harrison
Hidden Agenda(1990)
as Peter Kerrigan
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'(1990)
as self
Secret Weapon(1990)
as Andrew Neil
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy(1989)
as Self
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
Shoot for the Sun(1987)
as Dunny
- Film
Rat in the Skull(1987)
as Detective Inspector Nelson
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People(1987)
as Narrator
Home Cooking(1986)
as Vic
Manhunter(1986)
as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Florence Nightingale(1985)
as Dr. McGregor
- Film
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
Dalhousie's Luck(1980)
as Dalhousie
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden(1976)
as George Simpson
In Celebration(1975)
as Steven Shaw
The Changeling(1974)
as Alsemero
Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)
as Trotsky
The Year of the Sex Olympics(1968)
as Lasar Opie
- Film
A Knight in Tarnished Armour(1965)
as Nelson
- Film
Wittgenstein's Poker
as Bertrand Russell (voice)
- Film
Old Pals
as Jimmy
The Glove
The Planets
A Modern Magician
as The Voice
