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Brian Cox

​Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He has also appeared in many Hollywood productions playing parts such as Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore and William Stryker in X2. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 production Manhunter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jun 1, 1946 In Dundee, Scotland, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
145
First Appeared:
In the movie Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon
Latest Project:
Movie The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024-12-05
Known For
Filmography
Movie Vivaldi Merlino 2025
Movie The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Helm Hammerhand (voice) 2024-12-05
Movie Little Wing Jaan Vari 2024-03-13
Movie Mending the Line Ike Fletcher 2023-06-09
Movie The Independent Nick Booker 2022-11-02
Movie There Are No Saints 2022-05-27
Movie Separation Rivers 2021-04-30
Movie Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story Narrator (voice) 2021-04-23
Movie Last Moment of Clarity Gilles 2020-05-19
Movie The Bay of Silence Milton 2020-08-20
Series Good Omens Death (Voice) 2019-05-31
Movie Strange but True Bill 2019-10-17
Movie Pretenders Henry 2019-09-27
Series Succession Logan Roy 2018-06-03
Movie The Etruscan Smile Rory MacNeil 2018-04-12
Movie Super Troopers 2 John O'Hagen 2018-04-19
Movie Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon Marlon Brando 2018
Movie Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice) 2017-05-27
Movie Churchill Winston Churchill 2017-05-25
Series War and Peace General Mikhail Kutuzov 2016-01-03
Movie Morgan Jim Bryce 2016-09-01
Movie The Entire Universe Self - Presenter 2016-12-26
Movie The Autopsy of Jane Doe Tommy Tilden 2016-12-21
Movie The Carer Sir Michael 2016-08-05
Movie Absolutely Anything Self 2015-06-26
Series The Slap Manolis 2015-02-12
Movie Forsaken James McCurdy 2015-09-16
Movie Pacific Warriors Narrator 2015-09-10
Movie Pixels Admiral Porter 2015-07-16
Movie The Anomaly Dr. Langham 2014-06-19
Movie X-Men: Days of Future Past William Stryker (archive footage) (uncredited) 2014-05-15
Movie Monty Python Live (Mostly) Self 2014-07-20
Series The Game Daddy 2014-11-05
Movie The Gospel of John Narrator (voice) – King James Version 2014-12-01
Movie Monty Python: The Meaning of Live Self 2014-11-13
Series The Great War: The People's Story Rev. Andrew Clark 2014-08-10
Movie Scotland In A Day 2014-09-18
Movie RED 2 Ivan 2013-07-18
Movie Blumenthal Harold Blumenthal 2013-08-03
Movie An Adventure in Space and Time Sydney Newman 2013-11-21
Movie The Curse of Edgar Edgar Hoover 2013-10-27
Movie Her Alan Watts (voice) 2013-12-18
Movie Anna Sebastian 2013-10-13
Movie Believe Matt Busby 2013-10-04
Movie I Missed My Mother's Funeral Old Man 2012-01-01
Movie Blood Lenny Fairburn 2012-10-09
Movie The Campaign Raymond 2012-08-09
Series The Straits Harry Montebello 2012-02-02
Movie Coriolanus Menenius 2011-02-14
Series The Sinking of the Laconia Captain Sharp, RMS Laconia 2011-01-06
Movie The Key Man Irving 2011-02-18
Movie The Veteran Gerry 2011-04-29
Movie Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Glover 2011-09-10
Movie Ironclad Albany 2011-03-03
Series Wonders of the Universe Himself - Presenter 2011-03-06
Movie Exit Humanity Malcolm Young (voice) 2011-10-16
Movie As Good As Dead Reverend Kalahan 2010-01-25
Series Wonders of the Solar System Presenter 2010-03-07
Movie On Expenses 2010-02-23
Movie RED Ivan Simanov 2010-10-13
Movie The Invocation Self 2010-09-01
Movie Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Green Dragon (voice) 2009-04-07
Movie Tell-Tale Van Doren 2009-04-24
Series The Take Ozzy 2009-06-17
Series The Day of the Triffids Dennis Masen 2009-12-28
Movie Fantastic Mr. Fox Action 12 Reporter (voice) 2009-10-23
Movie The Good Heart Jacques 2009-09-11
Movie Agent Crush Spanners (voice) 2008-01-01
Movie Shoot on Sight Daniel Tennant 2008-08-22
Movie Red Avery Ludlow 2008-08-08
Series The Colour of Magic Erzähler 2008-03-23
Movie The Escapist Frank Perry 2008-06-20
Movie Zodiac Melvin Belli 2007-03-02
Movie A Woman in Winter Dr. Hunt 2007-04-09
Movie Trick 'r Treat Mr. Kreeg 2007-12-09
Movie Battle for Terra General Hemmer (voice) 2007-09-06
Movie The Water Horse Old Angus 2007-12-25
Movie The Secret of the Nutcracker Drosselmeyer 2007-12-23
Movie Carry on Ken Self 2006-01-01
Movie Running with Scissors Dr. Finch 2006-10-27
Series The Outsiders 2006-10-03
Series Blue/Orange Dr. Robert Smith 2005-02-23
Movie The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle Joseph Bell 2005-09-08
Movie The Ringer Gary Barker 2005-12-23
Movie Red Eye Joe Reisert 2005-08-19
Movie End Day Self 2005-04-21
Movie The Bourne Supremacy Ward Abbott 2004-07-23
Movie The Reckoning Tobias 2004-02-26
Movie Troy King Agamemnon 2004-05-13
Movie The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 Himself 2003-11-25
Movie Sin Captain Oakes 2003-01-01
Movie X2 William Stryker 2003-04-27
Movie The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Self 2003-05-20
Movie Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh Narrator 2002-02-12
Movie Bug Cyr 2002-02-28
Movie Adaptation. Robert McKee 2002-12-06
Movie The Rookie Jim Morris Sr. 2002-03-25
Movie The Ring Richard Morgan 2002-10-18
Movie 25th Hour James Brogan 2002-12-19
Movie The Bourne Identity Ward Abbott 2002-06-14
Movie Super Troopers John O'Hagen 2001-02-15
Movie Inside 'Manhunter' Himself 2001-02-13
Movie Strictly Sinatra Chisolm 2001-06-29
Movie L.I.E. Big John Harrigan 2001-09-07
Movie The Affair of the Necklace Minister Breteuil 2001-11-30
Movie Longitude Lord Morton 2000-01-02
Movie Complicity Inspector McDunn 2000-05-06
Movie Saltwater George Beneventi 2000-09-29
Series Nuremberg Herman Wilhelm Goering 2000-07-16
Movie A Shot at Glory Martin Smith 2000-05-03
Movie The Corruptor Sean Wallace 1999-03-12
Movie The Minus Man Doug 1999-02-25
Movie For Love of the Game Gary Wheeler 1999-09-17
Movie Rushmore Dr. Nelson Guggenheim 1998-12-11
Movie Desperate Measures Captain Jeremiah Cassidy 1998-01-30
Movie Merchants of Venus Uncle Vladimir 1998-03-01
Movie Food for Ravens Aneurin Bevan 1997-11-11
Movie Kiss the Girls Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D. 1997-09-29
Movie Chain Reaction Lyman Earl Collier 1996-08-02
Movie The Long Kiss Goodnight Dr. Nathan Waldman 1996-10-11
Movie The Glimmer Man Mr. Smith 1996-10-04
Movie Braveheart Argyle Wallace 1995-05-24
Movie Rob Roy Killearn 1995-04-13
Movie Iron Will Angus McTeague 1994-01-14
Movie Royal Deceit Aethelwine 1994-02-23
Movie Sharpe's Eagle Major Michael Hogan 1993-05-12
Movie Sharpe's Rifles Major Michael Hogan 1993-05-05
Movie The Cloning of Joanna May Carl May 1992-01-16
Movie Six Characters in Search of An Author The Director 1992-12-12
Movie The Lost Language of Cranes Owen Benjamin 1992-02-09
Movie Red Fox Geoffrey Harrison 1991-12-08
Movie Hidden Agenda Peter Kerrigan 1990-11-21
Movie Murder on the Moon Voronov 1989-05-09
Movie Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun Jack Purves 1988-05-15
Movie Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Voiceover Narrator 1988-09-23
Movie Manhunter Dr. Hannibal Lecktor 1986-08-14
Movie Florence Nightingale Dr. McGregor 1985-07-05
Movie Pope John Paul II Father Góra 1984-04-22
Movie King Lear Burgundy 1983-04-03
Movie A Cotswold Death Dr. Gillespie 1982-01-12
Series Out 1978-07-24
Movie In Celebration Steven Shaw 1975-03-17
Movie The Changeling Alsemero 1974-01-20
Movie Nicholas and Alexandra Trotsky 1971-11-29
Movie The Year of the Sex Olympics Lasar Opie 1968-07-29
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