Brian Cox, full name Brian Denis Cox, was born on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom. A Scottish actor whose career has extended across theatre, film, television, radio, video games and directing, Brian Cox became internationally recognized for his commanding performances as powerful, intimidating and morally complicated men. After decades of acclaimed classical theatre and character work in films such as Manhunter, Braveheart, Rushmore, The Bourne Identity, X2 and Troy, he reached one of the greatest peaks of his career as media magnate Logan Roy in Succession. The performance brought him a Golden Globe Award, multiple major television nominations and a new level of worldwide recognition in his seventies.

Early Life and Family Background

Brian Cox was born into a working-class Catholic family in Dundee. He was the youngest of five children. His family background included both Scottish and Irish ancestry, and his paternal ancestors had connections to Ireland.

His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline Cox, worked as a spinner in Dundee's jute mills. His father, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, worked as a butcher and later operated a shop. The family's circumstances changed dramatically when his father died while Brian Cox was still a child.

His mother also suffered periods of poor mental and physical health. As a result, Brian Cox was largely brought up by his four older sisters. He has spoken extensively about the poverty and instability of his childhood and about how these experiences shaped his political attitudes and his understanding of class.

Theatre provided an early form of escape. At approximately fourteen years old, he began spending time around Dundee Repertory Theatre, where he became fascinated by the backstage world, actors and the process of creating performances.

Drama Training

Determined to become a professional actor, Brian Cox left Dundee for London and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, commonly known as LAMDA. His formal training gave him the classical vocal and physical technique that became central to his later stage career.

After completing his studies, he joined the Royal Lyceum Theatre company in Edinburgh in 1965. From 1966, he spent approximately two years working with Birmingham Repertory Theatre, gaining extensive repertory experience.

His early professional life was firmly rooted in the British theatre system rather than cinema. This foundation allowed him to move between Shakespearean tragedy, contemporary drama and later screen character work without becoming dependent on a single acting style.

Early Stage and Television Career

Brian Cox made his London stage debut during the late 1960s and gradually became established as a serious classical actor. He worked at major British theatres and eventually became associated with companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre.

Television work also developed during this period. He appeared in British drama productions and historical programs before gaining wider attention through major television roles.

In the late 1970s, Brian Cox portrayed King Henry II of England in the BBC historical drama The Devil's Crown. His ability to portray authority, political intelligence and emotional volatility anticipated many of the commanding characters he would later play on film and television.

Early Film Career

Brian Cox's first major film appearance came in Nicholas and Alexandra in 1971, in which he portrayed revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky. The historical drama concerned the final years of Nicholas II of Russia and the collapse of the Russian imperial dynasty.

Unlike actors who moved rapidly into leading film roles, Cox spent much of the following years concentrating on theatre and television. His film career developed gradually, allowing him to become one of Britain's most experienced character actors before Hollywood audiences widely recognized his name.

Shakespeare and Classical Theatre

Classical theatre became one of the central pillars of Brian Cox's career. He performed works by William Shakespeare throughout Britain and developed a reputation for forceful interpretations of complex authority figures.

His Shakespearean career included roles in productions of Titus Andronicus, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice and other plays. His work with the Royal Shakespeare Company helped establish his standing as one of the leading Scottish classical actors of his generation.

An important distinction concerns King Lear. In the 1983 television production starring Laurence Olivier as Lear, Brian Cox played the Duke of Burgundy rather than King Lear. Cox's own celebrated performance as Lear came later, in Deborah Warner's 1990 production at the Royal National Theatre. The interpretation was physically energetic, darkly comic and increasingly tragic, and became one of the most important Shakespearean performances of his stage career.

Manhunter and Hannibal Lecktor

In 1986, Brian Cox achieved an important place in thriller history when he portrayed Dr. Hannibal Lecktor in director Michael Mann's Manhunter, based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon.

Cox became the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter in a theatrical feature film. The spelling of the character's surname was changed to “Lecktor” in the film.

Unlike the later, more theatrical interpretation by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs, Cox played the character with a restrained, conversational quality. His Hannibal appeared disturbingly ordinary and intellectually controlled, creating menace through calmness rather than elaborate gestures.

Although Manhunter was not initially a major commercial success, its reputation grew considerably over subsequent decades. Cox's performance has frequently been revisited in discussions of the different screen interpretations of Hannibal Lecter.

Television and Historical Roles

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Brian Cox continued moving between theatre, television and cinema. His ability to convey authority made him particularly effective in military, political and institutional roles.

In 1993, he appeared as Major Michael Hogan in Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle, starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe. Hogan is an intelligence officer operating under the overall command of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, during the Peninsular War.

Cox also appeared in Inspector Morse and numerous British television dramas, maintaining a career in which prestige theatre work existed alongside increasingly visible screen performances.

Braveheart and Rob Roy

In 1995, Brian Cox appeared in two major historical films connected with Scottish history. In Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt and Tim Roth, he played Killearn.

The same year, he appeared in Mel Gibson's Braveheart as Argyle Wallace, the uncle of William Wallace. Although his screen time was limited, the film became an enormous international success and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

These roles contributed to Cox's growing presence in large-scale international productions while retaining his strong association with Scottish history and identity.

Hollywood Character Actor

During the second half of the 1990s, Brian Cox became increasingly familiar to Hollywood audiences. He appeared in Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves, The Glimmer Man with Steven Seagal, The Long Kiss Goodnight with Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kiss the Girls with Morgan Freeman.

His ability to project institutional authority made him particularly suited to intelligence officers, military officials, police commanders and morally ambiguous executives. Yet he resisted simple typecasting by alternating these roles with more eccentric and vulnerable characters.

Rushmore

In 1998, Brian Cox played Dr. Nelson Guggenheim, the headmaster of Rushmore Academy, in Wes Anderson's Rushmore. The film starred Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and Olivia Williams.

Cox's stern but increasingly exasperated headmaster provided an effective counterpoint to Schwartzman's obsessive student Max Fischer. The role demonstrated his ability to use rigid authority for comedy rather than menace.

Rushmore became one of the defining American independent films of the late 1990s and introduced Cox to another generation of filmmakers and audiences.

Nuremberg and Emmy Recognition

In 2000, Brian Cox portrayed Nazi leader Hermann Göring in the television miniseries Nuremberg, dramatizing the postwar trials of leading figures of the Third Reich.

His performance was widely acclaimed. Cox presented Göring as charismatic, intelligent, manipulative and deeply dangerous rather than reducing him to a one-dimensional villain.

For Nuremberg, Brian Cox won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. The performance also brought him major international award recognition and reinforced his reputation for portraying historically powerful and morally disturbing figures.

L.I.E. and Independent Cinema

In 2001, Brian Cox appeared as Big John Harrigan in the independent drama L.I.E.. The disturbing character was very different from his large-scale historical and Hollywood roles and gave him an opportunity to explore psychological ambiguity in a small, character-driven production.

The performance received strong critical attention and earned Cox recognition from critics' groups as well as nominations within the independent-film awards circuit.

The Bourne Identity

In 2002, Brian Cox entered one of the major action franchises of the decade with The Bourne Identity. He played CIA official Ward Abbott opposite Matt Damon as Jason Bourne.

The character represented the institutional secrecy and moral compromise behind the covert Treadstone operation. Cox returned as Ward Abbott in The Bourne Supremacy in 2004.

The Bourne films became highly influential within modern action cinema, and Cox's performance contributed to the franchise's atmosphere of bureaucratic menace and intelligence-agency intrigue.

A Remarkable Year: 2002

The year 2002 was exceptionally productive for Brian Cox. Alongside The Bourne Identity, he appeared in The Ring as Richard Morgan, Adaptation. as screenwriting teacher Robert McKee, 25th Hour as James Brogan and The Rookie as Jim Morris Sr.

His portrayal of Robert McKee in Spike Jonze's Adaptation. was particularly memorable. In a famous sequence, his character aggressively challenges the despairing screenwriter played by Nicolas Cage. The role was based on the real-life screenwriting lecturer and author Robert McKee.

The cast of Adaptation. received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for ensemble performance.

X2 and William Stryker

In 2003, Brian Cox played Colonel William Stryker in X2, directed by Bryan Singer. The film starred Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen and James Marsden.

Stryker is a military scientist whose hostility toward mutants drives much of the film's central conflict. Cox portrayed him not as a comic-book caricature but as an ideologically committed authoritarian convinced that his actions were justified.

X2 became one of the most highly regarded early superhero sequels and significantly expanded Cox's visibility among mainstream audiences.

Troy and Agamemnon

In 2004, Brian Cox portrayed King Agamemnon in director Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy, inspired by Homer's Iliad.

The large ensemble included Brad Pitt as Achilles, Peter O'Toole as King Priam, Eric Bana as Hector, Orlando Bloom as Paris, Diane Kruger as Helen and Sean Bean as Odysseus.

Cox's Agamemnon is presented as an ambitious and ruthless ruler who uses the conflict over Helen as an opportunity to expand his own power. The character's arrogance and political calculation allowed Cox to deploy the authoritarian presence that had become one of his screen trademarks.

Match Point

In 2005, Brian Cox appeared as Alec Hewett in Woody Allen's Match Point, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer and Matthew Goode.

The film examined ambition, class mobility, infidelity and moral luck within wealthy London society. Cox played the patriarch of the affluent Hewett family, whose social position becomes central to the protagonist's rise.

Deadwood

In 2006, Brian Cox joined the acclaimed western series Deadwood as theatre impresario Jack Langrishe. The character arrives in Deadwood with a troupe of performers and develops a relationship with several of the town's established figures.

The series, created by David Milch, was already known for its dense dialogue and theatrical performances, making Cox's classical stage background particularly well suited to its style.

Zodiac

In 2007, Brian Cox played attorney Melvin Belli in David Fincher's Zodiac. The film dramatized the investigation into the Zodiac Killer and starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards.

Cox portrayed Belli as a flamboyant celebrity lawyer drawn into the case after the killer attempted to communicate through television. Although a supporting role, the performance added another real historical personality to Cox's extensive career.

The Escapist and RED

In 2008, Brian Cox starred as Frank Perry in The Escapist, a prison drama about an inmate planning an escape after learning that his daughter is seriously ill. The role gave him a rare opportunity to carry a film as a subdued and emotionally driven protagonist.

His performance earned recognition from BAFTA Scotland.

In 2010, Cox appeared as former Russian intelligence operative Ivan Simanov in RED, joining an ensemble led by Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich. The action comedy allowed him to parody the world of espionage characters he had often played more seriously.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

In 2011, Brian Cox appeared as John Landon in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring James Franco, Freida Pinto and Andy Serkis.

He played the owner of a primate shelter where Caesar is imprisoned. The film became the beginning of a critically acclaimed modern trilogy that reimagined the Planet of the Apes franchise.

Voice Acting and Video Games

Brian Cox's distinctive voice allowed him to build an extensive parallel career in narration, animation, radio and video games.

Beginning with Killzone in 2004, he voiced Scolar Visari, the authoritarian leader of the Helghast. He returned to the role in Killzone 2 and Killzone 3. The character became one of the most recognizable antagonists in the video-game franchise.

He also performed voice work for Manhunt, Syndicate, animated films and documentaries. His radio career included the long-running BBC drama McLevy, in which he played nineteenth-century Edinburgh detective James McLevy.

Cox also narrated literary works, including Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, bringing his classical vocal training to audiobook performance.

Succession and Logan Roy

The role that transformed Brian Cox into a global television icon arrived in 2018 with the HBO drama Succession, created by Jesse Armstrong. Cox played Logan Roy, the aging founder of the fictional media conglomerate Waystar Royco.

Logan is a self-made billionaire whose children compete for influence and eventual control of the family empire. The principal ensemble included Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy, Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy, Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy, Alan Ruck as Connor Roy, Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans and Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch.

Cox's performance made Logan simultaneously terrifying, charismatic, cruel and psychologically complex. Rather than presenting him simply as an abusive billionaire, the actor emphasized the character's origins, survival instincts, distrust of privilege and contempt for what he perceived as weakness in his children.

The character became closely associated with a single explosive phrase—“Fuck off”—which Logan repeatedly uses as a weapon of dismissal, intimidation and control.

Success of Succession

Succession became one of the most acclaimed television dramas of its era, winning multiple Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and other major honors. Its exploration of inherited wealth, media influence, corporate power and family dysfunction made it both a character drama and a satire of modern capitalism.

For his portrayal of Logan Roy, Brian Cox won the 2020 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama. He received further Golden Globe and Emmy nominations over the course of the series.

The role arrived after more than five decades of professional acting, making Cox an unusual example of a performer achieving his greatest level of international celebrity late in life.

Succession concluded in 2023 after four seasons. Logan Roy's place at the center of the series remained fundamental even as the final season increasingly focused on the consequences of the patriarch's decisions for his children, employees and media empire.

Return to the West End

After the conclusion of Succession, Brian Cox returned prominently to the London stage in 2024 in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night at Wyndham's Theatre.

He played James Tyrone, the aging actor and patriarch of a deeply troubled family. The production was directed by Jeremy Herrin and ran from March to June 2024.

The role connected Cox's late-career global fame with the classical theatrical tradition in which he had begun. The play's focus on family conflict, authority, resentment and an aging patriarch also created obvious thematic echoes with Succession, though James Tyrone is a very different character from Logan Roy.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

In 2024, Brian Cox voiced Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan, in the animated fantasy film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the film is set approximately 183 years before the events depicted in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The voice cast also included Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino and Miranda Otto, who returned as Éowyn.

Cox's deep, authoritative voice was particularly suited to Helm Hammerhand, a warrior king whose name later becomes associated with Helm's Deep.

Glenrothan and Directorial Debut

A major new phase of Brian Cox's career began with Glenrothan, his feature-film directorial debut. The Scottish drama premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025 and received a theatrical release in the United Kingdom in 2026.

Cox directed the film and also starred as Sandy, opposite Alan Cumming as his estranged younger brother Donal. The cast also included Shirley Henderson and Alexandra Shipp.

The story follows Donal's return to the Scottish Highlands after decades in Chicago, where the brothers must confront unresolved family history and questions surrounding their family's whisky distillery.

For Cox, the project was particularly personal because it allowed him to direct a film rooted in Scotland and explore themes of family, belonging, memory and reconciliation. Although he had previously directed for the stage, Glenrothan marked his first feature film as director.

2025 and 2026 Projects

Brian Cox remained highly active following Succession. In 2025, he appeared in the horror comedy The Parenting as Frank and voiced Pop Fly in the science-fiction adventure The Electric State. He also played Sandy in Glenrothan.

In 2026, he returned as Captain John O'Hagan in Super Troopers 3, continuing his association with the comedy franchise that began with Super Troopers in 2001.

He also voiced George in the animated television series My Brother the Minotaur.

In April 2026, Paramount+ announced that Brian Cox had joined the second season of Dexter: Resurrection as a series regular. He plays the New York Ripper, a notorious serial killer whose crimes occurred years earlier but whose influence continues through his fascination with his own infamy. The role places Cox opposite Michael C. Hall, who returns as Dexter Morgan.

Acting Style

Brian Cox is particularly associated with characters who possess institutional authority: kings, generals, intelligence officials, corporate executives, political leaders and powerful patriarchs. His voice and physical presence make such figures immediately credible, but his strongest performances frequently complicate that authority with insecurity, anger, humor or moral contradiction.

His classical theatre training allows him to deliver dense dialogue with clarity and rhythm. He can move rapidly from controlled stillness to explosive rage, a technique that became especially visible in Succession.

Although frequently cast as antagonists, Brian Cox has rejected the idea that he simply plays villains. Characters such as Hannibal Lecktor, William Stryker, Agamemnon and Logan Roy differ substantially in motivation, and Cox has generally approached them from the perspective of what they believe rather than from an external judgment that they are evil.

Personal Life

Brian Cox was married to Caroline Burt from 1968 until their divorce in 1986. They had two children, Alan Cox and Margaret Cox. Alan Cox also became an actor and appeared as the young John Mortimer in A Voyage Round My Father and in numerous later productions.

In 2002, Brian Cox married actress Nicole Ansari-Cox. They have two sons, Torin Kamran Charles Cox and Orson Ansari-Cox. The family has divided its time between New York City and the United Kingdom, while maintaining strong connections with Scotland.

Health and Charitable Work

Brian Cox has publicly discussed living with diabetes and has supported efforts to improve awareness and research relating to the condition.

He has maintained particularly strong connections with Dundee, supporting cultural, educational and charitable initiatives in the city. He has also supported organizations involved in theatrical training and opportunities for young people, including Scottish Youth Theatre.

Honours and University Roles

For his services to drama, Brian Cox was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in the 2003 New Year Honours.

He has received honorary academic recognition from several institutions. In 2010, students elected him Rector of the University of Dundee, a significant ceremonial and representative position within the Scottish university system. He subsequently served multiple terms and remained closely associated with the university.

He has also received honorary degrees and other cultural honors acknowledging his contribution to theatre, cinema and Scottish public life.

Political Views and Scottish Independence

Brian Cox has frequently expressed political opinions, particularly concerning social inequality, Scottish politics and independence. Earlier in his public life he supported the Labour Party, including during the 2007 Scottish Parliament election period.

By 2012, he publicly supported the Yes Scotland campaign advocating independence ahead of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. He argued that Scotland could pursue a more socially democratic political direction as an independent country.

His political comments have remained highly visible because they are closely connected to his accounts of growing up in poverty and his longstanding criticism of economic inequality and class privilege.

Career Significance

Brian Cox's career is unusual for both its duration and its progression. He established himself first as a classical theatre actor, became a respected British television performer, evolved into one of Hollywood's most reliable character actors and then, after the age of seventy, became an international television star through Succession.

His filmography connects widely different periods and genres: the historical prestige cinema of Nicholas and Alexandra, the psychological thriller Manhunter, Scottish epics such as Braveheart, independent films including Rushmore, major franchises such as The Bourne Identity and X2, historical epics such as Troy, and prestige television through Succession.

His later move into feature-film directing with Glenrothan added another dimension to a professional life already extending across more than six decades. As of 2026, Brian Cox remains active in film, television, voice acting and directing.

Films and Television Work

1971 – Nicholas and Alexandra – Leon Trotsky – Film
1975 – In Celebration – Steven Shaw – Film
1980 – Hammer House of Horror – Chuck Spillers – Television Series
1983 – King Lear – Duke of Burgundy – Television Drama
1986 – Manhunter – Dr. Hannibal Lecktor – Film
1990 – Hidden Agenda – Kerrigan – Film
1991 – The Lost Language of Cranes – Owen Benjamin – Television Film
1993 – Inspector Morse: The Deadly Slumber – Michael Steppings – Television
1993 – Sharpe's Rifles – Major Michael Hogan – Television
1993 – Sharpe's Eagle – Major Michael Hogan – Television
1993 – The Eye of Vichy – Narrator – Documentary
1994 – Iron Will – Angus McTeague – Film
1994 – Prince of Jutland – Aethelwine – Film
1995 – Rob Roy – Killearn – Film
1995 – Braveheart – Argyle Wallace – Film
1996 – Chain Reaction – Lyman Earl Collier – Film
1996 – The Glimmer Man – Mr. Smith – Film
1996 – The Long Kiss Goodnight – Dr. Nathan Waldman – Film
1997 – Kiss the Girls – Chief Hatfield – Film
1997 – The Boxer – Joe Hamill – Film
1997 – Red Dwarf – The King – Television Series
1998 – Desperate Measures – Jeremiah Cassidy – Film
1998 – Rushmore – Dr. Nelson Guggenheim – Film
1999 – The Minus Man – Doug Durwin – Film
1999 – The Corruptor – Sean Wallace – Film
1999 – For Love of the Game – Gary Wheeler – Film
2000 – Longitude – Lord Morton – Television
2000 – Complicity – Inspector McDunn – Film
2000 – Mad About Mambo – Sidney McLoughlin – Film
2000 – Nuremberg – Hermann Göring – Television Miniseries
2000 – A Shot at Glory – Martin Smith – Film
2001 – Super Troopers – Captain John O'Hagan – Film
2001 – L.I.E. – Big John Harrigan – Film
2001 – Frasier – Harry Moon – Television Series
2001 – Strictly Sinatra – Chisolm – Film
2001 – The Affair of the Necklace – Minister Breteuil – Film
2002 – Bug – Cyr – Film
2002 – The Rookie – Jim Morris Sr. – Film
2002 – The Bourne Identity – Ward Abbott – Film
2002 – The Ring – Richard Morgan – Film
2002 – Adaptation. – Robert McKee – Film
2002 – 25th Hour – James Brogan – Film
2002 – The Trials of Henry Kissinger – Narrator – Documentary
2003 – X2 – William Stryker – Film
2003 – The Reckoning – Tobias – Film
2004 – Troy – Agamemnon – Film
2004 – The Bourne Supremacy – Ward Abbott – Film
2005 – Blue/Orange – Dr. Robert Smith – Television Film
2005 – Match Point – Alec Hewett – Film
2005 – The Ringer – Gary Barker – Film
2005 – Red Eye – Joe Reisert – Film
2006 – The Flying Scotsman – Douglas Baxter – Film
2006 – Deadwood – Jack Langrishe – Television Series
2006 – Running with Scissors – Dr. Finch – Film
2007 – Zodiac – Melvin Belli – Film
2007/2009 – Battle for Terra – General Hemmer – Voice
2007 – The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep – Old Angus – Film
2008 – Red – Avery Ludlow – Film
2008 – The Escapist – Frank Perry – Film
2008 – The Colour of Magic – Narrator – Television
2008 – Shoot on Sight – Daniel Tennant – Film
2009 – Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword – Green Dragon – Voice
2009 – Kings – King Silas Benjamin – Television Series
2009 – Trick 'r Treat – Mr. Kreeg – Film
2009 – The Take – Ozzy – Television Series
2009 – Tell-Tale – Van Doren – Film
2009 – Fantastic Mr. Fox – Action 12 Reporter – Voice
2009 – The Day of the Triffids – Dennis Masen – Television
2009 – The Good Heart – Jacques – Film
2010 – Doctor Who – Ood Elder – Voice
2010 – On Expenses – Michael Martin – Television Film
2010 – The Big C – Cathy's Father – Television Series
2010 – RED – Ivan Simanov – Film
2011 – The Sinking of the Laconia – Captain Rudolph Sharp – Television
2011 – Coriolanus – Menenius – Film
2011 – Ironclad – Baron d'Aubigny – Film
2011 – The Veteran – Gerry – Film
2011 – Rise of the Planet of the Apes – John Landon – Film
2012 – The Straits – Harry Montebello – Television Series
2016 – Morgan – Jim Bryce – Film
2017 – Churchill – Winston Churchill – Film
2018–2023 – Succession – Logan Roy – Television Series
2020 – Last Moment of Clarity – Gilles – Film
2022 – Prisoner's Daughter – Max – Film
2023 – Mending the Line – Ike Fletcher – Film
2024 – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim – Helm Hammerhand – Voice
2025 – The Parenting – Frank – Film
2025 – The Electric State – Pop Fly – Voice
2025/2026 – Glenrothan – Sandy – Film; also Director
2026 – My Brother the Minotaur – George – Voice
2026 – Super Troopers 3 – Captain John O'Hagan – Film
2026 – Dexter: Resurrection – The New York Ripper – Television Series

Video Games

2003 – Manhunt – The Director – Voice
2004 – Killzone – Scolar Visari – Voice
2009 – Killzone 2 – Scolar Visari – Voice
2011 – Killzone 3 – Scolar Visari – Voice
2012 – Syndicate – Jack Denham – Voice

Major Awards and Honours

1984 – Laurence Olivier Award – Best Actor – Rat in the Skull
2001 – Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie – Nuremberg
2003 – Commander of the Order of the British Empire – CBE
2008 – BAFTA Scotland Award – Best Actor – The Escapist
2010 – Elected Rector of the University of Dundee
2020 – Golden Globe Award – Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama – Succession

Marriage and Children

1968–1986 – Caroline Burt – First wife
Alan Cox – Son, actor
Margaret Cox – Daughter
2002–Present – Nicole Ansari-Cox – Wife, actress
Torin Kamran Charles Cox – Son
Orson Ansari-Cox – Son

Most Memorable Roles

Dr. Hannibal Lecktor – Manhunter
Killearn – Rob Roy
Argyle Wallace – Braveheart
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim – Rushmore
Hermann Göring – Nuremberg
Ward Abbott – The Bourne Identity / The Bourne Supremacy
William Stryker – X2
Agamemnon – Troy
Jack Langrishe – Deadwood
Melvin Belli – Zodiac
Ivan Simanov – RED
Logan Roy – Succession
Helm Hammerhand – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Sandy – Glenrothan

Source: Biyografiler.com