Scottish actor Brian Cox has appeared in various films and television series such as Manhunter (1986), Rob Roy and Braveheart (both 1995), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Nuremberg (2000), Super Troopers (2001), The Bourne Identity, The Ring and Adaptation (all 2002), X2 (2003), Troy (2004), Red Eye (2005), Deadwood (2006), Zodiac (2007), Red (2008), Red (2010), Coriolanus and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (both 2011), Red 2 (2013), Succession (2018–2023), Good Omens (2019), and Last Moment of Clarity (2020).

He has also appeared in various theatre productions such as The Music Man (1994), St. Nicholas (1999), Dublin Carol (2000), Uncle Varick (2004), Rock 'n' Roll (2006–2008) That Championship Season (2011), and The Weir (2014).

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1971Nicholas and AlexandraLeon Trotsky
1975In CelebrationSteven Shaw
1986ManhunterDr. Hannibal Lecktor
1990Hidden AgendaPeter Kerrigan
1993The Eye of VichyNarratorDocumentary
1994Iron WillAngus McTeague
1994Prince of JutlandÆthelwine of Lindsey
1995Rob RoyKillearn
1995BraveheartArgyle Wallace
1996Chain ReactionLyman Earl Collier
1996The Glimmer ManMr. Smith
1996The Long Kiss GoodnightDr. Nathan Waldman
1997Kiss the GirlsChief Hatfield
1997The BoxerJoe Hamill
1997Food for RavensAneurin BevanProfile drama
1998Desperate MeasuresCaptain Jeremiah Cassidy
1998RushmoreDr. Nelson Guggenheim
1999The Minus ManDoug Durwin
1999The CorruptorSean Wallace
1999For Love of the GameGary Wheeler
2000ComplicityInspector McDunn
2000Mad About MamboSidney McLoughlin
2000A Shot at GloryMartin Smith
2000SaltwaterGeorge Beneventi
2001Super TroopersCaptain John O'Hagen
2001L.I.E.Big John Harrigan
2001Strictly SinatraChisolm
2001The Affair of the NecklaceMinister Baron de Breteuil
2002BugCyr
2002The RookieJim Morris Sr.
2002The Bourne IdentityWard Abbott
2002The RingRichard Morgan
2002Adaptation.Robert McKee
200225th HourJames Brogan
2002The Trials of Henry KissingerNarratorDocumentary
2003X2William Stryker
2003SinCaptain Oakes
2004The ReckoningTobias
2004TroyAgamemnon
2004The Bourne SupremacyWard Abbott
2004Get the PictureHarry SondheimShort film
2005Match PointAlec Hewett
2005Red EyeJoe Reisert
2005The RingerGary Barker
2006A Woman in WinterDr. Hunt
2006The Flying ScotsmanDouglas Baxter
2006Running with ScissorsDr. Finch
2007ZodiacMelvin Belli
2007Battle for TerraGeneral HemmerVoice[1]
2007The Water Horse: Legend of the DeepOld Angus
2007Trick 'r TreatMr. Kreeg
2007Shoot on SightDaniel Tennant
2008RedAvery Ludlow
2008The EscapistFrank Perry
2008Agent CrushSpannersVoice
2009Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai SwordGreen DragonVoice
Direct-to-DVD
2009Tell-TaleDetective Van Doren
2009Fantastic Mr. FoxDan PeabodyVoice[1]
2009The Good HeartJacques
2010Wide Blue YonderWally
2010RedIvan Simanov
2010As Good as DeadReverend Kalahan
2011CoriolanusMenenius Agrippa
2011IroncladWilliam d'Aubigny
2011The VeteranGerry
2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesJohn Landon
2011Citizen GangsterGlover Boyd
2011Exit HumanityMalcolm YoungVoice
2011The Revelation of the PyramidsNarratorDocumentary[2]
2012The CampaignRaymond Huggins
2012My CityThe JournalistShort film
2012BloodLanny Fairburn
2013Red 2Ivan Simanov
2013BlumenthalHarold
2013MindscapeSebastian
2013HerAlan WattsVoice[1]
2013BelieveSir Matt Busby
2014The AnomalyDr. Langham
2015PixelsAdmiral Porter
2015ForsakenJames McCurdy
2015Killing ThymeNormanShort film
2016MorganJim Bryce
2016The CarerSir Michael Gifford
2016The Autopsy of Jane DoeTommy Tilden
2017Bob the Builder: Mega MachinesConrad / CrunchVoices
2017ChurchillWinston Churchill
2017Kubrick By CandlelightNarratorShort film
2018Super Troopers 2Captain John O'Hagan
2018The Etruscan SmileRory MacNeilAlso released under the title, Rory's Way[3]
2018The PretendersHenry
2019Remember MeShane
2019Strange but TrueBill Erwin
2019The Last RightFather Reilly
2020John Rebus: The Lockdown BluesJohn RebusShort film
2020Last Moment of ClarityGilles
2020The Bay of SilenceMilton
2021SeparationPaul Rivers
2022Prisoner's DaughterMax
2022Mending the Line Ike Fletcher
2022The IndependentNick Booker
2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimHelm HammerhandVoice; in production
2024The Electric StateTBAVoice; Post-production
TBAThe ParentingTBAPost-production
TBARiff RaffTBAFilming
Key
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Television

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1968Theatre 625Lasar OpieEpisode: "The Year of the Sex Olympics"
1978The Devil's CrownHenry II of England7 episodes
1978OutTony McGrath3 episodes
1980Thérèse RaquinLaurent LeClaire3 episodes
1980Hammer House of HorrorChuck SpillersEpisode: "The Silent Scream"
1982MinderFrank McFaddenEpisode: "In"
1983Jemima Shore InvestigatesHamish McFaul1 episode
1990Perfect ScoundrelsFather AmedyEpisode: "The Milk of Human Kindness"
1992Van der ValkStefan SzaboEpisode: "The Ties That Bind"
1992The Big BattalionsEdward Hoyland5 episodes
1993Inspector MorseMichael SteppingsEpisode: "Deadly Slumber"
1994GrushkoColonel Grushko3 episodes[4]
1997Red DwarfThe KingEpisode: "Stoke Me a Clipper"
1997Superman: The Animated SeriesEarl GarverVoice, episode: "Two's a Crowd"[1]
2000NurembergHermann Göring2 episodes
2001FrasierHarry Moon2 episodes
2004French and SaundersKing LearEpisode: "Offers"
2005Danny PhantomPariah DarkVoice, episode: "Reign Storm"[1]
2006DeadwoodJack Langrishe9 episodes
2009KingsKing Vesper Abedon3 episodes
2009The TakeOzzy4 episodes
2009The Day of the TriffidsDennis MasenEpisode: "Part Two"
2010Agatha Christie's MarpleLewis SerrocoldEpisode: "They Do It With Mirrors"
2010Doctor WhoOod ElderVoice, episode: "The End of Time"
2010The Big CDonald TolkeyEpisode: "Two for the Road"
2012The StraitsHarry Montebello10 episodes
2012A Touch of ClothBill BallEpisode: "The First Case: Part Two"
2013Bob Servant IndependentBob Servant6 episodes
2013ToonedPerformerVoice, episode: "The Grand Finale"
2014The Game'Daddy'6 episodes
2014ShetlandMagnus Bain2 episodes
2014Bob ServantBob Servant3 episodes
2014After BraveheartNarratorVoice, 2 episodes
2015The SlapManolis Apostolou7 episodes
2016Penny DreadfulJared Talbot2 episodes
2016War & PeaceMikhail Kutuzov4 episodes
2016Medici: Masters of FlorenceBernardo Guadagni8 episodes
2017Urban MythsMarlon BrandoEpisode: "Elizabeth, Michael, and Marlon"
2018–2023SuccessionLogan Roy34 episodes
2019Good OmensDeathVoice, 3 episodes[1]
2021The SimpsonsKostas BeckerVoice, episode: "A Serious Flanders"
2021–2022Blade Runner: Black LotusNiander Wallace Sr.Voice, 5 episodes
2022 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver God Episode: "Aridification of the Western U.S."
2023 007: Road to a Million The Controller Host/Villain
2023 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Anubis Voice, 1 episode: "Anubis"

Television films

Year Title Role Notes
1983King LearDuke of Burgundy
1984Pope John Paul IIFather Gora
1985Florence NightingaleDr. McGregor
1990Secret Weapon Andrew Neil
1991The Lost Language of Cranes Owen Benjamin
1991Red FoxGeoffrey Harrison
1992The Cloning of Joanna MayCarl May
1993Sharpe's RiflesMajor Michael Hogan
1993Sharpe's EagleMajor Michael Hogan
2000LongitudeLord Morton
2005Blue/OrangeDr. Robert Smith
2008The Colour of MagicNarrator
2010On ExpensesMichael Martin MP
2011The Sinking of the LaconiaCaptain Rudolph Sharp
2013An Adventure in Space and TimeSydney Newman

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue
1967As You Like ItOrlandoVaudeville Theatre, London
1969In CelebrationSteven ShawRoyal Court Theatre, London
1970–1971Don’t Start Without MeNormanGarrick Theatre, London
Harrogate Theatre, North Yorkshire
1971–1972Getting OnBrian LowtherTheatre Royal, Brighton
1973CromwellProctorRoyal Court Theatre, London
1973Hedda GablerEilert LövborgRoyal Court Theatre, London
1976The ÉmigrésXXRoyal National Theatre, London
1976–1977TamburlaineTheridamasRoyal National Theatre, London
1977Julius CaesarMarcus BrutusRoyal National Theatre, London
1978The Putney DebatesHenry IretonRoyal National Theatre, London
1978–1979HerodHerodRoyal National Theatre, London
1980The Summer PartyKramerCrucible Theatre, Sheffield
1981BabelGoatmanDonmar Warehouse, London
1982–1984Danton's DeathGeorges DantonRoyal National Theatre, London
1985Strange InterludeEdmund DarrellNederlander Theatre, Broadway
1985Rat in the SkullNelsonThe Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
1986The Danton AffairDantonBarbican Centre, London
1986MisallianceJohn TarletonBarbican Centre, London
1986–1987A Penny for a SongSir Timothy BellboysBarbican Centre, London
1987–1988FashionPaul CashThe Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Pit, London
1987–1988Titus AndronicusTitusSwan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne
Barbican Centre, London
1987–1988The Taming of the ShrewPetruchioRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Theatre Royal, New Castle
Barbican Centre, London
1988Three SistersLt. Col. VershininBarbican Centre, London
1989Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de LuneJohnnyComedy Theatre, London
1990King LearLearRoyal National Theatre, London
1990Richard IIIDuke of BuckinghamRoyal National Theatre, London
1994The Music ManProf. Harold HillRegent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
1997–1998St. NicholasThe CriticBush Theatre, London
45th Street Theatre, Broadway
1998ArtMarcRoyale Theatre, Broadway
1999St. NicholasThe CriticMatrix Theatre, California
2000Dublin CarolJohn PlunkettRoyal Court Theatre, London
2004Uncle VarickVarickRoyal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2006–2008Rock 'n' RollMaxRoyal Court Theatre, London
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2011That Championship SeasonCoachBernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2014The WeirJackDonmar Warehouse, London
2019The Great SocietyLyndon B. JohnsonVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
2023The ScoreJohann Sebastian BachTheatre Royal Bath, Bath

Video games

Year Title Voice role
2003 Manhunt Director Lionel Starkweather[1]
2004 Killzone Scolar Visari[1]
2009 Killzone 2 Scolar Visari[1]
2011 Killzone 3 Scolar Visari[1]
2012 Syndicate Jack Denham[1]

Audio

Year Title Role Author Refs.
2020 From Now Hunter Fitz Rhys Wakefield
2021 The Sandman: Act II Augustus Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Brian Cox (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 19, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  2. Bowron, Stephen J (22 August 2011). "Revelation Of The Pyramids DVD Review - New Film Reviews". The Film Pilgrim. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  3. McCahill, Mike (30 May 2019). "Rory's Way review". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. Sutcliffe, Thomas (23 October 2011). "Russian drama gets off to a shaky start". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. Spangler, Todd (22 July 2021). "'The Sandman: Act II' on Audible Premiere Date Set, James McAvoy Returns to Lead Star-Studded Cast". Variety. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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