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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.

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2026
Super Troopers 3
Movie Captain O’Hagan
2026
The Sunrise File
Movie Oded Ailam (voice)
2026
Glenrothan
Movie Sandy
2025
The Marbles
Movie Self - Interviewee
2025
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Movie Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
2025
Dexter: Resurrection
TV show The New York Ripper
2025
VE Day 80
TV show Self
2025
Seven Jewish Children
Movie Executive Producer
2025
The Parenting
Movie Frank
2025
AMR: Dying to Change the World
Movie AMR
2025
The Electric State
Movie Popfly (voice)
2024
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Movie Helm Hammerhand (voice)
2024
That Christmas
Movie Santa (voice)
2024
Unsinkable
TV show Robert Dodds
2024
Skelly
Movie Grandpa
2024
Little Wing
Movie Jaan Vari