List of Brian Cox performances

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Cox at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

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).

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Leon Trotsky
1975 In Celebration Steven Shaw
1986 Manhunter Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
1990 Hidden Agenda Peter Kerrigan
1993 The Eye of Vichy NarratorDocumentary
1994 Iron Will Angus McTeague
1994 Prince of Jutland Æthelwine of Lindsey
1995 Rob Roy Killearn
1995 Braveheart Argyle Wallace
1996 Chain Reaction Lyman Earl Collier
1996 The Glimmer Man Mr. Smith
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Dr. Nathan Waldman
1997 Kiss the Girls Chief Hatfield
1997 The Boxer Joe Hamill
1997Food for Ravens Aneurin Bevan Profile drama
1998 Desperate Measures Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
1998 Rushmore Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
1999 The Minus Man Doug Durwin
1999 The Corruptor Sean Wallace
1999 For Love of the Game Gary Wheeler
2000 Complicity Inspector McDunn
2000 Mad About Mambo Sidney McLoughlin
2000 A Shot at Glory Martin Smith
2000 Saltwater George Beneventi
2001 Super Troopers Captain John O'Hagen
2001 L.I.E. Big John Harrigan
2001 Strictly Sinatra Chisolm
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Minister Baron de Breteuil
2002 Bug Cyr
2002 The Rookie Jim Morris Sr.
2002 The Bourne Identity Ward Abbott
2002 The Ring Richard Morgan
2002 Adaptation. Robert McKee
2002 25th Hour James Brogan
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger NarratorDocumentary
2003 X2 William Stryker
2003 Sin Captain Oakes
2004 The Reckoning Tobias
2004 Troy Agamemnon
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Ward Abbott
2004Get the PictureHarry SondheimShort film
2005 Match Point Alec Hewett
2005 Red Eye Joe Reisert
2005 The Ringer Gary Barker
2006A Woman in WinterDr. Hunt
2006 The Flying Scotsman Douglas Baxter
2006 Running with Scissors Dr. Finch
2007 Zodiac Melvin Belli
2007 Battle for Terra General HemmerVoice [1]
2007 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Old Angus
2007 Trick 'r Treat Mr. Kreeg
2007 Shoot on Sight Daniel Tennant
2008 Red Avery Ludlow
2008 The Escapist Frank Perry
2008Agent CrushSpannersVoice
2009 Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Green DragonVoice
Direct-to-DVD
2009 Tell-Tale Detective Van Doren
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Dan PeabodyVoice [1]
2009 The Good Heart Jacques
2010 Wide Blue Yonder Wally
2010 Red Ivan Simanov
2010 As Good as Dead Reverend Kalahan
2011 Coriolanus Menenius Agrippa
2011 Ironclad William d'Aubigny
2011 The Veteran Gerry
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes John Landon
2011 Citizen Gangster Glover Boyd
2011Exit HumanityMalcolm YoungVoice
2011 The Revelation of the Pyramids NarratorDocumentary [2]
2012 The Campaign Raymond Huggins
2012My CityThe JournalistShort film
2012 Blood Lanny Fairburn
2013 Red 2 Ivan Simanov
2013BlumenthalHarold
2013 Mindscape Sebastian
2013 Her Alan Watts Voice [1]
2013 Believe Sir Matt Busby
2014 The Anomaly Dr. Langham
2015 Pixels Admiral Porter
2015 Forsaken James McCurdy
2015Killing ThymeNormanShort film
2016 Morgan Jim Bryce
2016 The Carer Sir Michael Gifford
2016 The Autopsy of Jane Doe Tommy Tilden
2017Bob the Builder: Mega MachinesConrad / CrunchVoices
2017 Churchill Winston Churchill
2017Kubrick By CandlelightNarratorShort film
2018 Super Troopers 2 Captain John O'Hagan
2018 The Etruscan Smile Rory MacNeilAlso released under the title, Rory's Way [3]
2018 The Pretenders Henry
2019 Remember Me Shane
2019 Strange but True Bill Erwin
2019 The Last Right Father Reilly
2020John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues John Rebus Short film
2020 Last Moment of Clarity Gilles
2020 The Bay of Silence Milton
2021 Separation Paul Rivers
2022 Prisoner's Daughter Max
2022 Mending the Line Ike Fletcher
2022 The Independent Nick Booker
2024 Little Wing Jaan
2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Helm Hammerhand Voice; in production
2024 The Electric State TBAVoice; Post-production
2024 That Christmas Santa ClausVoice
TBA The Parenting TBAPost-production
TBA Riff Raff TBAPost-production
Key
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Television

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 Theatre 625 Lasar OpieEpisode: "The Year of the Sex Olympics"
1978 The Devil's Crown Henry II of England 7 episodes
1978 Out Tony McGrath3 episodes
1980 Thérèse Raquin Laurent LeClaire3 episodes
1980 Hammer House of Horror Chuck SpillersEpisode: "The Silent Scream"
1982 Minder Frank McFaddenEpisode: "In"
1983 Jemima Shore Investigates Hamish McFaul1 episode
1990 Perfect Scoundrels Father AmedyEpisode: "The Milk of Human Kindness"
1992 Van der Valk Stefan SzaboEpisode: "The Ties That Bind"
1992The Big BattalionsEdward Hoyland5 episodes
1993 Inspector Morse Michael SteppingsEpisode: "Deadly Slumber"
1994 Grushko Colonel Grushko3 episodes [4]
1997 Red Dwarf The KingEpisode: "Stoke Me a Clipper"
1997 Superman: The Animated Series Earl GarverVoice, episode: "Two's a Crowd" [1]
2000 Nuremberg Hermann Göring 2 episodes
2002 Frasier Harry Moon2 episodes
2004 French and Saunders King LearEpisode: "Offers"
2005 Danny Phantom Pariah DarkVoice, episode: "Reign Storm" [1]
2006 Deadwood Jack Langrishe 9 episodes
2009 Kings King Vesper Abedon3 episodes
2009 The Take Ozzy4 episodes
2009 The Day of the Triffids Dennis MasenEpisode: "Part Two"
2010 Agatha Christie's Marple Lewis SerrocoldEpisode: "They Do It With Mirrors"
2010 Doctor Who Ood ElderVoice, episode: "The End of Time"
2010 The Big C Donald TolkeyEpisode: "Two for the Road"
2012 The Straits Harry Montebello10 episodes
2012 A Touch of Cloth Bill BallEpisode: "The First Case: Part Two"
2013 Bob Servant IndependentBob Servant6 episodes
2013 Tooned PerformerVoice, episode: "The Grand Finale"
2014 The Game 'Daddy'6 episodes
2014 Shetland Magnus Bain2 episodes
2014 Bob Servant Bob Servant3 episodes
2014After BraveheartNarratorVoice, 2 episodes
2015 The Slap Manolis Apostolou7 episodes
2016 Penny Dreadful Jared Talbot2 episodes
2016 War & Peace Mikhail Kutuzov 4 episodes
2016 Medici: Masters of Florence Bernardo Guadagni 8 episodes
2017 Urban Myths Marlon Brando Episode: "Elizabeth, Michael, and Marlon"
2018–2023 Succession Logan Roy34 episodes
2019 Good Omens DeathVoice, 3 episodes [1]
2021 The Simpsons Kostas BeckerVoice, episode: "A Serious Flanders"
2021–2022 Blade Runner: Black Lotus Niander 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 ControllerHost/Villain
2023 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Anubis Voice, 1 episode: "Anubis"

Television films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 King Lear Duke of Burgundy
1984 Pope John Paul II Father Gora
1985 Florence Nightingale Dr. McGregor
1990 Secret Weapon Andrew Neil
1991 The Lost Language of Cranes Owen Benjamin
1991 Red Fox Geoffrey Harrison
1992 The Cloning of Joanna May Carl May
1993 Sharpe's Rifles Major Michael Hogan
1993 Sharpe's Eagle Major Michael Hogan
2000 Longitude Lord Morton
2005 Blue/Orange Dr. Robert Smith
2008 The Colour of Magic Narrator
2010 On Expenses Michael Martin MP
2011 The Sinking of the Laconia Captain Rudolph Sharp
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time Sydney Newman

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue
1967 As You Like It Orlando Vaudeville Theatre, London
1969 In Celebration Steven Shaw Royal Court Theatre, London
1970–1971Don’t Start Without MeNorman Garrick Theatre, London
Harrogate Theatre, North Yorkshire
1971–1972Getting OnBrian Lowther Theatre Royal, Brighton
1973CromwellProctorRoyal Court Theatre, London
1973 Hedda Gabler Eilert LövborgRoyal Court Theatre, London
1976The ÉmigrésXX Royal National Theatre, London
1976–1977 Tamburlaine TheridamasRoyal National Theatre, London
1977 Julius Caesar Marcus Brutus Royal National Theatre, London
1978The Putney DebatesHenry IretonRoyal National Theatre, London
1978–1979HerodHerodRoyal National Theatre, London
1980The Summer PartyKramer Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
1981BabelGoatman Donmar Warehouse, London
1982–1984 Danton's Death Georges DantonRoyal National Theatre, London
1985 Strange Interlude Edmund Darrell Nederlander Theatre, Broadway
1985 Rat in the Skull Nelson The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
1986The Danton AffairDanton Barbican Centre, London
1986 Misalliance John TarletonBarbican Centre, London
1986–1987 A Penny for a Song Sir Timothy BellboysBarbican Centre, London
1987–1988FashionPaul Cash The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Pit, London
1987–1988 Titus Andronicus Titus Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne
Barbican Centre, London
1987–1988 The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Theatre Royal, New Castle
Barbican Centre, London
1988 Three Sisters Lt. Col. VershininBarbican Centre, London
1989 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Johnny Comedy Theatre, London
1990 King Lear Lear Royal National Theatre, London
1990 Richard III Duke of Buckingham Royal National Theatre, London
1994 The Music Man Prof. Harold Hill Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
1997–1998St. NicholasThe Critic Bush Theatre, London
45th Street Theatre, Broadway
1998 Art Marc Royale Theatre, Broadway
1999St. NicholasThe Critic Matrix Theatre, California
2000 Dublin Carol John Plunkett Royal Court Theatre, London
2004Uncle VarickVarick Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2006–2008 Rock 'n' Roll MaxRoyal Court Theatre, London
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2011 That Championship Season CoachBernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2014 The Weir JackDonmar Warehouse, London
2019The Great Society Lyndon B. Johnson Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
2023The Score Johann Sebastian Bach Theatre Royal Bath, Bath

Video games

YearTitleVoice 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]
2024 Tekken 8 Story Narrator Ad [1]

Audio

YearTitleRoleAuthorRefs.
2020From NowHunter FitzRhys Wakefield
2021 The Sandman: Act IIAugustus Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs [5]

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