Brian Cox Biography (1946-)

Full name, Brian Denis Cox; born June 1, 1946, in Dundee, Scotland; son of Charles McArdle Campbell (a weaver) and Mary Ann Guillerline (a spinner; maidenname, McCann) Cox; married Caroline Burt (an actress), 1968 (divorced, 1987); married Nicole Elisabeth Ansari; children: (first marriage) Alan (an actor), Margaret; (second marriage) Orson. Addresses: Agent: IFA Talent Agency, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 490, Los Angeles, CA 90069.; Manager: Lesher Entertainment, 800 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035.; Contact: c/o Conway van Gelder, Ltd., 18-21 Jermyn St., London SW1Y 6HP, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: June 1, 1946; Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Trotsky, Nicholas and Alexandra, Columbia, 1971
Steven Shaw, In Celebration, American Film Theatre, 1975
Dr. Lektor (Hannibal Lecter), Manhunter (also known as Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter), De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986
Narrator, Regi Andrej Tarkovskij (also known as Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky), 1988
Peter Kerrigan, Hidden Agenda, Hemdale Films, 1990
(English version) Narrator, L'oeil de Vichy (also known as TheEye of Vichy), 1993
Aethelwine, Duke of Lindsey, The Prince of Jutland (also known asRoyal Deceit, Amled, prinsen af jylland, and Prinsen af Jylland), 1994
Angus McTeague, Iron Will, Buena Vista, 1994
Killearn, Rob Roy, United Artists, 1995
Argyle Wallace, Braveheart, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
Lyman Earl Collier, Chain Reaction, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Mr. Smith, The Glimmer Man, Warner Bros., 1996
Nathan, The Long Kiss Goodnight, New Line Cinema, 1996
Chief Hatfield, Kiss the Girls (also known as Collector), Paramount, 1997
Joe Hamill, The Boxer, Universal, 1997
A New Window Pane, 1997
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim, Rushmore, Buena Vista, 1998
Merchants of Venus (also known as A Dirty Little Business),1998
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy, Desperate Measures, TriStar, 1998
Doug Durwin, The Minus Man, Tsg Pictures, 1999
Sean Wallace, The Corruptor, New Line Cinema, 1999
Gary Wheeler, For Love of the Game, Universal, 1999
Sidney McLaughlin, Mad about Mambo, Gramercy, 2000
Dr. Morel, The Invention of Dr. Morel, 2000
Voice, The Green Man of Knowledge (animated short film), 2000
Italian bicycler, Whipped, Destination Films, 2000
Martin Smith, A Shot at Glory, Mac Releasing LLC, 2000
George Beneventi, Saltwater, 2000
Inspector McDunn, Complicity (also known as Retribution), Avalanche Home Entertainment, 2000
Captain John O'Hagen, Super Troopers (also known as Broken Lizard's Super Troopers), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2001
Big John Harrigan, L.I.E., New Yorker Films, 2001
Chisolm, Cocozza's Way (also known as Strictly Sinatra), Universal Focus, 2001
Rocket Post, 2001
Minister Baron de Breteuil, The Affair of the Necklace, Warner Bros., 2001
Cyr, Bug, Curb Entertainment, 2002
Jim Morris, Sr., The Rookie, Buena Vista, 2002
Ward Abbott, The Bourne Identity (also known as Die Bourne Identitaet), Universal, 2002
Narrator, The Trials of Henry Kissinger (documentary; also known as Le proces de Henry Kissinger), First Run Features, 2002
Richard Morgan, The Ring, DreamWorks, 2002
Robert McKee, Adaptation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
James Brogan, 25th Hour, Buena Vista, 2002
William Stryker, X2 (also known as X-Men 2, X-2, X-Men 2: X-Men United, and X2: X-Men United), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
Captain Oakes, Sin, Columbia TriStar, 2003
Himself, Spike Lee's "25th Hour": The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (documentary short film), Touchstone Home Video, 2003
Himself, The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making "X2" (documentary), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003
Tobias, The Reckoning (also known as Morality Play), Paramount Classics, 2004
Agamemnon, Troy, Warner Bros., 2004
Ward Abbott, The Bourne Supremacy, Universal, 2004
The Ringer, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004
Film Work
Director, Scorpion Spring, 1997
Director, The Remains of Glory, 2001
Television Appearances
Series
Henry II, The Devil's Crown, 1978
Miniseries
Laurent Raquin, "Therese Raquin," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1981
Himself, "Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy," Acting, BBC, 1987, thenArts and Entertainment, 1992
Voice of Henrik Ibsen, The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, 1988
Geoffrey Harrison, Red Fox, 1991
Edward Hoyland, The Big Battalions, 1992
Reichmarschall Hermann Goering, Nuremberg, TNT, 2000
Lord Morton, Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Movies
Father Gora, Pope John Paul II (also known as The Pope), CBS, 1984
Burgundy, King Lear, 1984
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Cantor of St Thomas's, 1984
Dr. McGrigor, Florence Nightingale, NBC, 1985
Duffy, Shoot for the Sun, BBC, 1986
Detective Chief Superintendent Haladene, The Fourth Floor, 1986
Waldemar Chrostowski, The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest, 1986
Alexander "Jock" Purves, Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (alsoknown as Shadow on the Sun), CBS, 1988
Colonel Fedorenko Voronov, Murder by Moonlight (also known as Murder on the Moon), CBS, 1989
Andrew Neil, Secret Weapon, TNT, 1990
Carl May, The Cloning of Joanna May, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
The director, Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1992
Charlie King, The Negotiator, 1994
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko, Grushko, 1994
Judge Freisler, Witness against Hitler, 1996

Clayton Blackstone, Poodle Springs, HBO, 1998
Captain Oakes, Sin, Starz!, 2001
Michael O'Mara, The Biographer, CBS, 2002
Pilots
The Family Brood, CBS, 1998
Specials
Lasar Opie, The Year of the Sex Olympics (also known as Theatre625: The Year of the Sex Olympics), 1968
Hastings, She Stoops to Conquer (also known as Stage 2: She Stoops to Conquer), 1971
Alsemero, The Changeling (also known as The Play of the Month:The Changeling), 1974
Enemy of the State (documentary; also known as Omnibus: Enemy of the State), 1987
Owen Benjamin, "The Lost Language of Cranes," BBC, then Great Performances, PBS, 1992
Hogan, "Sharpe" (also known as "Sharpe's Rifles" and "Sharpe's Eagle"), Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1993
Voice of Macbeth, "Macbeth," Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, HBO,1993
Michael Steppings, "Deadly Slumber," Inspector Morse, Series X, PBS, 1997
Narrator, Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe, 1997
Narrator, Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (documentary), 2002
Narrator, Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon, 2002
Murder by Numbers (documentary), Independent Film Channel, 2002
X-Pose: X2 Mutants Uncovered (documentary), Fox, 2003
Episodic
Stalin, "These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin," Thirty-Minute Theatre,1969
Owen, "Hear No Evil," Doomwatch, BBC, 1970
"Combing Down His Yellow Hair," Thirty-Minute Theatre, 1971
Billy Voss, "Carve Up," Target, BBC, 1977
Chuck Spillers, "The Silent Scream," Hammer House of Horror, 1980
"A Cotswold Death," Play for Today, 1982
Frank McFadden, "In," Minder, ITV, 1982
"The Milk of Human Kindness," Perfect Scoundrels, 1990
Brother Shaw, Sean's Show, Channel 4, 1993
The king, "Stoke Me a Clipper," Red Dwarf, BBC, 1997
Voice of Dr. Earl Garver, "Two's a Crowd," Superman (animated), The WB, 1997
Surgeon, "Type and Cross," Strong Medicine, 2002
Harry Moon, "The Guilt Trippers," Frasier, NBC, 2002
Harry Moon, "Moons over Seattle," Frasier, NBC, 2002
Himself, Richard and Judy, Channel 4, 2003
Himself, Today with Des & Mel, ITV, 2003
Himself, "Vince Vaughn, Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane, Brian Cox," Dinnerfor Five, 2003
Other
Churchill's People: The Wallace, 1972
The Master of Ballantrae, 1976
Dalhousie's Luck, 1980
Bothwell, 1980
The Silent Scream, 1980
Bach, 1981
Blow Your Mind, See a Play, 1995
Also appeared in Shades of Green.
Stage Appearances
Orlando, As You Like It, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham,England, 1966, then (London debut), Vaudeville Theatre, 1967
Title role, Peer Gynt, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1967
Ulfhejm, When We Dead Awaken, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland,1968
Steven, In Celebration, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1969
Gregers Werle, The Wild Duck, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, 1969
Alan, The Big Romance, Royal Court Theatre, 1970
Norman, Don't Start without Me, Garrick Theatre, London, 1971
Knight of Riprafratta, Mirandolina, Gardner Centre Theatre, Brighton, England, 1971
Brian Lowther, Getting On, Queen's Theatre, London, 1971
Gustav, The Creditors, Open Space Theatre, London, 1972
Eilert Lovborg, Hedda Gabler, Royal Court Theatre, 1972
Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 1972
Title role, Brand, Playhouse, 1972
Sergeant Match, What the Butler Saw, Playhouse, 1972
D'Artagnan, The Three Musketeers, Playhouse, 1972
Proctor, Cromwell, Royal Court Theatre, 1973
Sergius, Arms and the Man, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1974
Sir Henry Harcourt Reilly, The Cocktail Party, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1975
Emigres, National Theatre Company, Young Vic Theatre, 1976
Theridamas, Tamburlaine the Great, Olivier Theatre, London, 1976
Brutus, Julius Caesar. Olivier Theatre, 1977
De Flores, The Changeling, Riverside Studios, London, 1978
Title role, Herod, National Theatre, London, 1978
Ireton, The Putney Debates, National Theatre, 1978
Mickey, On Top, Royal Court Theatre, 1979
Macbeth, Cambridge Theatre, 1980
Summer Party, Crucible Theatre, 1980
Vicomte Robert de Trivelin, Have You Anything to Declare?, Royal Exchange Theatre, then Round House Theatre, London, 1981
Title role, Danton's Death, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, 1982
Edmund Darrell, Strange Interlude, Duke of York Theatre, London, 1984, then (Broadway debut), Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1985
D. I. Nelson, Rat in the Skull, Royal Court Theatre, 1984, then New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1985
The Danton Affair, 1986
Misalliance, 1986
Penny for a Song, 1986
The Taming of the Shrew, 1987
Paul Cash, Fashion, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, London, 1988
Title role, Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1988
Johnny, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair-de-Lune, Comedy Theatre, London, 1989
The Three Sisters, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989
The Master Builder, Edinburgh, 1993
Riverside, 1994
Richard III, Royal National Theatre, 1995
Harold Hill, The Music Man, Open Air Theatre, 1995
St. Nicholas, Bush Theatre, 1997
Also appeared as Captain Ahab, Moby Dick, Manchester.
Major Tours
Christian, The Pilgrim's Progress, Prospect Theatre Company, 1974
Macbeth, tour of India, 1980
Title role, Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Madrid, Paris, and Copenhagen, 1988
Richard III, world tour, 1990-1991
Title role, King Lear, world tour, 1990-1991
Also toured in Rogues and Vagabonds.
Stage Director
The Man with a Flower in His Mouth, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1973
The Stronger, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1973
I Love My Love, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, England, 1982
The Crucible, Moscow Arts Theatre, London, then Edinburgh, 1988-1989
Mrs. Warren's Profession, Orange Tree Theatre, 1989
The Philanderer, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1991
The Master Builder, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Riverside, 1993-1994
Richard III, Regent's Park, London, 1995
St. Nicholas, London, Dublin, New York City, 1997, then Primary Stages, 1998
Art, The Royale Theatre, New York City, 1998
Dublin Court, Royal Court, London, 1998
St. Nicholas, Nice Drama Festival, 1999
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of the director, Manhunt, 2003
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Scorpion Spring, 1997
Books
Salem to Moscow: An Actor's Odyssey, 1991
The Lear Diaries, 1992

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