Brian Cox

Actor, also producer and director · Born June 1, 1946 (80) · Dundee, Scotland, UK

Primetime Emmy winner · Golden Globe winner · 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards · 3 other major award bodies

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: June 1, 1946 (80)
From: Dundee, Scotland, UK
Works as: Actor, also producer and director
Titles: 145 on MovieCove · 257 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Brian Cox's films like?

Across their 113 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Adventure5 titles62^nd

Animation5 titles54^th

Biography5 titles57^th

Documentary5 titles66^th

Horror2 titles77^th

Thriller2 titles49^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

23%

Bonds

23%

Morality

22%

Survival

11%

Power

Society

Ideas

Family bonds35 Identity22 Justice22 Purpose18 Survival14 Friendship11 Ambition11 Redemption12

What they feel like to watch

their average across 107 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 2 · Wry 5 · Earnest 97

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 33 · Serious 24 · Dark 50

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 67 · Stylized 29 · Heightened 11

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 20 · Charged 50 · Intense 37

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 44 · Shifting 53 · Whiplash 10

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 78 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 11

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 40 · Even-paced 53 · Relentless 14

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 32 · Engaged 50 · Full focus 25

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 29 · Affecting 37 · Heavy 41

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 68 · Open-ended 26 · Ambiguous 13

Roles they play

78 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 33 of 78 analyzed roles.

Mentor

33 of 78

Shadow

17 of 78

Hero

10 of 78

Ally

6 of 78

Threshold guardian

6 of 78

Herald

3 of 78

Shapeshifter

2 of 78

Trickster

1 of 78

Show the 78 roles

Heraldas Steven Shaw in In Celebration (1975)
Shapeshifteras Dr. Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter (1986)
Heroas Detective Inspector Nelson in Rat in the Skull (1987)
Allyas Jock Purves in Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)
Heroas Owen Benjamin in The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
Mentoras Aethelwine in Royal Deceit (1994)
Heroas Charlie King in The Negotiator (1994)
Allyas Alan McDonald in Rob Roy (1995)
Mentoras Nathan in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Shadowas Mr. Smith in The Glimmer Man (1996)
Shadowas Uncle Vladimir in Merchants of Venus (1998)
Threshold guardianas Captain Jeremiah Cassidy in Desperate Measures (1998)
Shadowas Clayton Blackstone in Poodle Springs (1998)
Mentoras Sean Wallace in The Corruptor (1999)
Mentoras Gary Wheeler in For Love of the Game (1999)
Mentoras George Beneventi in Saltwater (2000)
Shadowas Inspector McDunn in Complicity (2000)
Shadowas Minister Breteuil in The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Shadowas Big John Harrigan in L.I.E. (2001)
Threshold guardianas Big John Harrigan in L.I.E. (2001)
Mentoras Richard Morgan in The Ring (2002)
Threshold guardianas Jim Morris Sr. in The Rookie (2002)
Mentoras James Brogan in 25th Hour (2002)
Mentoras Michael O'Mara in The Biographer (2002)
Allyas Tobias in The Reckoning (2003)
Mentoras Captain Oakes in Sin (2003)
Shadowas William Stryker in X2: X-Men United (2003)
Shadowas Ward Abbott in The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Shadowas Agamemnon in Troy (2004)
Allyas Joe Reisert in Red Eye (2005)
Mentoras Dr. Robert Smith in Blue/Orange (2005)
Mentoras Dr. Joseph Bell in The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Allyas Gary Barker in The Ringer (2005)
Mentoras Alec Hewett in Match Point (2005)
Tricksteras Dr. Finch in Running with Scissors (2006)
Shadowas Daniel Tennant in Shoot on Sight (2007)
Heraldas Old Angus in The Water Horse (2007)
Shadowas General Hemmer in Battle for Terra (2007)
Heroas Frank Perry in The Escapist (2008)
Heroas Avery Ludlow in Red (2008)
Threshold guardianas Jacques in The Good Heart (2009)
Mentoras Jacques in The Good Heart (2009)
Mentoras Phillip Van Doren in Tell Tale (2009)
Heroas Wally in All at Sea (2010)
Mentoras Glover Boyd in Citizen Gangster (2011)
Shadowas Irving in The Key Man (2011)
Heraldas Irving in The Key Man (2011)
Mentoras Baron William d'Aubigny in Ironclad (2011)
Mentoras Malcolm Young in Exit Humanity (2011)
Mentoras Lenny Fairburn in Blood (2012)
Mentoras Sydney Newman in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Mentoras Sebastian in Anna (2013)
Mentoras Sir Matt Busby in Believe (2013)
Mentoras Daddy in The Game (2014)
Mentoras Dr. Langham in The Anomaly (2014)
Shadowas James McCurdy in Forsaken (2015)
Mentoras Tommy in The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Shadowas Sir Michael Gifford in The Carer (2016)
Mentoras Sir Michael Gifford in The Carer (2016)
Heroas Winston Churchill in Churchill (2017)
Threshold guardianas Conrad in Bob the Builder: Mega Machines (2017)
Shadowas Logan Roy in Succession (2018)
Heroas Rory MacNeil in The Etruscan Smile (2018)
Shapeshifteras Rory MacNeil in The Etruscan Smile (2018)
Mentoras Shane in Remember Me (2019)
Allyas Shane in Remember Me (2019)
Mentoras Milton in The Bay of Silence (2020)
Threshold guardianas Gilles in Last Moment of Clarity (2020)
Shadowas Paul Rivers in Separation (2021)
Heroas T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence: After Arabia (2021)
Mentoras Ike Fletcher in Mending the Line (2022)
Heroas Max in Prisoner's Daughter (2022)
Mentoras Nicholas Booker in The Independent (2022)
Mentoras Jaan Vari in Little Wing (2024)
Mentoras Helm in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
Shadowas Sandy in Glenrothan (2025)
Mentoras Gustaf Wallenberg in Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction (2025)
Mentoras George in My Brother the Minotaur (2026)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Melancholic

Hopeful

Dread

Contemplative

Other

How their films linger

Thought-provoking37 Bittersweet39 Hopeful37 Unsettling29 Feel-good25 Fun17

How their films end · 26 with a twist

Happy24
Bittersweet56
Tragic5
Ambiguous28

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Brian Cox's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 112 of their 145 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (44).

Also on these channels

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Lionsgate+6 titles, show their 6 titles on Lionsgate+
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Subscription and free streaming for Brian Cox's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

257 credits, 145 with a MovieCove page; 50 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Super Troopers 3(2026)
as Captain O’Hagan
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Sunrise File (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
as Oded Ailam (voice)
Glenrothan(2025)
Director · Producer · as Sandy
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
My Brother the Minotaur(2026)
Show as George
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction(2025)
as Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Dexter: Resurrection(2025)
Show 10 episodes · as The New York Ripper
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Seven Jewish Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Executive Producer
The Parenting(2025)
as Frank
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
AMR: Dying to Change the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as AMR
The Electric State(2025)
as Popfly (voice)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim(2024)
as Helm Hammerhand (voice)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
That Christmas(2024)
as Santa (voice)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Unsinkable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 11 episodes · as Robert Dodds
Skelly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Grandpa
Little Wing(2024)
Executive Producer · as Jaan Vari
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
007: Road to a Million(2023)
Show 16 episodes · as The Controller
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Made of Money with Brian Cox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
Bill Douglas - My Best Friend(2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Prisoner's Daughter(2022)
as Max
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Mending the Line(2022)
Producer · as Ike Fletcher
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Quasi(2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Show 2 episodes · as Presenter
The Independent(2022)
Producer · as Nick Booker
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Remembers… (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
Blade Runner: Black Lotus(2021)
Show 5 episodes · as Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Separation(2021)
as Rivers
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story(2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Bay of Silence(2020)
as Milton
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
as John Rebus
Last Moment of Clarity(2020)
as Gilles
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Lawrence: After Arabia(2021)
as Father (Voice)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Last Right(2019)
as Father Reilly
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Strange But True(2019)
as Bill
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Pretenders(2018)
as Henry
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Remember Me(2019)
as Shane
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Good Omens(2019)
Show 3 episodes · as Death (voice)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Kubrick by Candlelight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as The Narrator
Widdershins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as voice
Succession(2018)
Show 39 episodes · as Logan Roy
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Super Troopers 2(2018)
as Captain O'Hagan
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Etruscan Smile(2018)
as Rory MacNeil
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines(2017)
as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Churchill(2017)
as Winston Churchill
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Brian Cox's Russia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 2 episodes · as Host
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Narrator
The Autopsy of Jane Doe(2016)
as Tommy Tilden
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Medici(2016)
Show 8 episodes · as Bernardo Guadagni
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Morgan(2016)
as Jim Bryce
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Carer(2016)
as Sir Michael
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
War & Peace(2016)
Show 6 episodes · as Mikhail Kutuzov
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Killing Thyme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Norman
Forsaken(2015)
as James McCurdy
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Pacific Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Narrator
Pixels(2015)
as Admiral Porter
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Andrew Carnegie (voice)
The Slap(2015)
Show 8 episodes · as Manolis
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
The Gospel of John(2014)
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Game(2014)
Show 6 episodes · as Daddy
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Scotland In A Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Actor
The Great War: The People's Story(2014)
Show 1 episode · as Rev. Andrew Clark
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Anomaly(2014)
as Dr. Langham
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Penny Dreadful(2014)
Show 2 episodes · as Jared Talbot
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver(2014)
Show 1 episode · as God
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Her(2013)
as Alan Watts (voice)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
An Adventure in Space and Time(2013)
as Sydney Newman
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Curse of Edgar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Edgar Hoover
Anna(2013)
as Sebastian
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Believe(2013)
as Matt Busby
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Blumenthal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Harold Blumenthal
RED 2(2013)
as Ivan
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Shetland(2013)
Show 2 episodes · as Magnus Bain
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Bob Servant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 9 episodes · as Bob Servant
Blood(2012)
as Lenny Fairburn
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
A Touch of Cloth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Bill Ball
The Campaign(2012)
as Raymond
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Tooned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 8 episodes · as The Mechanic
All at Sea(2010)
as Wally
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Straits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 10 episodes · as Harry Montebello
I Missed My Mother's Funeral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Old Man
Exit Humanity(2011)
as Malcolm Young (voice)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Citizen Gangster(2011)
as Glover
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011)
as John Landon
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Veteran(2011)
as Gerry
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Ironclad(2011)
as Albany
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Key Man(2011)
as Irving
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Coriolanus(2011)
as Menenius
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Sinking of the Laconia(2010)
Show 2 episodes · as Captain Sharp
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
RED(2010)
as Ivan Simanov
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
On Expenses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Michael Martin
As Good as Dead(2010)
as Reverand Kalahan
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
The Revelation of the Pyramids(2010)
as Narrator
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Day of the Triffids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 2 episodes · as Dennis Masen
Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)
as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Good Heart(2009)
as Jacques
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Take (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 4 episodes · as Ozzy
Tell Tale(2009)
as Van Doren
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword(2008)
as Green Dragon (voice)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Kings(2009)
Show 3 episodes · as King Vesper Abaddon
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Red(2008)
Associate Producer · as Avery Ludlow
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Escapist(2008)
Executive Producer · as Frank Perry
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Color of Magic(2008)
Show 2 episodes · as Narrator
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Agent Crush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Spanners (voice)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Narrator
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Narrator
The Water Horse(2007)
as Old Angus
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Secret of the Nutcracker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Drosselmeyer
Shoot on Sight(2007)
as Daniel Tennant
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Trick 'r Treat(2007)
as Mr. Kreeg
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Battle for Terra(2007)
as General Hemmer (voice)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Bourne Ultimatum(2007)
as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
A Woman in Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Dr. Hunt
Zodiac(2007)
as Melvin Belli
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
M.I.High(2007)
Show 5 episodes · as Voice of the Mastermind
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Running with Scissors(2006)
as Dr. Finch
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Outsiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Gabriel
The Flying Scotsman(2006)
as Douglas Baxter
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Ringer(2005)
as Gary Barker
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Match Point(2005)
as Alec Hewett
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle(2005)
as Joseph Bell
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Red Eye(2005)
as Joe Reisert
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Hitler in Colour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Narrator
Blue/Orange(2005)
as Dr. Robert Smith
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)
Show 1 episode · as Lewis Serrocold
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
as Other Voices (voice)
The Bourne Supremacy(2004)
as Ward Abbott
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Troy(2004)
as Agamemnon
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Deadwood(2004)
Show 9 episodes · as Jack Langrishe
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Reckoning(2003)
as Tobias
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
One Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 1 episode · Actor
X2: X-Men United(2003)
as William Stryker
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Sin(2003)
as Captain Oakes
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
25th Hour(2002)
as James Brogan
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Adaptation.(2002)
as Robert McKee
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Narrator
The Ring(2002)
as Richard Morgan
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Biographer(2002)
as Michael O'Mara
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Bourne Identity(2002)
as Ward Abbott
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Narrator
The Rookie(2002)
as Jim Morris Sr.
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Bug (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Cyr
Masters of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 1 episode · as Narrator
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Narrator
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Narrator
The Affair of the Necklace(2001)
as Minister Breteuil
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
L.I.E.(2001)
as Big John Harrigan
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
I Love 1990s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Strictly Sinatra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Chisolm
Super Troopers(2001)
as Captain O'Hagen
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Aqua Teen Hunger Force(2000)
Show 1 episode · as Anubis (voice)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Saltwater(2000)
as George Beneventi
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Nuremberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Show 2 episodes · as Herman Wilhelm Goering
Complicity(2000)
as Inspector McDunn
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
A Shot at Glory(2000)
as Martin Smith
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Mad About Mambo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Sidney McLoughlin
The Invention of Dr. Morel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Dr. Morel
Longitude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Lord Morton
Longitude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Show 1 episode · as Lord Morton
The History of the British Police Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Narrator (voice)
The Minus Man(1999)
as Doug
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
For Love of the Game(1999)
as Gary Wheeler
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Corruptor(1999)
as Sean Wallace
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Rushmore(1998)
as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Poodle Springs(1998)
as Clayton Blackstone
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Battle of the Clans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Narrator
Merchants of Venus(1998)
as Uncle Vladimir
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Desperate Measures(1998)
as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Boxer(1997)
as Joe Hamill
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Food for Ravens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Aneurin Bevan
Sharpe: The Legend(1997)
as Hogan
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Kiss the Girls(1997)
as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Oz(1997)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
I, Caesar – The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 6 episodes · as Narrator
The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996)
as Dr. Nathan Waldman
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Glimmer Man(1996)
as Mr. Smith
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Superman: The Animated Series(1996)
Show 1 episode · as Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Chain Reaction(1996)
as Lyman Earl Collier
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Witness Against Hitler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Judge Freisler
Braveheart(1995)
as Argyle Wallace
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Rob Roy(1995)
as Killearn
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Maltese Double Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Narrator (voice)
The Negotiator(1994)
as Charlie King
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Grushko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
Royal Deceit(1994)
as Aethelwine
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Iron Will(1994)
as Angus McTeague
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Frasier(1993)
Show 2 episodes · as Harry Moon
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Sharpe's Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Major Michael Hogan
Sharpe(1993)
Show 2 episodes · as Major Hogan
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Sharpe's Rifles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Major Michael Hogan
Six Characters in Search of An Author (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as The Director
The Big Battalions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 5 episodes · as Edward Hoyland
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · as Macbeth (voice)
The Cutter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Actor
The Lost Language of Cranes(1991)
as Owen Benjamin
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Cloning of Joanna May (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 2 episodes · as Carl May
Deceptions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Carlton Heard
Red Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Geoffrey Harrison
Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Show 1 episode · as The Director
Hidden Agenda(1990)
as Peter Kerrigan
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Perfect Scoundrels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Show 1 episode · as Father Amedy
Secret Weapon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Andrew Neil
The Simpsons(1989)
Show 2 episodes · as Kostas Becker (voice)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Blasphemers' Banquet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Rev. Wallace (voice)
Murder by Moonlight(1989)
as Voronov
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Voiceover Narrator
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun(1988)
as Jack Purves
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Red Dwarf(1988)
Show 1 episode · as The King
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Show 1 episode · as Henrik Ibsen (voice)
Acting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Shoot for the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Dunny
French & Saunders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 1 episode · as King Lear
Inspector Morse(1987)
Show 1 episode · as Michael Steppings
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Narrator
Rat in the Skull(1987)
as Detective Inspector Nelson
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Home Cooking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Vic
Unnatural Causes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Show 1 episode · as Vic
Manhunter(1986)
as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Florence Nightingale(1985)
as Dr. McGregor
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Cantor of St Thomas's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Johann Sebastian Bach
Pope John Paul II(1984)
as Father Góra
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
King Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
as Burgundy
A Cotswold Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
as Dr. Gillespie
The Privilege (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
as Young Laird
House on the Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Show 1 episode · as Leon Douglas
Hammer House of Horror(1980)
Show 1 episode · as Chuck
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Dalhousie's Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
as Dalhousie
Therese Raquin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Show 3 episodes · as Laurent LeClaire
Minder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Show 1 episode · as Frank
Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Show 3 episodes · as McGrath
The Devil's Crown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Show 7 episodes · as Henry II
Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Show 1 episode · as Billy Voss
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
as George Simpson
Shades of Greene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Show 1 episode · as Harry
In Celebration(1975)
as Steven Shaw
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Master of Ballantrae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Show 6 episodes · as Henry Durie
Churchill's People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Show 1 episode · as William Wallace
Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Show 1 episode · as Dalhousie
The Changeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
as Alsemero
Van der Valk(1972)
Show 1 episode · as Stefan Szabo
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)
as Trotsky
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Stage 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Show 1 episode · as Hastings
Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Show 1 episode · as Dr. Gillespie
Manhunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Show 3 episodes · as Anton
The Year of the Sex Olympics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
as Lasar Opie
The Gamblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Show 20 episodes · as Mickey
ITV Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Show 1 episode · as Apeman
BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Show 1 episode · as Alsemero
Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Show 1 episode · as Josef Stalin · as Rod
A Knight in Tarnished Armour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
as Nelson
The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Show 1 episode · as Nelson
Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Show 1 episode · as Lasar Opie
A Modern Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as The Voice
Old Pals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Jimmy
Super Troopers 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Captain O'Hagan
The Glove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
The Planets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
Wittgenstein's Poker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Bertrand Russell (voice)

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 255 titles, 249 of them dated from 1964 to 2026; peak year 2008.

Biggest box office

Troy (2004)

$497M worldwide

Highest rated

Succession (2018)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination

19642026

Peak 2008 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 52 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1971Screen debut· Nicholas and Alexandra
2004Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Deadwood
2007First top-billed film· Trick 'r Treat
2007Career best· Trick 'r Treat
2018Career best· Succession
2018Golden Globe win· Succession

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting253 of 255 · 62^ndDirecting2 of 255Producing5 of 255

255 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1960s8 · acting1970s16 · acting1980s26 · acting1990s43 · 42 acting · 1 crew2000s67 · 67 acting · 2 crew2010s59 · acting2020s30 · 29 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 13% of 92 roles

27%

45%

71960106111621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Primetime Emmy, a Golden Globe and 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards from 20 major nominations, 1993–2024.

WinNomination

2024
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actor
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
2023
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2022
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
- +1 other major body · 1 nomination
  - Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Drama Series
2020
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
2007
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2003
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
2002
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- +1 other major body · 1 nomination
  - Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
2001
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Show 1 earlier year

1993
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actor

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Brian Cox's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56^th percentile, the median of all 115; across their 106 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52^nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 106

Approval · how many liked their films

57^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 106

Reach · how many have seen their films

82^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 106

Midcredits score across 145 titles, by percentile

75^th and up55
50^th to 74^th38
25^th to 49^th36
Below 25^th16

Shape of the crowd

52 of their 145 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved28
Loved with Detractors1
Divisive2
Cult Classic3
Crowd Pleaser52
Broadly Agreed14
Mixed45

Most divisive · actor

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction (2025)

97^th percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Dexter: Resurrection (2025)

Midcredits 99^th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 98 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Brian Cox's work okay for kids?

Across up to 53 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore41 titles32–87 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most films

Sex & Nudity53 titles10–62 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all films

Profanity42 titles28–82 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most films

Alcohol & Drugs36 titles13–56 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense38 titles17–85 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Brian Cox work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brian Cox's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nicole Ansari-Cox shares the most, 4.

Brian Cox

What are Brian Cox's films like?

Genres

Themes

What they feel like to watch

Roles they play

Moods and endings

Where can I watch Brian Cox's films?

Filmography

Career shape

Film career

By role

By decade

Billing

Awards

How do Brian Cox's films land?

Shape of the crowd

Is Brian Cox's work okay for kids?

Who does Brian Cox work with?

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles