List of Brian Cox performances

For the filmography of the physicist, see Brian Cox (physicist) § Filmography.

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).

Cox at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

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

Film roles, by year

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	Narrator	Documentary
1994	Iron Will	Angus McTeague
	Prince of Jutland	Æthelwine of Lindsey
1995	Rob Roy	Killearn
	Braveheart	Argyle Wallace
1996	Chain Reaction	Lyman Earl Collier
	The Glimmer Man	Mr. Smith
	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Dr. Nathan Waldman
1997	Kiss the Girls	Chief Hatfield
	The Boxer	Joe Hamill
	Food for Ravens	Aneurin Bevan	Profile drama
1998	Desperate Measures	Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
	Rushmore	Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
	The Minus Man	Doug Durwin
	The Corruptor	Sean Wallace
	For Love of the Game	Gary Wheeler
2000	Complicity	Inspector McDunn
	Mad About Mambo	Sidney McLoughlin
	A Shot at Glory	Martin Smith
	Saltwater	George Beneventi
2001	Super Troopers	Captain John O'Hagen
	L.I.E.	Big John Harrigan
	Strictly Sinatra	Chisolm
	The Affair of the Necklace	Minister Baron de Breteuil
2002	Bug	Cyr
	The Rookie	Jim Morris Sr.
	The Bourne Identity	Ward Abbott
	The Ring	Richard Morgan
	Adaptation.	Robert McKee
	25th Hour	James Brogan
	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Narrator	Documentary
2003	X2	William Stryker
	Sin	Captain Oakes
2004	The Reckoning	Tobias
	Troy	Agamemnon
	The Bourne Supremacy	Ward Abbott
	Get the Picture	Harry Sondheim	Short film
2005	Match Point	Alec Hewett
	Red Eye	Joe Reisert
	The Ringer	Gary Barker
2006	A Woman in Winter	Dr. Hunt
	The Flying Scotsman	Douglas Baxter
	Running with Scissors	Dr. Finch
2007	Zodiac	Melvin Belli
	Battle for Terra	General Hemmer (voice)[1]
	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Angus MacMorrow (older)
	Trick 'r Treat	Mr. Kreeg
	Shoot on Sight	Daniel Tennant
2008	Red	Avery Ludlow
	The Escapist	Frank Perry	Also executive producer
	Agent Crush	Spanners (voice)
2009	Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword	Green Dragon (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
	Tell-Tale	Detective Van Doren
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Dan Peabody (voice)[1]
	The Good Heart	Jacques
2010	Wide Blue Yonder	Wally
	Red	Ivan Simanov
	As Good as Dead	Reverend Kalahan
2011	Coriolanus	Menenius Agrippa
	Ironclad	William d'Aubigny
	The Veteran	Gerry
	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	John Landon
	Citizen Gangster	Glover Boyd
	Exit Humanity	Malcolm Young (voice)
	The Revelation of the Pyramids	Narrator	Documentary[2]
2012	The Campaign	Raymond Huggins
	My City	The Journalist	Short film
	Blood	Lanny Fairburn
2013	Red 2	Ivan Simanov
	Blumenthal	Harold
	Mindscape	Sebastian
	Her	Alan Watts (voice)[1]
	Believe	Sir Matt Busby
2014	The Anomaly	Dr. Langham
2015	Pixels	Admiral Porter
	Forsaken	James McCurdy
	Killing Thyme	Norman	Short film
2016	Morgan	Jim Bryce
	The Carer	Sir Michael Gifford
	The Autopsy of Jane Doe	Tommy Tilden
2017	Bob the Builder: Mega Machines	Conrad and Crunch (voices)
	Churchill	Winston Churchill
	Kubrick By Candlelight	Narrator	Short film
2018	Super Troopers 2	Captain John O'Hagan
	The Etruscan Smile	Rory MacNeil	Also released under the title Rory's Way[3]
	The Pretenders	Henry
2019	Remember Me	Shane
	Strange but True	Bill Erwin
	The Last Right	Father Reilly
2020	John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues	John Rebus	Short film
	Last Moment of Clarity	Gilles
	The Bay of Silence	Milton
2021	Separation	Paul Rivers
2022	Prisoner's Daughter	Max
	Mending the Line	Ike Fletcher	Also executive producer
	The Independent	Nick Booker	Also executive producer
2024	Little Wing	Jaan	Also executive producer
	That Christmas	Santa Claus (voice)
	The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim	Helm Hammerhand (voice)
2025	The Electric State	Popfly (voice)
	The Parenting	Frank
	Glenrothan †	Sandy	Post-production; also director and producer

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

Television series

Roles in television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Theatre 625	Lasar Opie	Episode: "The Year of the Sex Olympics"
1970	Manhunt	Anton	Episode: "Degrade and Rule"
1978	The Devil's Crown	Henry II of England	7 episodes
	Out	Tony McGrath	3 episodes
1980	Thérèse Raquin	Laurent LeClaire
	Hammer House of Horror	Chuck Spillers	Episode: "The Silent Scream"
1982	Minder	Frank McFadden	Episode: "In"
1983	Jemima Shore Investigates	Hamish McFaul	Episode: "A Chamber of Horrors"
1990	Perfect Scoundrels	Father Amedy	Episode: "The Milk of Human Kindness"
1992	Van der Valk	Stefan Szabo	Episode: "The Ties That Bind"
	The Big Battalions	Edward Hoyland	5 episodes
1993	Inspector Morse	Michael Steppings	Episode: "Deadly Slumber"
1994	Grushko	Colonel Grushko	3 episodes[4]
1997	Red Dwarf	The King	Episode: "Stoke Me a Clipper"
	Superman: The Animated Series	Earl Garver (voice)	Episode: "Two's a Crowd"[1]
2000	Nuremberg	Hermann Göring	2 episodes
2002	Frasier	Harry Moon
2004	French and Saunders	King Lear	1 episode
2005	Danny Phantom	Pariah Dark (voice)	Episode: "Reign Storm"[1]
2006	Deadwood	Jack Langrishe	9 episodes
2009	Kings	King Vesper Abedon	3 episodes
	The Take	Ozzy	4 episodes
	The Day of the Triffids	Dennis Masen	Episode: "Part Two"
2010	Agatha Christie's Marple	Lewis Serrocold	Episode: "They Do It With Mirrors"
	Doctor Who	Ood Elder (voice)	Episode: "The End of Time"
	The Big C	Donald Tolkey	Episode: "Two for the Road"
2012	The Straits	Harry Montebello	10 episodes
	A Touch of Cloth	Bill Ball	Episode: "The First Case: Part Two"
2013	Bob Servant Independent	Bob Servant	6 episodes
	Tooned	Performer (voice)	Episode: "The Grand Finale"
2014	The Game	'Daddy'	6 episodes
	Shetland	Magnus Bain	2 episodes
	Bob Servant	Bob Servant	3 episodes
	After Braveheart	Narrator (voice)	2 episodes
2015	The Slap	Manolis Apostolou	7 episodes
2016	Penny Dreadful	Jared Talbot	2 episodes
	War & Peace	Mikhail Kutuzov	4 episodes
	Medici: Masters of Florence	Bernardo Guadagni	8 episodes
2017	Urban Myths	Marlon Brando	Episode: "Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon"
2018–2023	Succession	Logan Roy	34 episodes
2019	Good Omens	Death (voice)	3 episodes[1]
2021	The Simpsons	Kostas Becker (voice)	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 Controller	8 episodes
	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Anubis (voice)	Episode: "Anubis"

Television films

Roles in television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
	Red Fox	Geoffrey Harrison
1992	The Cloning of Joanna May	Carl May
1993	Sharpe's Rifles	Major Michael Hogan
	Sharpe's Eagle
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

Theatre roles

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1967	As You Like It	Orlando	Vaudeville Theatre, London
1969	In Celebration	Steven Shaw	Royal Court Theatre, London
1970–1971	Don’t Start Without Me	Norman	Garrick Theatre, London Harrogate Theatre, North Yorkshire
1971–1972	Getting On	Brian Lowther	Theatre Royal, Brighton
1973	Cromwell	Proctor	Royal Court Theatre, London
	Hedda Gabler	Eilert Lövborg
1976	The Émigrés	XX	Royal National Theatre, London
1976–1977	Tamburlaine	Theridamas
1977	Julius Caesar	Marcus Brutus
1978	The Putney Debates	Henry Ireton
1978–1979	Herod	Herod
1980	The Summer Party	Kramer	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
1981	Babel	Goatman	Donmar Warehouse, London
1982–1984	Danton's Death	Georges Danton	Royal National Theatre, London
1985	Strange Interlude	Edmund Darrell	Nederlander Theatre, Broadway
	Rat in the Skull	Nelson	The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
1986	The Danton Affair	Danton	Barbican Centre, London
	Misalliance	John Tarleton
1986–1987	A Penny for a Song	Sir Timothy Bellboys
1987–1988	Fashion	Paul Cash	The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon The Pit, London
	Titus Andronicus	Titus	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne Barbican Centre, London
	The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Theatre Royal, New Castle Barbican Centre, London
1988	Three Sisters	Lt. Col. Vershinin	Barbican Centre, London
1989	Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune	Johnny	Comedy Theatre, London
1990	King Lear	Lear	Royal National Theatre, London
	Richard III	Duke of Buckingham
1994	The Music Man	Prof. Harold Hill	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
1997–1998	St. Nicholas	The Critic	Bush Theatre, London 45th Street Theatre, Broadway
1998	Art	Marc	Royale Theatre, Broadway
1999	St. Nicholas	The Critic	Matrix Theatre, California
2000	Dublin Carol	John Plunkett	Royal Court Theatre, London
2004	Uncle Varick	Varick	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2006–2008	Rock 'n' Roll	Max	Royal Court Theatre, London Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2011	That Championship Season	Coach	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2014	The Weir	Jack	Donmar Warehouse, London
2019	The Great Society	Lyndon B. Johnson	Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
2023	The Score	Johann Sebastian Bach	Theatre Royal Bath, Bath
2024	Long Day's Journey Into Night	James Tyrone	Wyndham's Theatre, London
2025	Make It Happen	Adam Smith	Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Video games

Video games voice roles

Year	Title	Voice role
2003	Manhunt	Director Lionel Starkweather[1]
2004	Killzone	Scolar Visari[1]
2009	Killzone 2
2011	Killzone 3
2012	Syndicate
2024	Tekken 8

Audio

Audio roles

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

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Brian Cox