Brian Cox

Career timeline

1. 1946 · Born

   Born in Dundee, Scotland, UK

2. 1964 · Screen debut

   Theatre 625 (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

4. 1997 · Directing debut

   Oz (TV)

5. 2026 · Latest release

   Super Troopers 3 (Movie)

Career in numbers

5 1960s

5 1970s

6 1980s

14 1990s

23 2000s

19 2010s

7 2020s

• Drama40
• Comedy26
• Crime21
• Mystery17
• Action17
• Thriller17

Highest-rated title Dexter: Resurrection 2025 8.5 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Brian Cox in our catalogue.

Morgan Freeman

3 titles together

Peter Dinklage

2 titles together

Sean Bean

2 titles together

John Lithgow

2 titles together

John Logan

2 titles together

1. 2027 Shrek 5 Upcoming as Shrek’s Father (voice) Movie
2. 2026 Super Troopers 3 as Captain O’Hagan 6.3 Movie
3. 2025 Dexter: Resurrection as The New York Ripper 8.5 TV
4. 2025 The Electric State as Popfly (voice) 6.5 Movie
5. 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Helm Hammerhand (voice) 6.5 Movie
6. 2024 That Christmas as Santa (voice) 7.2 Movie
7. 2022 Remembers… TV
8. 2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus as Niander Wallace Sr. (voice) 7.1 TV
9. 2019 Good Omens as Death (voice) 8.0 TV
10. 2018 Succession as Logan Roy 8.3 TV
11. 2018 Super Troopers 2 as Captain O'Hagan 5.9 Movie
12. 2016 The Autopsy of Jane Doe as Tommy Tilden 6.9 Movie
13. 2016 Medici: Masters of Florence as Bernardo Guadagni 7.7 TV
14. 2016 Morgan as Jim Bryce 5.8 Movie
15. 2016 War and Peace as Mikhail Kutuzov 7.6 TV
16. 2015 Pixels as Admiral Porter 5.8 Movie
17. 2014 Penny Dreadful as Jared Talbot 7.8 TV
18. 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as God 7.8 TV
19. 2013 Her as Alan Watts (voice) 7.8 Movie
20. 2013 Anna as Sebastian 6.5 Movie
21. 2013 RED 2 as Ivan 6.5 Movie
22. 2013 Shetland as Magnus Bain 7.5 TV
23. 2012 The Campaign as Raymond 5.8 Movie
24. 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes as John Landon 7.4 Movie
25. 2011 Ironclad as Albany 6.2 Movie
26. 2011 Coriolanus as Menenius 5.8 Movie
27. 2010 RED as Ivan Simanov 6.7 Movie
28. 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox as Action 12 Reporter (voice) 7.8 Movie
29. 2009 The Take as Ozzy 7.5 TV
30. 2008 The Colour of Magic as Narrator 6.8 TV
31. 2007 The Water Horse as Old Angus 6.6 Movie
32. 2007 Trick 'r Treat as Mr. Kreeg 7.0 Movie
33. 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.5 Movie
34. 2007 Zodiac as Melvin Belli 7.5 Movie
35. 2007 M.I. High as Voice of the Mastermind 6.1 TV
36. 2005 Match Point as Alec Hewett 7.4 Movie
37. 2005 The Colbert Report 7.0 TV
38. 2005 Red Eye as Joe Reisert 6.4 Movie
39. 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple as Lewis Serrocold 7.9 TV
40. 2004 The Bourne Supremacy as Ward Abbott 7.3 Movie
41. 2004 Troy as Agamemnon 7.2 Movie
42. 2004 Deadwood as Jack Langrishe 8.1 TV
43. 2003 X2 as William Stryker 7.1 Movie
44. 2002 25th Hour as James Brogan 7.3 Movie
45. 2002 Adaptation. as Robert McKee 7.3 Movie
46. 2002 The Ring as Richard Morgan 6.7 Movie
47. 2002 The Bourne Identity as Ward Abbott 7.5 Movie
48. 2002 The Rookie as Jim Morris Sr. 6.8 Movie
49. 2001 Super Troopers as Captain O'Hagen 6.5 Movie
50. 2000 Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Anubis (voice) 7.5 TV
51. 1999 For Love of the Game as Gary Wheeler 6.4 Movie
52. 1999 The Corruptor as Sean Wallace 6.1 Movie
53. 1998 Rushmore as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim 7.4 Movie
54. 1997 Kiss the Girls as Chief Hatfield, Durham PD 6.6 Movie
55. 1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight as Dr. Nathan Waldman 6.6 Movie
56. 1996 The Glimmer Man as Mr. Smith 5.4 Movie
57. 1996 Superman: The Animated Series as Dr. Earl Garver (voice) 7.7 TV
58. 1996 Chain Reaction as Lyman Earl Collier 5.8 Movie
59. 1995 Braveheart as Argyle Wallace 8.0 Movie
60. 1995 Rob Roy as Killearn 6.7 Movie
61. 1993 Frasier as Harry Moon 7.7 TV
62. 1993 Sharpe as Major Hogan 8.0 TV
63. 1991 Performance as The Director TV
64. 1989 The Simpsons as Kostas Becker (voice) 8.0 TV
65. 1988 Red Dwarf as The King 8.1 TV
66. 1987 French & Saunders as King Lear 7.4 TV
67. 1987 Inspector Morse as Michael Steppings 7.9 TV
68. 1986 Manhunter as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor 7.0 Movie
69. 1980 Hammer House of Horror as Chuck 7.0 TV
70. 1979 Minder as Frank 7.2 TV
71. 1974 Churchill's People as William Wallace TV
72. 1974 Playhouse as Dalhousie TV
73. 1972 Van der Valk as Stefan Szabo TV
74. 1970 Play for Today as Dr. Gillespie TV
75. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Apeman TV
76. 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Alsemero TV
77. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Josef Stalin TV
78. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Nelson TV
79. 1964 Theatre 625 as Lasar Opie TV

1. 1997 Oz 8.0 TV

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