Brian Cox Biography
Born in Dundee, Brian Cox is a Scottish actor. He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear.
Brian is also known for his supporting roles in Rob Roy (1995) and Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning Braveheart (1995). In 1986, he portrayed Hannibal Lecter on film in the cult classic Manhunter. Brian won two Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He was also nominated for a British Academy Television Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. His role as Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering in Nuremberg won him Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series and nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Brian also earned an AFI Award nomination and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his performance in L.I.E. In 2002, he earned an Emmy nomination for his guest-starring role on the hit series Frasier. Brian was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 2003. He received his second SAG Award nomination as part of the ensemble cast of Adaptation. Brian currently stars as media magnate Logan Roy on HBO’s critically lauded series Succession. this role already earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Brian won two Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his performances in Titus Andronicus for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Rat in the Skull for the Royal Court, and two more Olivier Award nominations for Misalliance and Fashion. He also earned the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actor, and Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle nominations.
Brian has authored three books, Salem to Moscow: An Actor’s Odyssey, The Lear Diaries, and his autobiography Putting the Rabbit in the Hat. In 2004, Brian was honored at the 2004 BAFTA Scotland Awards with an Outstanding Achievement Award. In 2016, he was awarded an Empire Icon Award by the Empire Magazine. The UK Film Council named him one of the Top 10 powerful British film stars in Hollywood in 2007.
Brian Cox Age
Brian is 75 years old as of 2021. He was born Brian Denis Cox on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, Scotland.
Brian Cox Height
Cox measures a standing height of 5 feet 7 inches tall which is equivalent to 1.76 meters tall.
Brian Cox Education
Brian graduated from St Mary’s Forebank Primary School and St Michael’s Junior Secondary School. He worked for Dundee Repertory Theatre before he began training t the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where he graduated at age 17 in 1965.
Brian Cox Parents
Cox is the loving son of Charles McArdle Campbell Cox and Mary Ann Guillerline. He is from a working-class Roman Catholic family of Irish and Scottish descent. Brian’s mother Mary Ann, was a spinner who worked in the jute mills and suffered several nervous breakdowns during Cox’s childhood while his father Charles was a police officer and later a shopkeeper. He died when Brian was eight years old. Cox has four siblings including Betty.
Brian Cox Wife
Brian has been married twice. His first wife was Caroline Burt. The couple tied the knot in 1968. Together, the couple had been blessed with two children: Margaret and Alan before their divorce in 19686. Alan is an actor famously known for his roles in Young Sherlock Holmes and A Voyage Round My Father (1982). In 2000, Brian got married to Nicole Ansari. Together, the couple has been blessed with two sons: Orson Jonathan Cox and Torin Kamran Cox. Cox also got married to Lilian Monroe-Carr from 1966 to 1967. Brian currently resides in Primrose Hill, London.
Brian Cox Succession
Cox starred on the HBO series Succession. This role earned him the the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. The film taks about Roy family, the dysfunctional owners of Waystar RoyCo, a global media and entertainment conglomerate, who are fighting for control of the company amid uncertainty about the health of the family’s patriarch, Logan Roy (Brian Cox). In October 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season.
Brian Cox Movies and TV Shows
- Nicholas and Alexandra
- In Celebration
- Hidden Agenda
- The Lost Language of Cranes
- The Eye of Vichy
- Iron Will
- Prince of Jutland
- Braveheart
- Chain Reaction
- The Glimmer Man
- The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Kiss the Girls
- Desperate Measures
- The Minus Man
- The Corruptor
- For Love of the Game
- Complicity
- Mad About Mambo
- A Shot at Glory
- Saltwater
- Super Troopers
- Strictly Sinatra
- The Affair of the Necklace
- The Rookie
- The Bourne Identity
- The Trials of Henry Kissinger
- The Reckoning
- The Bourne Supremacy
- Get the Picture
- The Ringer
- A Woman in Winter
- The Flying Scotsman
- Running with Scissors
- Battle for Terra
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
- Trick ‘r Treat
- Shoot on Sight
- The Escapist
- Agent Crush
- Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- The Good Heart
- Wide Blue Yonder
- As Good as Dead
- The Veteran
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Citizen Gangster
- Exit Humanity
- The Revelation of the Pyramids
- The Campaign
- Theatre 625
- The Devil’s Crown
- Thérèse Raquin
- Hammer House of Horror
- Jemima Shore Investigates
- The Big Battalions
- Inspector Morse
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Nuremberg
- Danny Phantom
- Deadwood
Brian Cox Net Worth
Brian has made a great fortune from his career. She has an estimated net worth of between $5 million to $10 million.
