Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/1/1946
Place of Birth
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
Brian Cox
Biography
Known For
Troy
as King Agamemnon
The Rookie
as Jim Morris Sr.
Her
as Alan Watts (voice)
Braveheart
as Argyle Wallace
Pixels
as Admiral Porter
The Veteran
as Gerry
RED
as Ivan Simanov
RED 2
as Ivan
That Christmas
as Santa (voice)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
as Tommy Tilden
Forsaken
as James McCurdy
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Helm Hammerhand (voice)
The Electric State
as Popfly (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as John Landon
Rushmore
as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
Match Point
as Alec Hewett
Desperate Measures
as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
The Boxer
as Joe Hamill
Super Troopers
as John O'Hagen
The Bourne Identity
as Ward Abbott
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
007: Road to a Million
as The Controller
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
as Self
Made of Money with Brian Cox
Role unknown
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
as Narrator (voice)
Prisoner's Daughter
as Max
Mending the Line
as Ike Fletcher
Quasi
as Narrator (voice)
An Interview with Brian Cox
as Himself
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
An Evening with Brian Cox
as Himself
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
as Conrad / Crunch (voice)
Churchill
as Winston Churchill
Brian Cox's Russia
as Host
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
as Narrator
2016
2015
Killing Thyme
as Norman
Forsaken
as James McCurdy
Pacific Warriors
as Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Role unknown
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Pixels
as Admiral Porter
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
as Andrew Carnegie (voice)
The Slap
as Manolis
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Gospel of John
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
The Game
as Daddy
Scotland In A Day
Role unknown
The Great War: The People's Story
as Rev. Andrew Clark
The Anomaly
as Dr. Langham
Penny Dreadful
as Jared Talbot
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as God
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2013
2012
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
Exit Humanity
as Malcolm Young (voice)
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
as Glover
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self - Guest
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as John Landon
The Veteran
as Gerry
Ironclad
as Albany
The Key Man
as Irving
Coriolanus
as Menenius
The Sinking of the Laconia
as Captain Sharp
2009
2008
2007
The Water Horse
as Old Angus
The Secret of the Nutcracker
as Drosselmeyer
Shoot on Sight
as Daniel Tennant
Trick 'r Treat
as Mr. Kreeg
Battle for Terra
as General Hemmer (voice)
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Woman in Winter
as Dr. Hunt
Zodiac
as Melvin Belli
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2006
2005
The Ringer
as Gary Barker
Match Point
as Alec Hewett
The Colbert Report
Role unknown
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
as Joseph Bell
Red Eye
as Joe Reisert
Hitler in Colour
as Narrator
Blue/Orange
as Dr. Robert Smith
Japan's War in Colour
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2004
2003
2002
25th Hour
as James Brogan
Adaptation.
as Robert McKee
Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World
as Narrator
Top Gear
as Self
The Ring
as Richard Morgan
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Role unknown
The Biographer
as Michael O'Mara
The Bourne Identity
as Ward Abbott
Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch
as Narrator
The Rookie
as Jim Morris Sr.
Bug
as Cyr
Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
as Narrator
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
as Narrator
2001
2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as Anubis (voice)
Saltwater
as George Beneventi
Nuremberg
as Herman Wilhelm Goering
Complicity
as Inspector McDunn
A Shot at Glory
as Martin Smith
Mad About Mambo
as Sidney McLoughlin
The Invention of Dr. Morel
as Dr. Morel
The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self
Longitude
as Lord Morton
Longitude
as Lord Morton
1999
1998
1997
1996
1994
1993
1992
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Director
Macbeth
as Macbeth
The Big Battalions
as Edward Hoyland
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Macbeth (voice)
The Cutter
Role unknown
The Lost Language of Cranes
as Owen Benjamin
The Cloning of Joanna May
as Carl May
Deceptions
as Carlton Heard