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Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Doctor Who
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Frasier
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Real Time with Bill Maher
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Colbert Report
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Graham Norton Show
Top Gear
The Jonathan Ross Show
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Superman: The Animated Series
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Deadwood
Inspector Morse
Lost
Shetland
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Her
Medici: Masters of Florence
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sharpe
Braveheart
Penny Dreadful
Sharpe: The Legend
War and Peace
The Great War: The People's Story
The Corruptor
The Campaign
RED 2
Zodiac
X2
Coriolanus
RED
Good Omens
Kiss the Girls
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
The Electric State
Pixels
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Rookie
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Poodle Springs
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Bourne Identity
Super Troopers
Succession
The Ring
Troy
Match Point
Manhunter
Sin
Desperate Measures
Red Eye
The Bourne Supremacy
Little Wing
The Bay of Silence
Iron Will
The Independent
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Separation
The Slap
007: Road to a Million
That Christmas
Trick 'r Treat
Hitler in Colour
Production Credits
Oz
Little Wing
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