Brian Cox's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Deadwood Jack Langri… Succession Logan Roy Shetland (UK) Magnus Bain The Slap Manolis War & Peace (UK 2016) General Kut… Sharpe (UK) Major Hogan The Day of the Triffids (2009) Dennis Mason The Game (UK) Daddy The Straits (AU) Harry Monte… Bob Servant, Independent (UK) Bob Servant The Big Battalions (UK) Edward Hoyl… The Devil's Crown (UK) Henry II

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Brian Denis Cox CBE is a Scottish actor who works with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He currently stars as media magnate Logan Roy on HBO's Succession. Cox is also known for appearing in Medici, Penny Dreadful, The Game, Super Troopers, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, X2, Braveheart, Rushmore, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Troy. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in 1986's Manhunter.
Brian Cox has expressed regret over becoming a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) and has said he would “never” accept a knighthood. Cox, who is a campaigner for Scottish independence, said he should have “thought better” when he accepted the honour in 2003 for his services to drama. An Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, Cox has also been nominated for the BAFTA



TRIVIA:

• After graduating from LAMDA, he spent several seasons with the Royal National Theatre in London, England.
• Has no fewer than three roles in common with 'Anthony Hopkins' (qv). They have both played Titus Andronicus, and both of them played King Lear while the other was simultaneously playing Hannibal Lecter.
• He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.
• The scene in _X2 (2003)_ (qv) where Magneto escapes from prison is modeled after Hannibal Lecter's escape in _The Silence of the Lambs (1991)_ (qv) - the sequel to Cox's film _Manhunter (1986)_ (qv), in which he played Lecter.
• Backed out of his contract after filming the second of the BBC/Celtic Sharpe series of films after complaining of poor working conditions in the Ukraine as well as becoming repeatedly ill because of them. He was replaced by 'Michael Byrne (I)' (qv), who was featured in the next three Sharpe films.
• He was awarded the 1984 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performances in Rat in the Skull and Strange Interlude.
• Appeared as an extra in several episodes of _"The Prisoner" (1967)_ (qv).
• Has appeared in two films about legendary Scottish heroes. In 1995 he appeared in both _Braveheart (1995)_ (qv) and _Rob Roy (1995)_ (qv).