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Brian Cox
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Brian Denis Cox (born June 1, 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.
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Acting (250)
Alan Watts (voice)
John Landon
Melvin Belli
Agamemnon
Argyle Wallace
William Stryker
Kostas Becker (voice)
Ward Abbott
Ward Abbott
Admiral Porter
Ivan Simanov
Richard Morgan
Action 12 Reporter (voice)
Tommy Tilden
Alec Hewett
Ivan
Robert McKee
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
James Brogan
Joe Reisert
Death (voice)
Mr. Kreeg
Chief Hatfield, Durham PD
Raymond
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Popfly (voice)
Logan Roy
Jim Bryce
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Jared Talbot
Dr. Nathan Waldman
Captain O'Hagen
Lyman Earl Collier
Old Angus
Jack Langrishe
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
Harry Moon
Albany
The New York Ripper
Sebastian
Killearn
Captain O'Hagan
Menenius
Jim Morris Sr.
Gary Wheeler
The King
Santa (voice)
Mr. Smith
James McCurdy
Dr. Earl Garver (voice)
Gary Barker
Dr. Langham
Winston Churchill
Rivers
Angus McTeague
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Sean Wallace
Bernardo Guadagni
Joe Hamill
General Hemmer (voice)
Avery Ludlow
Green Dragon (voice)
Frank Perry
Anubis (voice)
Dr. Finch
Mikhail Kutuzov
Niander Wallace Sr. (voice)
Bill
Sydney Newman
Magnus Bain
Narrator
Frank
Lenny Fairburn
Gilles
Van Doren
Dennis Masen
Lewis Serrocold
Michael Steppings
Big John Harrigan
Nick Booker
Gerry
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Tobias
Peter Kerrigan
Milton
Doug
Malcolm Young (voice)
Jacques
Minister Breteuil
Ozzy
Narrator (voice)
Max
Douglas Baxter
Trotsky
Bill Ball
King Vesper Abaddon
Chuck
Glover
Major Michael Hogan
Rory MacNeil
Captain O’Hagan
Reverand Kalahan
Martin Smith
Aethelwine
Father Reilly
Daddy
Captain Oakes
King Lear
Matt Busby
Cyr
Major Michael Hogan
Major Hogan
Sir Michael
Sidney McLoughlin
Ike Fletcher
Lord Morton
Manolis
Captain Sharp
Frank
Shane
Other Voices (voice)
Jaan Vari
Clayton Blackstone
Daniel Tennant
Owen Benjamin
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Voice of the Mastermind
Irving
The Controller
Macbeth (voice)
Inspector McDunn
Voiceover Narrator
Sandy
Henry
Dr. McGregor
Voronov
Steven Shaw
Burgundy
Dr. Gillespie
Laurent LeClaire
Stefan Szabo
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George Beneventi
Chisolm
Drosselmeyer
Wally
Alsemero
Hogan
Rev. Andrew Clark
Josef Stalin / Rod
Bob Servant
Conrad / Crunch (voice)
Narrator
Uncle Vladimir
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Joseph Bell
Harry Montebello
Lord Morton
McGrath
Father Góra
Grandpa
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Nelson
Lasar Opie
Lasar Opie
Dr. Hunt
Spanners (voice)
Father (Voice)
Anton
Billy Voss
Edgar Hoover
Henry II
Andrew Carnegie (voice)
Dr. Robert Smith
Apeman
The Director
Edward Hoyland
Vic
Jack Purves
William Wallace
George Simpson
Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
The Director
Geoffrey Harrison
Andrew Neil
Harry
Alsemero
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Narrator
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Judge Freisler
Dr. Gillespie
Presenter
Carlton Heard
Aneurin Bevan
Leon Douglas
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Norman
The Narrator
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
Father Amedy
Dalhousie
Narrator
Dunny
Michael O'Mara
Johann Sebastian Bach
Dr. Morel
Henrik Ibsen (voice)
Charlie King
Young Laird
Robert Dodds
The Voice
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
Host
Dalhousie
Narrator
Vic
John Rebus
Narrator
Michael Martin
Gustaf Wallenberg (voice)
Rev. Wallace (voice)
Carl May
Oded Ailam (voice)
The Mechanic
Narrator
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Appearances (27)
Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self
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Himself
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Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Host
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Himself
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