Brian Denis Cox was born on June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland. He is a Scottish actor.

He attended drama school in London and got caught up in British theater and television during the 1970s. Cox landed on Broadway in the early '80s, but found more closed doors than open ones. It was while performing a play transplanted from the U.K. that a casting agent for Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986) noticed him.

He plays different character roles - police officers, doctors, fathers - in such films as The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997), Rushmore (1998), and The Minus Man (1999).

Brian also starred in 25th Hour (2002), X-Man 2 (2003), X2 (2003)The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Flying Scotsman (2006) and Zodiac (2007).

Filmography

• Wolverine (2008)
• Shoot on Sight (2007)
• Red (2007)
• Terra (2008)
• Agent Crush (2008)
• The Key Man (2007)
• The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007)
• The Escapist (2007)
• Trick 'r Treat (2007)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• Zodiac (2007)
• Running with Scissors (2006)
• The Outsiders (2006)
• "Deadwood" (9 episodes, 2006)
• The Flying Scotsman (2006)
• The Ringer (2005)
• Red Eye (2005)
• "Danny Phantom" (1 episode, 2005)
• The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
• Lost: The Journey (2005)
• Match Point (2005)
• lue/Orange (2005)
• A Woman in Winter (2005)
• "French and Saunders" (1 episode, 2004)
• Killzone (2004)
• Get the Picture (2004)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• Troy (2004)
• Sin (2003)
• Manhunt (2003)
• The Reckoning (2003)
• X2 (2003)
• 25th Hour (2003)
• Adaptation. (2002)
• Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (2002)
• The Ring (2002)
• The Biographer (2002)
• Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002)
• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• "Frasier" (2 episodes, 2002)
• The Rookie (2002)
• Bug (2002)
• The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
• Strictly Sinatra (2001)
• L.I.E. (2001)
• Super Troopers (2001)
• The Legend of Loch Lomond (2001)
• Saltwater (2000)
• A Shot at Glory (2000)
• "Animated Tales of the World" (1 episode, 2000)
• Nuremberg (2000)
• Mad About Mambo (2000)
• Complicity (2000)
• The Invention of Dr. Morel (2000)
• Longitude (2000)
• For Love of the Game (1999)
• The Corruptor (1999)
• The Minus Man (1999)
• Rushmore (1998)
• Poodle Springs (1998)
• Merchants of Venus (1998)
• Desperate Measures (1998)
• The Boxer (1997)
• Food for Ravens (1997)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• "Superman" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Red Dwarf" (1 episode, 1997)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
• The Glimmer Man (1996)
• Chain Reaction (1996)
• Witness Against Hitler (1996)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Rob Roy (1995)
• I Was Catherine the Great's Stable Boy (1994)
• The Negotiator (1994)
• Grushko (1994)
• Prince of Jutland (1994)
• Iron Will (1994)
• Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
• Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
• "Inspector Morse" (1 episode, 1993)
• "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" (1 episode, 1992)
• "The Big Battalions" (1992)
• "Van der Valk" (1 episode, 1992)
• The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)
• Six Characters in Search of an Author (1992)
• Deceptions (1992)
• The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
• "Red Fox" (1991)
• Hidden Agenda (1990)
• "Perfect Scoundrels" (1 episode, 1990)
• Secret Weapon (1990)
• Murder on the Moon (1989)
• Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)
• "Unnatural Causes" (1 episode, 1986)
• Shoot for the Sun (1986)
• Manhunter (1986)
• The Fourth Floor (1986)
• The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest (1986)
• Florence Nightingale (1985)
• Pope John Paul II (1984)
• The Cantor of St Thomas's (1984)
• "Jemima Shore Investigates" (1 episode, 1983)
• King Lear (1983)
• "Minder" (1 episode, 1982)
• "Play for Today" (2 episodes, 1976-1982)
• The Privilege (1982)
• "Hammer House of Horror" (1 episode, 1980)
• "BBC2 Playhouse" (1 episode, 1980)
• "Thérèse Raquin" (1980)
• "Out" (1978)
• "The Devil's Crown" (4 episodes, 1978)
• "Target" (1 episode, 1977)
• "Shades of Greene" (1 episode, 1975)
• In Celebration (1975)
• "Sutherland's Law" (1 episode, 1974)
• "Play of the Month" (1 episode, 1974)
• Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
• "Thirty-Minute Theatre" (2 episodes, 1969-1971)
• She Stoops to Conquer (1971)
• "Doomwatch" (1 episode, 1970)
• When We Dead Awaken (1970)
• "Z Cars" (2 episodes, 1969)
• "Theatre 625" (1 episode, 1968)
• "The Wednesday Play" (1 episode, 1965)

Awards

• Nominated for an Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series "Frasier" 2002
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "L.I.E." 2001
• Gemini Award Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series "Nuremberg" 2001
• Golden Satellite Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "L.I.E." 2001
• Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie "Nuremberg" 2000 - 1
• Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Actor "St. Nicholas" 1998
• Olivier Award Best Actor in a Revival "Titus Andronicus" 1988 - 89
• London Critics' Circle Award Best Actor "The Taming of the Shrew", "Titus Andronicus" and "Fashion" 1987
• London Critics' Circle Award Best Actor "Rat in the Skull" and "Strange Interlude" 1984
• Olivier Award Best Actor "Rat in the Skull" 1983 - 84