1946-06-01 Dundee, Scotland, UK
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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Glenrothan | Sandy | 2026-04-17 |
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Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers | Capt. John O’Hagan | 2026-08-06 |
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The Parenting | Frank | 2025-03-12 |
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The Electric State | Popfly (voice) | 2025-03-07 |
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Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction | Gustaf Wallenberg (voice) | 2025-09-22 |
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The Marbles | Self - Interviewee | 2025-11-07 |
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AMR: Dying to Change the World | AMR | 2025-03-11 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Helm Hammerhand (voice) | 2024-12-05 |
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Skelly | Grandpa | 2024-05-07 |
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Little Wing | Jaan Vari | 2024-03-13 |
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That Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2024-11-27 |
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Mending the Line | Ike Fletcher | 2023-06-09 |
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Quasi | Narrator (voice) | 2023-04-20 |
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Prisoner's Daughter | Max | 2023-06-30 |
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An Interview with Brian Cox | Himself | 2023-04-11 |
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Bill Douglas: My Best Friend | Narrator (voice) | 2023-09-05 |
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Ooh the Banter! | Self | 2022-12-31 |
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Ukraine: Answering the Call | Self | 2022-07-03 |
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | 2022-11-26 |
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The Independent | Nick Booker | 2022-11-02 |
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Bonnie | Self | 2022-11-12 |
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Separation | Rivers | 2021-04-30 |
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Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story | Narrator (voice) | 2021-04-23 |
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Lawrence After Arabia | Father (Voice) | 2020-05-19 |
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John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues | John Rebus | 2020-05-27 |
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The Bay of Silence | Milton | 2020-08-20 |
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Last Moment of Clarity | Gilles | 2020-05-19 |
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Pretenders | Henry | 2019-09-27 |
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Strange but True | Bill | 2019-10-17 |
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Remember Me | Shane | 2019-08-02 |
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The Last Right | Father Reilly | 2019-12-06 |
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The Etruscan Smile | Rory MacNeil | 2018-04-12 |
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Kubrick by Candlelight | The Narrator | 2018-11-23 |
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Super Troopers 2 | John O'Hagen | 2018-04-19 |
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Widdershins | voice | 2018-06-27 |
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Churchill | Winston Churchill | 2017-05-25 |
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Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation | Narrator | 2017-02-18 |
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Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie | Conrad / Crunch (voice) | 2017-05-27 |
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An Evening with Brian Cox | Himself | 2017-07-26 |
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Morgan | Jim Bryce | 2016-09-01 |
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The Carer | Sir Michael | 2016-08-05 |
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Tommy Tilden | 2016-12-21 |
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self | 2016-06-13 |
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Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC | Self | 2016-12-23 |
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Pixels | Admiral Porter | 2015-07-16 |
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Forsaken | James McCurdy | 2015-09-16 |
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Killing Thyme | Norman | 2015-11-17 |
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Pacific Warriors | Narrator | 2015-09-10 |
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Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace | Andrew Carnegie (voice) | 2015-07-01 |
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Scotland In A Day | 2014-09-18 | |
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The Gospel of John | Narrator (voice) – King James Version | 2014-12-01 |
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The Anomaly | Dr. Langham | 2014-06-19 |
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Her | Alan Watts (voice) | 2013-12-18 |
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Anna | Sebastian | 2013-10-13 |
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RED 2 | Ivan | 2013-07-18 |
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Blumenthal | Harold Blumenthal | 2013-08-03 |
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La Malédiction d'Edgar | Edgar Hoover | 2013-10-27 |
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An Adventure in Space and Time | Sydney Newman | 2013-11-21 |
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Believe | Matt Busby | 2013-10-04 |
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The Campaign | Raymond | 2012-08-09 |
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Blood | Lenny Fairburn | 2012-10-09 |
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I Missed My Mother's Funeral | Old Man | 2012-01-01 |
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All at Sea | Wally | 2012-05-25 |
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Exit Humanity | Malcolm Young (voice) | 2011-10-16 |
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Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster | Glover | 2011-09-10 |
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The Veteran | Gerry | 2011-04-29 |
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes | John Landon | 2011-08-03 |
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Ironclad | Albany | 2011-03-03 |
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Coriolanus | Menenius | 2011-02-14 |
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The Key Man | Irving | 2011-02-18 |
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As Good As Dead | Reverend Kalahan | 2010-01-25 |
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On Expenses | 2010-02-23 | |
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RED | Ivan Simanov | 2010-10-13 |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox | Action 12 Reporter (voice) | 2009-10-14 |
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Tell-Tale | Van Doren | 2009-04-24 |
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The Good Heart | Jacques | 2009-09-11 |
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Brian Cox's Jute Journey | Self | 2009-10-05 |
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Green Dragon (voice) | 2009-04-07 |
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Red | Avery Ludlow | 2008-08-08 |
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The Escapist | Frank Perry | 2008-06-20 |
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Agent Crush | Spanners (voice) | 2008-01-01 |
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The Bourne Ultimatum | Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-08-03 |
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The Secret of the Nutcracker | Drosselmeyer | 2007-12-23 |
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Battle for Terra | General Hemmer (voice) | 2007-09-06 |
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The Water Horse | Old Angus | 2007-12-25 |
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Shoot on Sight | Daniel Tennant | 2007-12-15 |
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Trick 'r Treat | Mr. Kreeg | 2007-12-09 |
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A Woman in Winter | Dr. Hunt | 2007-04-09 |
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Zodiac | Melvin Belli | 2007-03-02 |
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The Flying Scotsman | Douglas Baxter | 2006-08-16 |
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The Outsiders | Gabriel | 2006-10-03 |
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Carry On Ken | Self | 2006-01-01 |
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Running with Scissors | Dr. Finch | 2006-10-27 |
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Red Eye | Joe Reisert | 2005-08-10 |
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Blue/Orange | Dr. Robert Smith | 2005-02-23 |
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The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Joseph Bell | 2005-09-08 |
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The Ringer | Gary Barker | 2005-12-23 |
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Match Point | Alec Hewett | 2005-10-26 |
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Japan's War in Colour | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2005-01-17 |
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Hitler in Colour | Narrator | 2005-04-30 |
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The Reckoning | Tobias | 2004-02-26 |
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Murder by Numbers | Self | 2004-03-16 |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
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The Bourne Supremacy | Ward Abbott | 2004-07-23 |
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Troy | King Agamemnon | 2004-05-13 |
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | 2003-05-20 |
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X2 | William Stryker | 2003-04-27 |
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The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 | Self | 2003-11-25 |
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Sin | Captain Oakes | 2003-01-01 |
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The Ring | Richard Morgan | 2002-10-18 |
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Self | 2002-09-29 |
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The Bourne Identity | Ward Abbott | 2002-06-14 |
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Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon | Narrator | 2002-02-05 |
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Bug | Cyr | 2002-02-28 |
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Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World | Narrator | 2002-11-19 |
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The Biographer | Michael O'Mara | 2002-09-01 |
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Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh | Narrator | 2002-02-12 |
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Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch | Narrator | 2002-04-01 |
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Adaptation. | Robert McKee | 2002-12-06 |
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The Rookie | Jim Morris Sr. | 2002-03-25 |
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25th Hour | James Brogan | 2002-12-19 |
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L.I.E. | Big John Harrigan | 2001-09-07 |
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The Affair of the Necklace | Minister Breteuil | 2001-11-30 |
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Super Troopers | John O'Hagen | 2001-02-15 |
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Strictly Sinatra | Chisolm | 2001-06-29 |
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Inside 'Manhunter' | Himself | 2001-02-13 |
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Complicity | Inspector McDunn | 2000-05-06 |
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A Shot at Glory | Martin Smith | 2000-05-03 |
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Longitude | Lord Morton | 2000-01-02 |
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The Invention of Dr. Morel | Dr. Morel | 2000-03-16 |
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Saltwater | George Beneventi | 2000-09-29 |
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Mad About Mambo | Sidney McLoughlin | 2000-04-04 |
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The Making of 'Rushmore' | Self | 2000-01-25 |
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The History of the British Police Force | Narrator (voice) | 1999-09-27 |
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The Corruptor | Sean Wallace | 1999-03-12 |
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The Minus Man | Doug | 1999-09-24 |
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For Love of the Game | Gary Wheeler | 1999-09-17 |
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Battle of the Clans | Narrator | 1998-07-12 |
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Poodle Springs | Clayton Blackstone | 1998-07-25 |
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Desperate Measures | Captain Jeremiah Cassidy | 1998-01-30 |
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Merchants of Venus | Uncle Vladimir | 1998-03-01 |
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Rushmore | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim | 1998-12-11 |
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The Boxer | Joe Hamill | 1997-12-31 |
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Kiss the Girls | Chief Hatfield, Durham PD | 1997-09-29 |
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Sharpe: The Legend | Hogan | 1997-10-13 |
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Food for Ravens | Aneurin Bevan | 1997-11-11 |
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The Long Kiss Goodnight | Dr. Nathan Waldman | 1996-10-11 |
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The Glimmer Man | Mr. Smith | 1996-10-04 |
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Chain Reaction | Lyman Earl Collier | 1996-08-02 |
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Witness Against Hitler | Judge Freisler | 1996-03-10 |
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Braveheart | Argyle Wallace | 1995-05-24 |
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Rob Roy | Killearn | 1995-04-13 |
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Grushko | Colonel Yevgeni Grushko | 1994-03-24 |
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The Maltese Double Cross | Narrator (voice) | 1994-11-16 |
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Iron Will | Angus McTeague | 1994-01-14 |
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The Negotiator | Charlie King | 1994-05-31 |
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Prince of Jutland | Aethelwine | 1994-02-23 |
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Sharpe's Rifles | Major Michael Hogan | 1993-05-05 |
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Sharpe's Eagle | Major Michael Hogan | 1993-05-12 |
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The Cloning of Joanna May | Carl May | 1992-01-16 |
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The Lost Language of Cranes | Owen Benjamin | 1992-02-09 |
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The Cutter | 1992-08-10 | |
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Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Director | 1992-12-12 |
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Deceptions | Carlton Heard | 1992-01-01 |
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Macbeth | Macbeth | 1992-11-23 |
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Red Fox | Geoffrey Harrison | 1991-12-08 |
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Hidden Agenda | Peter Kerrigan | 1990-11-21 |
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The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' | self | 1990-05-01 |
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Secret Weapon | Andrew Neil | 1990-03-19 |
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The Blasphemers' Banquet | Rev. Wallace (voice) | 1989-07-31 |
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Murder on the Moon | Voronov | 1989-05-09 |
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Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy | Self | 1989-12-07 |
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Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Jack Purves | 1988-05-15 |
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Regi Andrej Tarkovskij | Voiceover Narrator | 1988-09-23 |
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Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People | Narrator | 1987-01-01 |
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Shoot for the Sun | Dunny | 1987-03-16 |
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Rat in the Skull | Detective Inspector Nelson | 1987-01-01 |
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Manhunter | Dr. Hannibal Lecktor | 1986-08-14 |
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Home Cooking | Vic | 1986-11-08 |
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Florence Nightingale | Dr. McGregor | 1985-04-07 |
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The Cantor of St Thomas's | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1985-04-07 |
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Pope John Paul II | Father Góra | 1984-04-22 |
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King Lear | Burgundy | 1983-04-03 |
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The Privilege | Young Laird | 1982-01-01 |
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A Cotswold Death | Dr. Gillespie | 1982-01-12 |
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Dalhousie's Luck | Dalhousie | 1980-08-03 |
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Clay, Smeddum and Greenden | George Simpson | 1976-02-24 |
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In Celebration | Steven Shaw | 1975-03-17 |
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The Changeling | Alsemero | 1974-01-20 |
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Nicholas and Alexandra | Trotsky | 1971-11-29 |
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The Year of the Sex Olympics | Lasar Opie | 1968-07-29 |
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A Knight in Tarnished Armour | Nelson | 1965-07-07 |
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The Glove | ||
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Wittgenstein's Poker | Bertrand Russell (voice) | |
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Old Pals | Jimmy | |
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The Planets | ||
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A Modern Magician | The Voice |
