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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Super Troopers 3 | Capt. John O’Hagan | 2026-08-06 |
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Glenrothan | Sandy | 2026-04-17 |
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The Sunrise File | Oded Ailam (voice) | 2026-06-21 |
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The Electric State | Popfly (voice) | 2025-03-07 |
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The Parenting | Frank | 2025-03-12 |
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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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Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction | Gustaf Wallenberg (voice) | 2025-09-22 |
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That Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2024-11-27 |
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Skelly | Grandpa | 2024-05-07 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Helm Hammerhand (voice) | 2024-12-05 |
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Little Wing | Jaan Vari | 2024-03-13 |
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Bill Douglas: My Best Friend | Narrator (voice) | 2023-09-05 |
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Prisoner's Daughter | Max | 2023-06-30 |
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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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An Interview with Brian Cox | Himself | 2023-04-11 |
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Ukraine: Answering the Call | Self | 2022-07-03 |
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Bonnie | Self | 2022-11-12 |
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | 2022-11-26 |
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Ooh the Banter! | Self | 2022-12-31 |
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The Independent | Nick Booker | 2022-11-02 |
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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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The Bay of Silence | Milton | 2020-08-20 |
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John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues | John Rebus | 2020-05-27 |
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Lawrence After Arabia | Father (Voice) | 2020-05-19 |
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Last Moment of Clarity | Gilles | 2020-05-19 |
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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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Strange but True | Bill | 2019-10-17 |
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Pretenders | Henry | 2019-09-27 |
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The Etruscan Smile | Rory MacNeil | 2018-04-12 |
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Widdershins | voice | 2018-06-27 |
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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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Churchill | Winston Churchill | 2017-05-25 |
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An Evening with Brian Cox | Himself | 2017-07-26 |
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Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie | Conrad / Crunch (voice) | 2017-05-27 |
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Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation | Narrator | 2017-02-18 |
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Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC | Self | 2016-12-23 |
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self | 2016-06-13 |
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Morgan | Jim Bryce | 2016-09-01 |
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Tommy Tilden | 2016-12-21 |
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The Carer | Sir Michael | 2016-08-05 |
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Pacific Warriors | Narrator | 2015-09-10 |
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Forsaken | James McCurdy | 2015-09-16 |
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Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace | Andrew Carnegie (voice) | 2015-07-01 |
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Pixels | Admiral Porter | 2015-07-16 |
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Killing Thyme | Norman | 2015-11-17 |
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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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Blumenthal | Harold Blumenthal | 2013-08-03 |
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RED 2 | Ivan | 2013-07-18 |
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Anna | Sebastian | 2013-10-13 |
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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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Blood | Lenny Fairburn | 2012-10-09 |
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The Campaign | Raymond | 2012-08-09 |
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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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Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster | Glover | 2011-09-10 |
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Ironclad | Albany | 2011-03-03 |
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes | John Landon | 2011-08-03 |
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Exit Humanity | Malcolm Young (voice) | 2011-10-16 |
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The Veteran | Gerry | 2011-04-29 |
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The Key Man | Irving | 2011-02-18 |
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Coriolanus | Menenius | 2011-02-14 |
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As Good As Dead | Reverend Kalahan | 2010-01-25 |
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RED | Ivan Simanov | 2010-10-13 |
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On Expenses | Michael Martin | 2010-02-23 |
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The Good Heart | Jacques | 2009-09-11 |
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Green Dragon (voice) | 2009-04-07 |
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Tell-Tale | Van Doren | 2009-04-24 |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox | Action 12 Reporter (voice) | 2009-10-14 |
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Brian Cox's Jute Journey | Self | 2009-10-05 |
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The Escapist | Frank Perry | 2008-06-20 |
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Red | Avery Ludlow | 2008-08-08 |
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Agent Crush | Spanners (voice) | 2008-01-01 |
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The Water Horse | Old Angus | 2007-12-25 |
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A Woman in Winter | Dr. Hunt | 2007-04-09 |
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Battle for Terra | General Hemmer (voice) | 2007-09-06 |
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Zodiac | Melvin Belli | 2007-03-02 |
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Trick 'r Treat | Mr. Kreeg | 2007-12-09 |
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The Bourne Ultimatum | Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-08-03 |
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Shoot on Sight | Daniel Tennant | 2007-12-15 |
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The Secret of the Nutcracker | Drosselmeyer | 2007-12-23 |
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Running with Scissors | Dr. Finch | 2006-10-27 |
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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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Blue/Orange | Dr. Robert Smith | 2005-02-23 |
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Hitler in Colour | Narrator | 2005-04-30 |
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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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Red Eye | Joe Reisert | 2005-08-10 |
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The Ringer | Gary Barker | 2005-12-23 |
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The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Joseph Bell | 2005-09-08 |
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Murder by Numbers | Self | 2004-03-16 |
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The Bourne Supremacy | Ward Abbott | 2004-07-23 |
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The Reckoning | Tobias | 2004-02-26 |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
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Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? | Self | 2004-12-31 |
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Troy | King Agamemnon | 2004-05-13 |
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X2 | William Stryker | 2003-04-27 |
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | 2003-05-20 |
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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 Trials of Henry Kissinger | Self | 2002-09-25 |
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Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World | Narrator | 2002-11-19 |
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The Ring | Richard Morgan | 2002-10-18 |
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Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon | Narrator | 2002-02-05 |
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25th Hour | James Brogan | 2002-12-19 |
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Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch | Narrator | 2002-04-01 |
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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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Adaptation. | Robert McKee | 2002-12-06 |
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Bug | Cyr | 2002-02-28 |
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The Rookie | Jim Morris Sr. | 2002-03-25 |
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The Bourne Identity | Ward Abbott | 2002-06-14 |
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The Affair of the Necklace | Minister Breteuil | 2001-11-30 |
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L.I.E. | Big John Harrigan | 2001-09-07 |
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Super Troopers | Captain O'Hagen | 2001-02-15 |
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Inside 'Manhunter' | Himself | 2001-02-13 |
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Strictly Sinatra | Chisolm | 2001-06-29 |
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A Shot at Glory | Martin Smith | 2000-05-03 |
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Complicity | Inspector McDunn | 2000-05-06 |
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The Making of 'Rushmore' | Self | 2000-01-25 |
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Mad About Mambo | Sidney McLoughlin | 2000-04-04 |
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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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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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The Corruptor | Sean Wallace | 1999-03-12 |
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The History of the British Police Force | Narrator (voice) | 1999-09-27 |
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Battle of the Clans | Narrator | 1998-07-12 |
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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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Poodle Springs | Clayton Blackstone | 1998-07-25 |
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The Boxer | Joe Hamill | 1997-12-31 |
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Sharpe: The Legend | Hogan | 1997-10-13 |
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Kiss the Girls | Chief Hatfield, Durham PD | 1997-09-29 |
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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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Witness Against Hitler | Judge Freisler | 1996-03-10 |
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Chain Reaction | Lyman Earl Collier | 1996-08-02 |
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The Glimmer Man | Mr. Smith | 1996-10-04 |
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Braveheart | Argyle Wallace | 1995-05-24 |
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Rob Roy | Killearn | 1995-04-13 |
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Iron Will | Angus McTeague | 1994-01-14 |
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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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The Negotiator | Charlie King | 1994-05-31 |
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Prince of Jutland | Aethelwine | 1994-02-23 |
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Sharpe's Eagle | Major Michael Hogan | 1993-05-12 |
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Sharpe's Rifles | Major Michael Hogan | 1993-05-05 |
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The Cutter | 1992-08-10 | |
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The Lost Language of Cranes | Owen Benjamin | 1992-02-09 |
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The Cloning of Joanna May | Carl May | 1992-01-16 |
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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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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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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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The Blasphemers' Banquet | Rev. Wallace (voice) | 1989-07-31 |
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Regi Andrej Tarkovskij | Voiceover Narrator | 1988-09-23 |
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Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Jack Purves | 1988-05-15 |
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Rat in the Skull | Detective Inspector Nelson | 1987-01-01 |
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Shoot for the Sun | Dunny | 1987-03-16 |
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Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People | Narrator | 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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The Cantor of St Thomas's | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1985-04-07 |
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Florence Nightingale | Dr. McGregor | 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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Old Pals | Jimmy | |
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Wittgenstein's Poker | Bertrand Russell (voice) | |
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The Planets | ||
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A Modern Magician | The Voice |
