Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor who works
in film, television and theatre. He has worked extensively 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 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.An
Olivier Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, Cox has also been
nominated for a BAFTA and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2006,
Empire readers voted him the recipient of the Empire Icon Award.Cox
was born in Dundee, the youngest of five children. He is from a
working-class Roman Catholic family, of Irish and Scottish descent.
His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline (née McCann), was a spinner who
worked in the jute mills and suffered several nervous breakdowns
during Cox's childhood. His father, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was
a police officer and later a shopkeeper, and died when Cox was eight
years old. Cox was brought up by his three elder sisters who includes
Betty born in 1930 with whom Cox has remained close. He joined the
Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of 14.
in film, television and theatre. He has worked extensively 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 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.An
Olivier Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, Cox has also been
nominated for a BAFTA and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2006,
Empire readers voted him the recipient of the Empire Icon Award.Cox
was born in Dundee, the youngest of five children. He is from a
working-class Roman Catholic family, of Irish and Scottish descent.
His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline (née McCann), was a spinner who
worked in the jute mills and suffered several nervous breakdowns
during Cox's childhood. His father, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was
a police officer and later a shopkeeper, and died when Cox was eight
years old. Cox was brought up by his three elder sisters who includes
Betty born in 1930 with whom Cox has remained close. He joined the
Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of 14.
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