Acting
Brian Cox
- Titles
- 195movies98TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 10 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 113top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 142 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics3.6average 2.6
- Crime4.6average 3.7
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
- Mystery4.6average 4.1
- Family Dynamics5.1average 4.7
- Historical3.0average 2.6
- Melancholy5.1average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age2.3, average 2.9
- Pop Culture1.7, average 2.2
- Romance3.3, average 3.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 18
- Political Intrigue 11
- Psychological Thriller 10
- Moral Ambiguity 9
- Historical Drama 8
- Character Study 6
- Gritty Realism 6
- Moral Dilemma 6
- Coming-of-Age 6
- Contemporary Realism 6
- Redemption 6
- Underdog Story 5
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nicole Ansari-CoxActorAs Good As Dead, A Woman in Winter, Blumenthal, The Invention of Dr. Morel, Lawrence After Arabia
Sean BeanActorTroy, Pixels, Sharpe, Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Eagle
James PurefoyActorIronclad, Churchill, The Cloning of Joanna May, The Cloning of Joanna May
John HurtActorRob Roy, King Lear, Red Fox, Six Characters in Search of An Author
Richard RiehleActorDesperate Measures, Iron Will, Red
Assumpta SernaActorSharpe, Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Eagle
John TamsActorSharpe, Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Eagle
Jason SalkeyActorSharpe, Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Eagle
Paul SoterActorSuper Troopers, Quasi, Super Troopers 4
Jay ChandrasekharActorSuper Troopers, Quasi, Super Troopers 4
Steve LemmeActorSuper Troopers, Quasi, Super Troopers 4
Jason FlemyngActorIronclad, Rob Roy, A Woman in Winter
Movies and TV shows
162020s
1 title · average score 84
84
Dexter: Resurrection (2025)
TV show · as The New York Ripper
2010s
5 titles · average score 74
88
Succession (2018)
TV show · as Logan Roy
84
War and Peace (2016)
TV show · as Mikhail Kutuzov
58
The Slap (2015)
TV show · as Manolis
The Great War: The People's Story (2014)
TV show · as Rev. Andrew Clark
66
The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)
TV show · as Captain Sharp
2000s
4 titles · average score 77
70
Kings (2009)
TV show · as King Vesper Abaddon
88
Deadwood (2004)
TV show · as Jack Langrishe
One Life (2003)
TV show
73
Nuremberg (2000)
TV show · as Herman Wilhelm Goering
1990s
1 title
The Big Battalions (1992)
TV show · as Edward Hoyland
1980s
2 titles · average score 64
Unnatural Causes (1986)
TV show · as Vic
64
Therese Raquin (1980)
TV show · as Laurent
1970s
3 titles · average score 72
The Devil's Crown (1978)
TV show · as Henry II of England
72
Play for Today (1970)
TV show · as Dr. Gillespie
73
Manhunt (1970)
TV show · as Anton