Portrait of Alan Cox

Acting

Alan Cox

Career

Active from 1976 to 2026, busiest in 2002 and 2011 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Voyage Round My Father
A Voyage Round My Father
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alan Cox Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    4.0, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 55
Glenrothan
Glenrothan (2026)
GoodWatch score 34

as James

The Man with the Plan
The Man with the Plan (2026)

as The Devil

Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Dante: Inferno to Paradise (2024)

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Magic Mike's Last Dance
Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)
GoodWatch score 52

as Roger Rattigan

The Gold
The Gold (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Henry

Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine (2021)

as Kurt

2010s

8 titles · average score 49
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show · as Lyle Redmond

Say My Name
Say My Name (2018)
GoodWatch score 54

as Father Donald Davies

Before We Go
Before We Go (2014)
GoodWatch score 47

as Rich Guy

Lucan
Lucan (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Ian Maxwell-Scott

The Dictator
The Dictator (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

as BP Executive

The Speed of Thought
The Speed of Thought (2011)
GoodWatch score 35

as Alexei

Act Naturally
Act Naturally (2011)
GoodWatch score 53

as Cory Beck

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker (2010)
GoodWatch score 23

as Gielgud (voice)

2000s

12 titles · average score 66
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Douglas

Margaret
Margaret (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

as Gordon Reece

John Adams
John Adams (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as William Maclay

August
August (2008)
GoodWatch score 41

as Barton

M.I. High
M.I. High (2007)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as David DeHaverland

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006)

as Cuthbert

Not Only But Always
Not Only But Always (2004)
GoodWatch score 70

as Alan Bennett

Ladies in Lavender
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
GoodWatch score 65

as Obsequious Man

Justice
Justice (2003)

as Palm Sunday

Die Wasserfälle von Slunj
Die Wasserfälle von Slunj (2002)

as Donald Clayton

The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)

as Richard Owen

Cor, Blimey!
Cor, Blimey! (2000)
GoodWatch score 70

as Orsino

1990s

10 titles · average score 63
The Auteur Theory
The Auteur Theory (1999)
GoodWatch score 42

as George Sand

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dmitri

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Stephen Bannerman

Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
GoodWatch score 65

as Young Peter

The Odyssey
The Odyssey (1997)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Elpenor

The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line (1995)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Bob Tough

An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
GoodWatch score 50

as Geoffrey

Crown Prosecutor
Crown Prosecutor (1995)

TV show · as David Ellery

Adam Bede
Adam Bede (1992)
GoodWatch score 58

as Seth Bede

Death of a Schoolboy
Death of a Schoolboy (1990)

as The Anarchist

1980s

5 titles · average score 69
Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Joshua

Young Sherlock Holmes
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

as John Watson

A Voyage Round My Father
A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

as Son as Boy

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1983)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Young John Reed

If You Go Down in the Woods Today
If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981)

as Cub Scout

1970s

2 titles · average score 76
Shoestring
Shoestring (1979)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as John

A Divorce
A Divorce (1976)

TV show · as Jason