Brian Cox is a Scottish actor known for his performances on stage and screen, for which he has received two BAFTA Awards, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Olivier Awards.
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 HBO series Succession (2018–2023), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Cox trained as a Shakespearean actor, starring in numerous productions with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his roles in Rat in the Skull (1984) for the Royal Court and Titus Andronicus (1988) for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He received two more Olivier Award nominations for Misalliance and Fashion.
Major associations Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie Nuremberg 2002 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Adaptation 2006Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Deadwood 2021Succession Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 2023 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result BAFTA Television Awards 1993 Best ActorThe Lost Language of Cranes 2024Succession BAFTA Scotland Awards 1995 Best Actor in a FilmRob Roy 2004Outstanding Achievement Award 2008 Best Acting Performance in Film The Escapist 2016 Best Actor - Film The Carer 2022 Audience Award Succession
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2001 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nuremberg 2002 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier 2020Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesSuccession (episode: "Hunting") 2022 Succession (episode: "All the Bells Say") 2023 Succession (episode: "Rehearsal") 2025 Outstanding Commercial "Brian Cox Goes to College" (with Uber)
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nuremberg 2020Best Actor – Television Series DramaSuccession 2022 2024
Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1984Actor of the Year in a New PlayRat in the Skull 1986Best Comedy PerformanceMisalliance 1988Actor of the Year in a RevivalTitus Andronicus Actor of the Year in a New PlayFashion
Theater Year Award Category Work Result 1984 British Theatre Association Drama Awarda Best Actor Strange Interlude Critics' Circle Theatre Awards Best Actor Strange Interlude, Rat in the Skull 1987 British Theatre Association Drama Awards Best Actor The Taming of the Shrew Critics' Circle Theatre Awards Best Actor The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, Fashion1998 Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Lead Actor St. Nicholas Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Play Outer Critics Circle AwardsOutstanding Solo Performance
Miscellaneous awards Year Award Category Work Result 2001 Gemini Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nuremberg 2001 Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Supporting ActorNuremberg 2002 AFI Awards Featured Male Actor of the Year - Movies L.I.E.Boston Society of Film CriticsBest ActorSatellite AwardsBest Actor – Motion Picture DramaDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActorFilm Independent Spirit AwardsBest Male LeadNational Society of Film CriticsBest Supporting ActorNew York Film Critics CircleBest Supporting Actor Chlotrudris Awards Best Supporting Actor Awards Circuit Community AwardsBest Cast Ensemble Adaptation. 2003 Gold Derby Awards Best Ensemble Cast 2003 Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Ensemble 2003 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Acting Ensemble 2003 Teen Choice AwardsChoice Movie VillainX2 2005 London Critics Circle Film Awards British Supporting Actor of the Year Troy 2006 Empire Awards Icon Award 2007Satellite AwardsBest Supporting Actor – Motion PictureZodiac 2008 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor Red 2009Fright Meter AwardsBest Supporting ActorTrick 'r Treat 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival Best Actor - Feature Film The Good Heart 2011 Edda Awards Actor of the Year 2016 Stony Brook Film FestivalCareer Achievement Award United International Film Festival Best Narrator Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace 2018 Boston Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast The Etruscan Smile 2019 Overcome Film Festival Jury Prize - Best Voice Actor A Modern Magician Satellite AwardsBest Actor – Television Series Drama Succession IGN Summer Movie Awards Best TV Ensemble Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series 2020Gold Derby Awards Best Drama Actor International Online Cinema Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque Diamond Award - Best Narrator A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur 2021 New Media Film Festival Festival Award
See also List of Brian Cox performances References