Her
2013 • as Alan Watts (voice)
Brian Cox
Known for Acting · 69 titles on FreeFlix
Brian Cox is credited on FreeFlix as an actor, with TMDB listing their main department as Acting. Their catalogue-connected work here covers 56 films and 13 TV titles.
The titles drawing the most attention are Her (2013), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), The Simpsons (1989) and Zodiac (2007).
Across that filmography the recurring genres are comedy, drama, action — these are genres calculated from their credits, not an official label.
Biography
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…
Biography supplied by TMDB.
Known For
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 • as John Landon
The Simpsons
1989 • TV • as Kostas Becker (voice)
Zodiac
2007 • as Melvin Belli
Troy
2004 • as Agamemnon
Braveheart
1995 • as Argyle Wallace
X2
2003 • as William Stryker
The Bourne Identity
2002 • as Ward Abbott
Brian Cox Movies
Her
2013 • as Alan Watts (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 • as John Landon
Zodiac
2007 • as Melvin Belli
Troy
2004 • as Agamemnon
Braveheart
1995 • as Argyle Wallace
X2
2003 • as William Stryker
The Bourne Identity
2002 • as Ward Abbott
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 • as Ward Abbott (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bourne Supremacy
2004 • as Ward Abbott
Pixels
2015 • as Admiral Porter
RED
2010 • as Ivan Simanov
The Ring
2002 • as Richard Morgan
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 • as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016 • as Tommy Tilden
Match Point
2005 • as Alec Hewett
RED 2
2013 • as Ivan
TV Credits
The Simpsons
1989 • TV • as Kostas Becker (voice)
Good Omens
2019 • TV • as Death (voice)
Succession
2018 • TV • as Logan Roy
Frasier
1993 • TV • as Harry Moon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • TV • as Self
Penny Dreadful
2014 • TV • as Jared Talbot
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • TV • as Self - Guest
Deadwood
2004 • TV • as Jack Langrishe
Top Gear
2002 • TV • as Self
Shetland
2013 • TV • as Magnus Bain
Medici: Masters of Florence
2016 • TV • as Bernardo Guadagni
War and Peace
2016 • TV • as Mikhail Kutuzov
Genres associated with their filmography
Calculated from the 69 catalogue titles above — these are the genres their work most often falls under, not an official classification.
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Further credits
Smaller or less widely rated credits, listed for completeness.
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
- Nuremberg (2000)
- Sharpe (1993)
- Kings (2009)
- The Take (2009)
- The Colour of Magic (2008)
- The Game (2014)
- The Independent (2022)
- Bug (2002)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
- Hidden Agenda (1990)
- L.I.E. (2001)
- Longitude (2000)
- Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
- The Good Heart (2009)
- The Reckoning (2004)
- The Flying Scotsman (2006)
- Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
- The Parenting (2025)