Brian Denis Cox is a Scottish film and theater actor, director and producer. The commander of the British Empire. For a long time he performed on the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theater. Patron of the Scottish Youth Theater. Rector of Dundee University and Honorary Doctor of the University of Napier in Edinburgh. The fame was brought to the actor by the films: "The Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy", "X-Men 2", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Doctor Who".
Cox is one of the most famous and famous Scottish actors. His creative biography began in 1971, and until today, Brian continues to shoot in new projects, conducts active public and teaching activities. He has accounted for more than two hundred roles in film and television. Also, for six seasons (from 1993 to 2003), he participated in the filming and was the director of the drama crime series “Prison OZ.” Produced the film “Prison Break” in 2008.
Cox is one of the first actors to embody the image of the famous Hannibal Lector in the movie "The Manhunter", based on T. Harris's novel "The Red Dragon" in 1986.
Despite his already advanced age, Brian continues his creative career and starred in new projects. In 2019, his new works in films and series will appear on the screens: “Bay of silence”, “Surprisingly, but true”, “Good intentions”.
early years
Brian was born in the summer of 1946 in the town of Dundee in a large family. The boy was the youngest of six children. To support a large family, father and mother worked constantly, and the children almost did not see them. Close relatives mainly engaged in the upbringing of the children, as far as their strength and capabilities were, because each of them also had their own family and children.
Back in his school years, Brian began to get involved in creativity and once with his friends he got to the local theater, where they recruited young actors. A complete surprise for the boy was the proposal to play a small role in the next performance. With his stage performance and natural talent, he attracted the attention of the director and immediately got a few more after the first role. As a result, Brian performed on the stage of the theater throughout the season and gradually decided to devote his whole future life to art. So began the creative biography of the future famous actor.
Theater and film career
After school, Cox goes to London, where he begins to study at the Academy of Dramatic Art and Music. In his student years, in order to earn a living, Brian begins to look for a job in theaters and on television. Soon, he already plays his small roles in London theaters and television series.
One of the first serious roles in the movie, Brian gets in the film "Nikolai and Alexander", which embodies the image of Leon Trotsky on the screen. The film was a huge success and Cox immediately began to receive suggestions for further work, but the young actor decides to continue working in the theater, leaving the cinema for several years.
Three years later, Cox, after a successful career on the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theater, returns to the cinema. He moves from London to America, where he begins to actively star in new projects, but also occasionally performs on Broadway. Cox decides to finally leave the theater after the successful role of Hannibal Lector in the film "Manhunter."
Brian Cox’s further career in cinema is full of many diverse roles in the films: Bell, Nuremberg, Braveheart, Falsehood, Troy, Zodiac, Iron Knight, Match Point, RED ", " Adaptation ", " Identification of Bourne "and many others.
He received well-deserved recognition of film critics and viewers. Cox has been nominated for many awards, including an Emmy, Satellite Awards, and a prize from the United States Institute of Motion Picture Arts. For his work in the theater, he received one of the most prestigious Laurence Olivier Prizes.
