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Brian Cox

Born Jun 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, UK

Brian Denis Cox CBE is a Scottish actor who works in film, television and theatre. He has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He currently stars as media magnate Logan Roy on HBO's Succession. Cox is also known for appearing in Super Troopers, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, X2, Braveheart, Rushmore, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Troy.

Filmography

Shows & movies
Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter: Resurrection as The New York Ripper
1 season • 2025 • Continuing
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Drama, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery | 52m
Glenrothan
Glenrothan as Sandy
2025
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 37m
The Parenting
The Parenting as Frank
2025
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Comedy, Horror | 1h 40m
The Electric State
The Electric State as Pop Fly
2025
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Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | 2h 8m
Skelly
Skelly as Grandpa
2024
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Drama, Family | 1h 25m
That Christmas
That Christmas as Santa Claus
2024
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Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 1h 36m
Unsinkable (2024)
Unsinkable (2024) as Robert Dodds
1 season • 2024 • Continuing
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Drama, Adventure, Action, War
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Helm Hammerhand (voice)
2024
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Adventure, Anime, Fantasy | 2h 15m
Made of Money with Brian Cox
Made of Money with Brian Cox as Self
1 season • 2023 • Ended
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Documentary | 44m
Quasi
Quasi as Narrator (voice)
2023
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Comedy | 1h 57m
007: Road to a Million
007: Road to a Million as The Controller
2 seasons • 2023 • Continuing
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Game Show, Adventure, Action | 43m
Prisoner's Daughter
Prisoner's Daughter as Max
2023
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Drama, Family | 1h 38m
Mending the Line
Mending the Line
2023
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Drama | 2h 10m
The Independent
The Independent as Nicholas Booker
2022
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Drama, Thriller | 1h 48m
There Are No Saints
There Are No Saints
2022
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Action, Crime, Thriller | 1h 35m
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Blade Runner: Black Lotus as Niander Wallace Sr.
1 season • 2021 • Ended
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Science Fiction, Drama, Animation, Action, Thriller | 22m
Separation
Separation as Rivers
2021
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Horror | 1h 47m
Lawrence After Arabia
Lawrence After Arabia as Epilogue / Father (Voice)
2021
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Drama | 2h 6m
The Bay of Silence
The Bay of Silence as Milton
2020
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Drama, Thriller | 1h 50m
From Now
From Now as Hunter Fitz
1 season • 2020 • Ended
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Science Fiction, Horror, Family, Adventure, Action | 35m
Last Moment Of Clarity
Last Moment Of Clarity as Gilles
2020
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Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 1h 30m
Remember Me
Remember Me as Shane
2020
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Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1h 27m
Stargazing: Moon and Beyond
Stargazing: Moon and Beyond as Brian Cox
2019
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Documentary | 59m
The Last Right
The Last Right as Father Reilly
2020
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 46m
Pretenders
Pretenders as Henry
2019
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Drama | 1h 35m
Good Omens
Good Omens as Death
3 seasons • 2019 • Ended
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Fantasy, Comedy | 57m
Timelapse of the Entire Universe
Timelapse of the Entire Universe as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2018
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Documentary | 11m
Dark Highlands
Dark Highlands as Opening Narrator
2018
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Horror | 1h 25m
Widdershins
Widdershins as voice
2018
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Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction | 11m
Succession
Succession as Logan Roy
4 seasons • 2018 • Ended
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Drama, Comedy | 1h 1m
The Etruscan Smile
The Etruscan Smile as Rory MacNeil
2019
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Drama | 1h 43m
Super Troopers 2
Super Troopers 2 as Captain O'Hagan
2018
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Comedy, Crime | 1h 40m
Kubrick by Candlelight
Kubrick by Candlelight as The Narrator
2017
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Comedy, Romance | 18m
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation as Narrator
2017
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Documentary | 1h 4m
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines as Crunch
2017
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Animation, Comedy, Family | 59m
Churchill
Churchill as Winston Churchill
2017
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Drama, Thriller | 1h 46m
Medici
Medici as Bernardo Guadagni
3 seasons • 2016 • Ended
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Drama, Suspense, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | 55m
War & Peace (2016)
War & Peace (2016) as Mikhail Kutuzov
1 season • 2016 • Ended
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Mini-Series, Drama, Romance, History, War | 1h 3m
The Carer
The Carer as Sir Michael
2016
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Comedy | 1h 29m
Morgan
Morgan as Jim Bryce
2016
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Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | 1h 32m
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe as Tommy Tilden
2016
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Horror, Thriller | 1h 26m
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace as Andrew Carnegie (voice)
2015
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Documentary | 59m
Pacific Warriors
Pacific Warriors as Narrator
2015
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Documentary, Sport | 1h 33m
After Braveheart
After Braveheart as Narrator
1 season • 2015 • Ended
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Drama, Documentary | 1h
The Slap (US)
The Slap (US) as Manolis
1 season • 2015 • Ended
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Mini-Series, Drama | 45m
Forsaken
Forsaken as James McCurdy
2015
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Drama, Western | 1h 30m
Pixels
Pixels as Admiral Porter
2015
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Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction | 1h 45m
Scotland In A Day
Scotland In A Day
2014
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Comedy | 40m
The Game (2014)
The Game (2014) as Daddy
1 season • 2014 • Ended
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Mini-Series, Drama, Adventure, Suspense, Thriller | 59m
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live as Himself
2014
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Comedy, Documentary | 1h 36m
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python Live (Mostly) as Himself
2014
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Comedy | 2h 18m
The Anomaly
The Anomaly as Dr. Langham
2014
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Action, Science Fiction, Thriller | 1h 37m
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Brian Cox
2013
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Documentary, Science Fiction | 31m
Blumenthal
Blumenthal as Harold
2013
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Comedy | 1h 26m
Bob Servant Independent
Bob Servant Independent as Bob Servant
2 seasons • 2013 • Ended
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Comedy | 30m
The Curse of Edgar
The Curse of Edgar as Edgar Hoover
2013
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Drama | 1h 32m
Believe
Believe as Matt Busby
2013
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Drama | 1h 34m
An Adventure in Space and Time
An Adventure in Space and Time as Sydney Newman
2013
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Drama | 1h 23m
Mindscape
Mindscape as Sebastian
2013
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Thriller, Drama | 1h 39m
RED 2
RED 2 as Ivan
2013
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Action, Comedy | 1h 56m
Her
Her as Alan Watts (voice)
2014
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Drama, Romance, Science Fiction | 2h 6m
I Missed My Mother's Funeral
I Missed My Mother's Funeral as Old Man
2012
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Drama | 11m
Addicted to Pleasure
Addicted to Pleasure
1 season • 2012 • Ended
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Documentary | 1h
A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth as Ball
3 seasons • 2012 • Ended
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Crime, Comedy, Action, Thriller, Mystery | 45m
The Straits
The Straits as Harry Montebello
1 season • 2012 • Ended
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Drama, Crime | 1h
Blood
Blood as Lenny Fairburn
2012
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Drama, Thriller, Crime | 1h 32m
The Campaign
The Campaign as Raymond
2012
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Comedy | 1h 25m
The Sinking of the Laconia
The Sinking of the Laconia as Captain Sharp
1 season • 2011 • Ended
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Mini-Series, Drama, History, War | 1h 30m
A Night with the Stars
A Night with the Stars as Brian Cox
2011
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Documentary | 58m
The Key Man
The Key Man as Irving
2011
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Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Veteran
The Veteran as Gerry
2011
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Action, Thriller | 1h 38m
Exit Humanity
Exit Humanity as Malcolm Young (voice)
2011
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Drama, Horror | 1h 54m
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster as Glover
2011
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Crime, Drama | 1h 45m
Coriolanus
Coriolanus as Menenius
2011
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Drama, Thriller | 2h 35m
Ironclad
Ironclad as Albany
2011
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Adventure, Action | 2h 1m
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes as John Landon
2011
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Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | 1h 45m
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People as Brian Cox
2010
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Comedy, Musical | 2h 7m
On Expenses
On Expenses as Michael Martin - Speaker of the House of Commons
2010
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| 59m
As Good As Dead
As Good As Dead as Reverend Kalahan
2010
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Action, Adventure, Thriller | 1h 40m
RED
RED as Ivan Simanov
2010
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Action, Comedy | 1h 51m
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
The Day of the Triffids (2009) as Dennis Mason
1 season • 2009 • Ended
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Science Fiction, Mini-Series, Horror, Adventure, Action | 1h 30m
The Take
The Take as Ozzy
1 season • 2009 • Ended
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Mini-Series, Drama, Crime, Thriller | 1h
The Good Heart
The Good Heart as Jacques
2009
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Drama, Comedy | 1h 35m
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword as Green Dragon (voice)
2009
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Animation, Comedy, Family, Action, Fantasy | 1h 14m
Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale as Van Doren
2009
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Drama, Horror, Thriller | 1h 32m
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox as Action 12 Reporter
2009
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Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family | 1h 26m
Zodiac Deciphered
Zodiac Deciphered as himself
2008
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Documentary | 1h
Agent Crush
Agent Crush as Spanners (voice)
2008
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Animation, Adventure | 1h 33m
Shoot on Sight
Shoot on Sight as Daniel Tennant
2008
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Crime, Thriller, Drama | 1h 52m
Red
Red as Avery Ludlow
2008
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Drama, Thriller | 1h 33m
The Escapist
The Escapist as Frank Perry
2008
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Action, Thriller | 1h 42m
A Woman in Winter
A Woman in Winter as Dr. Hunt
2007
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| 1h 40m
The Secret of the Nutcracker
The Secret of the Nutcracker as Drosselmeyer
2007
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Family, Fantasy | 1h 27m
Battle for Terra
Battle for Terra as General Hemmer (voice)
2007
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Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction | 1h 25m
Trick 'r Treat
Trick 'r Treat as Mr. Kreeg
2007
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Horror, Thriller | 1h 22m
The Water Horse
The Water Horse as Old Angus
2007
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Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 1h 52m
Zodiac
Zodiac as Melvin Belli
2007
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Thriller | 2h 37m
X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy
X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy as Brian Cox
2006
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Documentary | 43m
The Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman as Douglas Baxter
2006
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Drama | 1h 36m
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors as Dr. Finch
2006
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 56m
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle as Joseph Bell
2005
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Drama, Documentary, Crime | 1h 30m
Hitler in Colour
Hitler in Colour as Narrator
2005
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Documentary | 1h 30m
Blue/Orange
Blue/Orange as Dr. Robert Smith
2005
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 30m
The Ringer
The Ringer as Gary Barker
2005
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Comedy | 1h 34m
Red Eye
Red Eye as Joe Reisert
2005
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Action, Thriller | 1h 25m
Match Point
Match Point as Alec Hewett
2005
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Crime, Drama, Thriller | 2h 4m
Games People Play
Games People Play as Brian Cox
2004
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Comedy | 1h 37m
Deadwood
Deadwood as Jack Langrishe
3 seasons • 2004 • Ended
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Drama, Crime, Western, History | 53m
Troy
Troy as King Agamemnon
2004
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Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 3h 16m
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy as Ward Abbott
2004
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Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 1h 48m
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 as Brian Cox
2003
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Documentary | 59m
Japan's War In Colour
Japan's War In Colour as Narrator
2003
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Documentary | 2h 31m
X2
X2 as William Stryker
2003
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Action, Science Fiction, Suspense | 2h 14m
Sin
Sin as Captain Oakes
2003
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1h 47m
The Reckoning
The Reckoning as Tobias
2003
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Crime, Drama | 1h 52m
Bug
Bug as Cyr
2002
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Comedy | 1h 26m
Adaptation.
Adaptation. as Robert McKee
2002
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Comedy, Crime, Drama | 1h 55m
25th Hour
25th Hour as James Brogan
2002
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Crime, Drama | 2h 15m
The Rookie
The Rookie as Jim Sr.
2002
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Drama, Family | 2h 8m
The Ring
The Ring as Richard Morgan
2002
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Horror, Mystery | 1h 55m
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity as Ward Abbott
2002
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Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 1h 59m
Legend of Loch Lomond
Legend of Loch Lomond as Narrator
2001
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Drama, Fantasy | 38m
Inside 'Manhunter'
Inside 'Manhunter' as Himself
2001
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Documentary | 17m
Strictly Sinatra
Strictly Sinatra as Chisolm
2001
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Drama, Action | 1h 37m
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace as Minister Breteuil
2001
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Drama | 1h 58m
L.I.E.
L.I.E. as Big John Harrigan
2001
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Drama, Crime | 1h 37m
Super Troopers
Super Troopers as Captain O'Hagan
2002
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Comedy, Crime | 1h 40m
The Invention of Dr. Morel
The Invention of Dr. Morel as Dr. Morel
2000
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Drama, Mystery | 22m
Nuremberg
Nuremberg as Hermann Göring
1 season • 2000 • Ended
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Drama, History, War | 1h 30m
Saltwater
Saltwater as George Beneventi
2000
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Drama | 1h 37m
Complicity
Complicity as Inspector McDunn
2000
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Thriller | 1h 40m
Mad About Mambo
Mad About Mambo as Sidney McLoughlin
2000
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Comedy | 1h 32m
A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory as Martin Smith
2000
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Drama | 1h 44m
The Minus Man
The Minus Man as Doug
1999
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Drama, Thriller | 1h 51m
The Corruptor
The Corruptor as Sean Wallace
1999
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Action, Crime, Thriller | 1h 50m
For Love of the Game
For Love of the Game as Gary Wheeler
1999
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Drama, Sport | 2h 17m
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs as Clayton Blackstone
1998
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Crime | 1h 32m
Merchants of Venus
Merchants of Venus as Uncle Vladimir
1998
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Comedy | 1h 18m
Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
1998
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Action, Drama, Thriller | 1h 40m
Rushmore
Rushmore as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
1999
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Comedy, Drama | 1h 33m
Albert Camus: The Madness of Sincerity
Albert Camus: The Madness of Sincerity as Narrator
1997
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Documentary | 1h 25m
Food for Ravens
Food for Ravens as Nye Bevan
1997
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History, Drama | 1h 25m
The Boxer
The Boxer as Joe Hamill
1997
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Drama | 1h 54m
Kiss the Girls
Kiss the Girls as Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
1997
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Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1h 55m
The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man as Mr. Smith
1996
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Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 1h 32m
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction as Lyman Earl Collier
1996
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Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller | 1h 47m
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight as Dr. Nathan Waldman
1996
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Crime, Action, Thriller | 2h 1m
Rob Roy
Rob Roy as Killearn
1995
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Adventure, Drama, History | 2h 19m
Braveheart
Braveheart as Argyle Wallace
1995
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Drama, History, War | 2h 58m
Grushko
Grushko as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
1995
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Crime, Thriller
Royal Deceit
Royal Deceit as Aethelwine
1994
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Drama, Adventure | 1h 25m
Iron Will
Iron Will as Angus McTeague
1994
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Adventure, Family | 1h 48m
The Eyes of Vichy
The Eyes of Vichy as Narrator (English version)
2010
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Documentary, War | 1h 50m
Sharpe
Sharpe as Major Hogan
7 seasons • 1993 • Ended
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Drama, Adventure, Action, History, War | 1h 34m
Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Eagle as Major Michael Hogan
1993
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Action, Adventure | 1h 38m
Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe's Rifles as Major Michael Hogan
1993
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Action, Adventure | 1h 42m
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Six Characters in Search of An Author as The Director
1992
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The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes as Owen Benjamin
1992
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Drama | 1h 27m
Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon as Andrew Neil
1990
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History, Drama | 1h 35m
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda as Peter Kerrigan
1990
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Drama, Thriller | 1h 48m
Murder on the Moon
Murder on the Moon as Voronov
1989
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Science Fiction | 1h 40m
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky as Voiceover Narrator
2016
TVT Rating
Documentary | 1h 42m
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Jock Purves
1988
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Drama | 3h 12m
Rat in the Skull
Rat in the Skull as Detective Inspector Nelson
1987
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Drama | 1h 24m
Manhunter
Manhunter as Hannibal Lecter
1988
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Drama, Horror, Thriller | 2h
The Cantor of St Thomas's
The Cantor of St Thomas's as Johann Sebastian Bach
1985
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Musical
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II as Father Góra
1985
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| 2h 30m
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale as Dr. McGregor
1985
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Drama | 2h 20m
King Lear
King Lear as Burgundy
1983
TVT Rating
Drama | 2h 38m
The Silent Scream
The Silent Scream as Chuck
1980
TVT Rating
Horror | 1h
Out
Out as McGrath
1 season • 1978 • Ended
TVT Rating
Drama | 1h
In Celebration
In Celebration as Steven Shaw
1975
TVT Rating
| 2h 11m
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra as Trotsky
1971
TVT Rating
Drama | 3h 9m
Old Pals
Old Pals as Jimmy
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Comedy