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Profile of Brian Cox
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1st June 1946 |
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Dundee, Scotland, UK |
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Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born June 1, 1946) is a Scottish actor (at least partially of Irish Catholic extraction), notable for being the first person to play Hannibal Lecter, a role he took in the Michael Mann film Manhunter (1986).
Cox was born in Dundee, Scotland and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His first television role was in "Year of the Sex Olympics". In 1978, he played King Henry II of England in the acclaimed BBC2 drama serial, The Devil's Crown, following which he starred in many other television dramas. One of his first film appearances, in 1971, was as Leon Trotsky in Nicholas and Alexandra. In 1995, he appeared in both Rob Roy and Braveheart. His notable recent films include L.I.E., The Ring, X2, Troy and The Bourne Supremacy.
He played Daphne Moon (played by Jane Leeves)'s father in Frasier.
Selected Filmography
- Zodiac (2006)
- Running with Scissors (2006)
- Red Eye (2005)
- Match Point (2005)
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
- Troy (2004)
- X2 (2003)
- 25th Hour (2002)
- Adaptation. (2002)
- The Ring (2002)
- The Bourne Identity (2002)
- The Rookie (2002)
- The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
- L.I.E. (2001)
- Super Troopers (2001)
- The Corruptor (1999)
- The Minus Man (1999)
- Rushmore (1998)
- Desperate Measures (1998)
- Kiss the Girls (1997)
- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
- The Glimmer Man (1996)
- Chain Reaction (1996)
- Braveheart (1995)
- Rob Roy (1995)
- Manhunter (1986)
- King Lear (1984) (TV)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Trivia
- Cox is a diabetic and has worked to promote a diabetes research facility in his home town of Dundee, Scotland.
- During the production of Manhunter, while he was playing Hannibal Lecktor, Anthony Hopkins was playing King Lear on stage at the National Theater. Years later, during the production of The Silence of the Lambs, when Hopkins took over as Hannibal Lecter, Cox was playing King Lear at the National Theater.
- He also provided the voice of the demented anatagonist, The Director, in the controversial video-game Man Hunt, created by the creators of the Grand Theft Auto series which shares a similar name with Manhunter and parallels with various other movies.
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