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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 nominations for Misalliance (1986) and Fashion (1988). Known as a character actor in film, he played Robert McKee in Spike Jonze's Adaptation (2002) and William Stryker in X2 (2003). For his starring role in L.I.E. (2001), he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. His other notable films include Manhunter (1986), Iron Will (1994), Braveheart (1995), The Boxer (1997), The Rookie (2002), Troy (2004), Match Point (2005), The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007), Coriolanus (2011), Pixels (2015), and Churchill (2017). 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 the HBO series Succession (2018-2023), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Brian Cox
Dr. Adam Fenix
for Dr. Adam Fenix in Tony Scott's Gears of War
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Sergeant Marcus Fenix finally returns home to a planet at peace—only for the ground to split open after 79 years of war. A subterranean army called the Locust Horde erupts across the world, killing billions. Marcus loses his best friend Dom Santiago’s entire family in the attack, including Dom’s wife Maria. Forced to retreat to the last human stronghold of Jacinto, Marcus must confront his estranged father Adam, a scientist who secretly knows the Locust come from the Hollow—and that he sent Marcus’s mother there to die. When Adam is trapped underground, Marcus disobeys orders to rescue him, leading to a final stand where the Hammer of Dawn rains fire from the sky. Adam dies in Marcus’s arms, having finally said he’s sorry. But as Marcus is marched to prison for his defiance, General Raam watches from the shadows. The war has only begun.
