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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.
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Billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne becomes a vigilante known as The Batman teams up with Homicidal detective James Gordon as they hunt a meticulous serial killer. The murderer, later identified as Edward Nygma aka The Riddler, executes his victims using elaborate, gruesome methods inspired by the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, lust, pride, envy, and wrath, leaving hints for Batman to track him down. As the bodies pile up in a bleak, perpetually rainy, Gotham, the detectives use literary clues from Nygma's riddles to track , only for him to unexpectedly turn himself in with two sins left to complete. Imprisoned in Arkham, Nygma reveals his final trap: explosives placed along Gotham’s seawalls detonate. The resulting water completely floods the city. As water pours into the streets, displaced citizens seek shelter at the indoor arena, Gotham Square Garden. Hidden in the rafters are several radicalized followers of the Riddler, armed with rifles to assassinate the newly elected D.A., Harvey Dent. Batman and Catwoman arrive at the arena just in time. Batman drops from the ceiling to fight off the snipers and protect the crowd, though he takes heavy gunfire and physical abuse. During the chaos, a live high-voltage electrical tower crashes into the flooded, shoulder-deep water where hundreds of terrified citizens are trapped. Risking his life, Batman cuts the dangling cable with a Batarang, absorbing a severe electrical jolt and plunging into the water. Batman emerges from the submerged ruins, ignites a red flare, and physically guides the surviving citizens through the water to safety.
