Brian Cox
Actor · Director
Known for X2, The Parenting and That Christmas.
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Doctor Who
Overview
Brian Cox, a Scottish actor and director, played William Stryker in X2 (2003). Elsewhere, Cox has appeared in The Parenting (2025) as Frank, That Christmas (2024) as Santa Claus and The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) as Helm. Cox was born in Dundee, United Kingdom on June 1, 1946.
Quick Facts
- Known for
- X2, The Parenting, That Christmas
- Occupation
- Actor, Director
- Also known as
- Brian Denis Cox
- Born
- June 1, 1946 in Dundee, United Kingdom
- Credits listed
- 12 (2003–2025)
- Official links
Film & Television Credits
- 2025 The Parenting as Frank IMDb ↗
- 2024 That Christmas as Santa Claus IMDb ↗
- 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Helm IMDb ↗
- 2018 Succession as Logan Roy IMDb ↗
- 2016 War and Peace as Mikhail Kutuzov IMDb ↗
- 2016 Medici: Masters of Florence as Bernardo Guadagni IMDb ↗
- 2015 Pixels as Admiral Porter IMDb ↗
- 2011 Ironclad as William d’Aubigné IMDb ↗
- 2010 On Expenses as Michael Martin IMDb ↗
- 2007 Zodiac as Melvin Mouron Belli IMDb ↗
- 2007 The Water Horse as Older Angus MacMorrow IMDb ↗
- 2003 X2 as William Stryker IMDb ↗
Connections
Family & partners
- Child
- Alan Cox
Worked with
- X2
- Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Famke Janssen, Shawn Ashmore, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming
- War and Peace
- Paul Dano
- Ironclad
- Paul Giamatti