Brian Cox CBE

Actor: The Changeling, Riverside Studios, 5th – 30th September 1978; Titus Andronicus, Riverside Studios, 1989; The Master Builder, Riverside Studios, 10th November – 3rd December 1994

Actor Brian Cox CBE was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1946. After leaving the London Academy of Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 1965, he found employment with a variety of prestigious theatre companies and in small roles on television programmes including Z-Cars and the Wednesday Play. His profile grew throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s as he exceled in critically acclaimed productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Riverside Studios and the National Theatre. He is known today as much for his work on stage as for his prominent film and television roles, which include performances in Manhunter, Braveheart, The Bourne Identity, Running with Scissors, Zodiac, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and HBO’s Succession, for which he won a Golden Globe Award.

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Brian Cox visiting the new Riverside Studios under construction

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Brian Cox & Robert Bathurst at Riverside Studios

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Brian Cox visiting the new Riverside Studios under construction

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Brian Cox & Robert Bathurst at Riverside Studios

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