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Full Brian Cox Biography
Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born June 1, 1946) is a BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated Scottish actor. He is notable for being the first actor to play Hannibal Lecter, a role he took in the Michael Mann film Manhunter, and for playing William Stryker in the superhero film X-Men 2.
Cox was trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He made his first television appearance as an extra in several episodes of The Prisoner in 1967 before taking a lead role in The Year of the Sex Olympics the next year. 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. His first film appearance was as Leon Trotsky in Nicholas and Alexandra in 1971. During the production of Manhunter, while he was playing Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins was playing King Lear on stage at the National Theatre. 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 Theatre.
His son, Alan Cox, is also an actor, best known for his role in Young Sherlock Holmes. Cox is a diabetic and has worked to promote a diabetes research facility in his home town of Dundee. The producers of Super Troopers found this out the hard way, as one scene called for Cox to eat a white chocolate prop that resembled a bar of soap. Production was halted until a sugar-free substitute could be found. |
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