 Born in Dundee on 1 June 1946, Brian Cox is a stage-trained actor whose film work has been mainly either for TV, including The Lost Language of Cranes (BBC, 1991) and Sharpe (ITV, 1993), or in America, where he has appeared in such films as Manhunter (US, d. Michael Mann, 1986, as the first Hannibal Lecktor), The Long Kiss Goodnight (US, d. Renny Harlin, 1996) and Rushmore (US, d. Wes Anderson, 1997). In his first wholly British film, In Celebration (UK/Canada, dir. Lindsay Anderson, 1974), he repeated his stage role from David Storey's play, and he had important roles in Ken Loach's Hidden Agenda (1990) and Jim Sheridan's The Boxer (UK/Ireland/US, 1997). His son is actor Alan Cox (b.1970), seen in Mrs Dalloway (UK/Netherlands/US, d. Marleen Gorris, 1997). Brian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of British Film
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