Brian Cox
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Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He has also appeared in many Hollywood productions playing parts such as Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore and William Stryker in X2. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 production Manhunter.
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Strange But True (2019)
As: Bill
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Rowan Athale
Stars: Brian Cox | Blythe Danner | Amy Ryan | Margaret Qualley | Nick Robinson
The Bay of Silence (2019)
As: Milton
Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son's suspected murder, only to discover the devastating truth behind her past links her to another unsolved crime.
Directed by: Paula van der Oest
Stars: Brian Cox | Assaad Bouab | Alice Krige | Olga Kurylenko | Claes Bang
Remember Me (2019)
As: Shane
After discovering his old flame now has Alzheimer's, a hopelessly in love widower fakes his way into her senior living community in an effort to reunite with her.
Directed by: Martín Rosete
Stars: Brian Cox | Sienna Guillory | Bruce Dern | Verónica Forqué | Caroline Silhol
Super Troopers 2 (2018)
As: Captain O'Hagan
When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva, are called in to set up a new Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
Stars: Jay Chandrasekhar | Kevin Heffernan | Paul Soter | Erik Stolhanske | Steve Lemme
The Etruscan Smile (2018)
Directed by: Mihal Brezis | Oded Binnun
Stars: Brian Cox | Thora Birch | Peter Coyote | Tim Matheson | J. J. Feild
Pretenders (2017)
A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.
Directed by: James Franco
Stars: Brian Cox | James Franco | Juno Temple | Jane Levy | Shameik Moore
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines (2017)
As: Crunch
Join Bob the Builder and the team in their biggest build ever!
Runtime: 59 min.
Directed by: Stuart Evans | Colleen Morton
Stars: Brian Cox | Lee Ingleby | Joanne Froggatt
Churchill (2017)
As: Winston Churchill
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Teplitzky
Stars: Brian Cox | Miranda Richardson | Richard Durden | Julian Wadham | John Slattery
Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation (2017)
As: Narrator
Faced by the 2011 earthquake, the fanatical supporters of J-League underdogs Vegalta Sendai challenged their team to win in the name of their fallen friends. The partnership they forged would capture the imagination of the footballing world.
Runtime: 64 min.
Directed by: Douglas Hurcombe | Geoff Trodd
Stars: Brian Cox
Morgan (2016)
As: Jim Bryce
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Luke Scott
Stars: Kate Mara | Toby Jones | Boyd Holbrook | Rose Leslie | Anya Taylor-Joy
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
As: Tommy Tilden
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: André Øvredal
Stars: Brian Cox | Ophelia Lovibond | Michael McElhatton | Emile Hirsch | Olwen Catherine Kelly
The Carer (2016)
As: Sir Michael
Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an incurable disease, and has one desire: be left alone. When Dorottya becomes his carer they both hope their wish will be fulfilled.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: János Edelényi
Stars: Brian Cox | Emilia Fox | Anna Chancellor | Roger Moore | Coco König
Forsaken (2016)
As: James McCurdy
John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jon Cassar
Stars: Brian Cox | Kiefer Sutherland | Donald Sutherland | Demi Moore | Siobhan Williams
Pacific Warriors (2015)
As: Narrator
An insight into the origins and stories of Pacific Island rugby teams such as Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. This documentary explores the backgrounds of a wide variety of players, past and present.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: James Marquand
Stars: Brian Cox
Pixels (2015)
As: Admiral Porter
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Josh Gad | Peter Dinklage | Michelle Monaghan | Adam Sandler | Kevin James
The Jesuit (2014)
A man nicknamed "the Jesuit," is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa
Stars: Tommy Flanagan | Shannyn Sossamon | Tim Roth | Ron Perlman | Karla Souza
The Anomaly (2014)
As: Dr. Langham
A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has less than 10 minutes to figure out how he got there.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Noel Clarke
Stars: Alexis Knapp | Noel Clarke | Ian Somerhalder | Luke Hemsworth | Michael Bisping
Her (2013)
As: Alan Watts (voice)
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix | Olivia Wilde | Amy Adams | Rooney Mara | Scarlett Johansson
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
As: Sydney Newman
This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen. Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Terry McDonough
Stars: Brian Cox | Sacha Dhawan | Lesley Manville | David Bradley | Jessica Raine
The Curse of Edgar (2013)
As: Edgar Hoover
Based on the bestselling novel by Marc Dugain, this original docudrama weaves unique archival footage within a fictional story and sheds a new light on J. Edgar Hoover. This film reveals the FBI director's battle to retain power from the Kennedy clan. From 1960 and 1963, two ideals of America come face to face and two sets of morals clash. Clyde Tolson, Hoover's right-hand man and secret lover, is the last ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Marc Dugain
Stars: Brian Cox | Francis Huster | Anthony Higgins | Keith Hill | Razvan Hîncu
Mindscape (2013)
As: Sebastian
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Jorge Dorado
Stars: Brian Cox | Richard Dillane | Mark Strong | Saskia Reeves | Taissa Farmiga
Believe (2013)
As: Matt Busby
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: David Scheinmann
Stars: Brian Cox | Kate Ashfield | Natascha McElhone | Toby Stephens | Anne Reid
Blumenthal (2013)
As: Harold Blumenthal
A comedy that follows the relatives of Harold Blumethal, a legendary playwright who made his career parodying his family in his work and died laughing at his own joke.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Seth Fisher
Stars: Brian Cox | Laila Robins | Mark Blum | Fred Melamed | Seth Fisher
Edwin Boyd (2013)
As: Glover
Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Nathan Morlando
Stars: Kelly Reilly | Kevin Durand | Scott Speedman | Joseph Cross | Brendan Fletcher
RED 2 (2013)
As: Ivan
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Dean Parisot
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones | Helen Mirren | Bruce Willis | John Malkovich | Anthony Hopkins
Blood (2012)
As: Lenny Fairburn
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Nick Murphy
Stars: Brian Cox | Stephen Graham | Mark Strong | Paul Bettany | Zoë Tapper
The Campaign (2012)
As: Raymond
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Jay Roach
Stars: Will Ferrell | Zach Galifianakis | Jason Sudeikis | Dylan McDermott | Sarah Baker
Coriolanus (2012)
As: Menenius
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues. When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius. Together, the pair vow to destroy the ...
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Gerard Butler | Jessica Chastain | Ashraf Barhom | Lubna Azabal
I Missed My Mother's Funeral (2012)
As: Old Man
Brian Cox and Brendan Cowell star as father and son sharing a final tender moment. A gentle and understated film.
Runtime: 11 min.
Directed by: Ben Quinn
Stars: Brian Cox | Anamaria Marinca | Brendan Cowell
Exit Humanity (2011)
As: Malcolm Young (voice)
A decade after the American Civil War, Edward Young returns home from a hunting trip to find a horrific reanimation of his wife and that their son Adam has disappeared. He must battle his way through an unexplainable outbreak of the walking dead.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: John Geddes
Stars: Brian Cox | Jordan Hayes | Dee Wallace | Bill Moseley | Mark Gibson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
As: John Landon
Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects – especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Stars: Brian Cox | Andy Serkis | Freida Pinto | James Franco | John Lithgow
The Veteran (2011)
As: Gerry
Soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan unable to fit back into society. Living on a violent council estate and finding work in undercover surveillance, he becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are intrinsically tied to a suspected terrorist cell. Taking the situation into his own hands, Robert embarks on a brutal quest for justice, with devastating consequences.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Matthew Hope
Stars: Brian Cox | Tony Curran | Toby Kebbell | Tom Brooke | Ashley Bashy Thomas
Ironclad (2011)
As: Albany
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country ...
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Jonathan English
Stars: Brian Cox | Jason Flemyng | Paul Giamatti | Kate Mara | James Purefoy
The Key Man (2011)
As: Irving
An insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Peter Himmelstein
Stars: Brian Cox | Hugo Weaving | Judy Greer | Ben Shenkman | Jack Davenport
RED (2010)
As: Ivan Simanov
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Stars: Karl Urban | Helen Mirren | Bruce Willis | Mary-Louise Parker | John Malkovich
On Expenses (2010)
Drama about journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses.
Directed by: Simon Cellan Jones
Stars: Brian Cox | David Calder | Neil Pearson | Alex Jennings | Anna Maxwell Martin
As Good As Dead (2010)
As: Reverend Kalahan
Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Mossek
Stars: Brian Cox | Cary Elwes | Andie MacDowell | Frank Whaley | Matt Dallas
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
As: Action 12 Reporter (voice)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Willem Dafoe | George Clooney | Bill Murray | Jason Schwartzman | Meryl Streep
The Good Heart (2009)
As: Jacques
Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Dagur Kári
Stars: Brian Cox | Paul Dano | Bill Buell | Stephanie Szostak | Isild Le Besco
Tell Tale (2009)
As: Van Doren
A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Michael Cuesta
Stars: Brian Cox | Josh Lucas | Lena Headey | Dallas Roberts | Beatrice Miller
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
As: Green Dragon (voice)
The gang of Mystery Inc. take a trip to Japan and find themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to possess extraordinary supernatural powers.
Runtime: 74 min.
Directed by: Christopher Berkeley
Stars: Casey Kasem | Frank Welker | Mindy Cohn | Kelly Hu | Grey DeLisle
Red (2008)
As: Avery Ludlow
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means available to him.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Lucky McKee | Trygve Allister Diesen
Stars: Brian Cox | Tom Sizemore | Shiloh Fernandez | Kyle Gallner | Noel Fisher
Shoot on Sight (2008)
As: Daniel Tennant
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of Scotland Yard. On the other hand, Tariq - a British citizen is himself a suspect in the eyes of his boss, despite his long service in the Scotland Yard
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Jag Mundhra
Stars: Om Puri | Naseeruddin Shah | Greta Scacchi | Gulshan Grover | India Wadsworth
The Escapist (2008)
As: Frank Perry
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Stars: Brian Cox | Liam Cunningham | Joseph Fiennes | Seu Jorge | Damian Lewis
The Water Horse (2007)
As: Old Angus
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Jay Russell
Stars: Ben Chaplin | Emily Watson | David Morrissey | Priyanka Xi | Alexander Nathan Etel
The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007)
As: Drosselmeyer
In this innovative version of the world famous Christmas story, The Secret of the Nutcracker tells of 12 year-old Clara's magical journey on Christmas Eve to find her father in a World War II Prisoner of War camp. Along with her mother and her two brothers, they long for some word on him, which eventually comes from an unexpected source the mysterious and magical ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Eric Till
Stars: Brian Cox | Ryan Grantham | Helene Joy | David McNally | Michele Bogdanow
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
As: Mr. Kreeg
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Michael Dougherty
Stars: Brian Cox | Leslie Bibb | Anna Paquin | Quinn Lord | Rochelle Aytes
Battle for Terra (2007)
As: General Hemmer (voice)
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Aristomenis Tsirbas
Stars: Brian Cox | Danny Glover | Chris Evans | Evan Rachel Wood | James Garner
A Woman in Winter (2007)
As: Dr. Hunt
An astronomer enters into a destructive affair with a photographer.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Richard Jobson
Stars: Brian Cox | Jason Flemyng | Julie Gayet | Susan Lynch | Jamie Sives
Zodiac (2007)
As: Melvin Belli
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.
Runtime: 157 min.
Directed by: David Fincher
Stars: Brian Cox | Jake Gyllenhaal | Mark Ruffalo | Robert Downey Jr. | Anthony Edwards
Running with Scissors (2006)
As: Dr. Finch
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Ryan Murphy
Stars: Brian Cox | Evan Rachel Wood | Annette Bening | Joseph Fiennes | Joseph Cross
The Flying Scotsman (2006)
As: Douglas Baxter
Based on the incredible true story of amateur cyclist Graeme Obree, who breaks the world one-hour record on a bike he made out of washing machine parts.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Douglas Mackinnon
Stars: Billy Boyd | Laura Fraser | Jonny Lee Miller | Sean Brown | Joseph Carney
The Ringer (2005)
As: Gary Barker
Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Barry W. Blaustein
Stars: Brian Cox | Jed Rees | Katherine Heigl | Johnny Knoxville | Luis Ávalos
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
As: Joseph Bell
What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Cilla Ware
Stars: Brian Cox | Emily Blunt | Sinéad Cusack | Douglas Henshall | Tim McInnerny
Red Eye (2005)
As: Joe Reisert
After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, the Lux Atlantic Hotel manager Lisa is waiting for a flight to Miami. Due to the bad weather and consequent flight delay, she meets in the airport bar Jack Rippner, who is also in the waiting list. They sit together in the plane, and Jack reveals that he wants Lisa to change the room in Lux of an important American politician to facilitate a ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Wes Craven
Stars: Brian Cox | Cillian Murphy | Rachel McAdams | Jack Scalia | Jayma Mays
Match Point (2005)
As: Alec Hewett
Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring him far from it - palms start to sweat and a dark psychological match in his head begins.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Brian Cox | Emily Mortimer | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Scarlett Johansson | Penelope Wilton
Hitler in Colour (2005)
As: Narrator
Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler's rise to power to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Complemented by eyewitness material, tracks the dramatic transformation of Germany into a Nazi state, looks into Hitler's relationship with his lover Eva Braun and replicates pivotal events, including Nazi rallies, the invasion of Poland, Hitler's meeting ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: David Batty
Stars: Brian Cox | Lutz Liebelt
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
As: Ward Abbott
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Brian Cox | Karl Urban | Matt Damon | Franka Potente | Julia Stiles
Troy (2004)
As: King Agamemnon
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off ...
Runtime: 163 min.
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Brian Cox | Brad Pitt | Sean Bean | Orlando Bloom | Eric Bana
Japan's War in Colour (2003)
As: Narrator
Using never-before-seen footage, Japan's War In Colour tells a previously untold story. It recounts the history of the Second World War from a Japanese perspective, combining original colour film with letters and diaries written by Japanese people. It tells the story of a nation at war from the diverse perspectives of those who lived through it: the leaders and the ordinary people, the oppressors and the ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Stars: Brian Cox
Sin (2003)
As: Captain Oakes
Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burns finds himself subjected to a fiendish and ingenious campaign of revenge by the mysterious Charlie Strom. In order to protect his sister, Eddie - disabled, betrayed and alone - journeys into the heart of his own darkness: where he discovers that the reason ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Michael Stevens
Stars: Brian Cox | Gary Oldman | Kerry Washington | Ving Rhames | Alicia Coppola
The Reckoning (2003)
As: Tobias
In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they Arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman bing sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Stars: Brian Cox | Tom Hardy | Willem Dafoe | Simon McBurney | Paul Bettany
X2: X-Men United (2003)
As: William Stryker
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses – Magneto and Mystique – to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Stars: Ian McKellen | Famke Janssen | Patrick Stewart | Halle Berry | Hugh Jackman
25th Hour (2002)
As: James Brogan
The filmed adaptation from David Benioff's novel of the same name. Set in New York, a convicted drug dealer named Monty has one day left of freedom before he is sent to prison. Anger, blame, frustration, betrayal, guilt and loneliness are themes on this last day of friends, family, parties, saying goodbye, and setting things straight. A Spike Lee joint.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Spike Lee
Stars: Edward Norton | Barry Pepper | Anna Paquin | Rosario Dawson | Philip Seymour Hoffman
Adaptation. (2002)
As: Robert McKee
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Chris Cooper | Tilda Swinton | Cara Seymour | Meryl Streep
The Ring (2002)
As: Richard Morgan
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Brian Cox | Naomi Watts | Martin Henderson | Jane Alexander | David Dorfman
The Bourne Identity (2002)
As: Ward Abbott
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy – but who does he work for?
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Doug Liman
Stars: Brian Cox | Matt Damon | Chris Cooper | Franka Potente | Clive Owen
The Rookie (2002)
As: Jim Morris Sr.
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to ...
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Stars: Beth Grant | Jay Hernandez | Rachel Griffiths | Dennis Quaid | Angus T. Jones
Bug (2002)
As: Cyr
A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bender, disruption of basic cable television service, and more than one relationship falling apart. One person's disaster becomes another's boon, and vice versa--because a man loses his job, a young girl becomes the lead ballerina in the school play, which in turn ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Phil Hay | Matt Manfredi
Stars: Brian Cox | John Carroll Lynch | Jamie Kennedy | Christina Kirk | Sarah Paulson
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
As: Minister Breteuil
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Charles Shyer
Stars: Simon Baker | Hilary Swank | Christopher Walken | Jonathan Pryce | Hayden Panettiere
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
As: Chisolm
In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly Sinatra, backed by Bill, an aging piano player and his only friend. Toni dreams big and enters a local television talent show. About that time, a local Mob boss decides Toni is great entertainment and invites him to be his guest at a casino. Toni chats up Irene, a cigarette girl, he gets an odd job or two from ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Peter Capaldi
Stars: Brian Cox | Alun Armstrong | Tommy Flanagan | Ian Hart | Kelly Macdonald
Inside 'Manhunter' (2001)
As: Himself
A DVD Special Feature documentary on the experience of turning the chilling novel "Red Dragon" into a motion picture, all told through the actors and director of the first interpretation on film of the hideously complex Hannibal Lecter. Features interviews with Director Michael Mann, and actors Brian Cox, William Petersen, Tom Noonan, and Joan Allen.
Runtime: 17 min.
Stars: Brian Cox | Tom Noonan | Joan Allen | William Petersen | Michael Mann
L.I.E. Long Island Expressway (2001)
As: Big John Harrigan
In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he loses nearly everything and everyone he knows and is left to navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Michael Cuesta
Stars: Brian Cox | Paul Dano | Bruce Altman | Billy Kay | James Costa
Super Troopers (2001)
As: Captain O'Hagan
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
Stars: Brian Cox | Jay Chandrasekhar | Kevin Heffernan | Paul Soter | Steve Lemme
Saltwater (2000)
As: George Beneventi
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Conor McPherson
Stars: Brian Cox | Brendan Gleeson | Conor Mullen | Peter McDonald | Laurence Kinlan
A Shot at Glory (2000)
As: Martin Smith
Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Michael Corrente
Stars: Michael Keaton | Robert Duvall | Kirsty Mitchell | Ally McCoist | Morag Hood
Complicity (2000)
As: Inspector McDunn
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge and Cameron find himself inextricably and inextricably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer that Cameron plans to expose is found literally ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Gavin Millar
Stars: Brian Cox | Bill Paterson | Paul Higgins | Jonny Lee Miller | Keeley Hawes
Mad About Mambo (2000)
As: Sidney McLoughlin
High school student tries to improve soccer skills by practicing dance and falls for his dance partner.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: John Forte
Stars: Brian Cox | Keri Russell | William Ash | Alan McKee
Longitude (2000)
As: Lord Morton
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Runtime: 200 min.
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Stars: Michael Gambon | Ian Hart | Jeremy Irons | Jonathan Coy | Peter Cartwright
For Love of the Game (1999)
As: Gary Wheeler
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Stars: J.K. Simmons | Kevin Costner | John C. Reilly | Kelly Preston | Jena Malone
The Minus Man (1999)
As: Doug
The Minus Man is a 1999 film based on the novel by Lew McCreary. It was directed by Hampton Fancher, who also wrote the screenplay. The film centers on a psychotic killer whom Fancher describes as "a cross between Psycho's Norman Bates, Melville's Billy Budd and Being There's Chauncey Gardner"
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Hampton Fancher
Stars: Brian Cox | Owen Wilson | Dwight Yoakam | Dennis Haysbert | Sheryl Crow
The Corruptor (1999)
As: Sean Wallace
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: James Foley
Stars: Mark Wahlberg | Byron Mann | Kim Chan | Ric Young | Chow Yun-Fat
Rushmore (1998)
As: Dr. Guggenheim
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Brian Cox | Bill Murray | Seymour Cassel | Jason Schwartzman | Olivia Williams
Poodle Springs (1998)
As: Clayton Blackstone
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Stars: Brian Cox | Dina Meyer | Tom Bower | David Keith | James Caan
Desperate Measures (1998)
As: Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Stars: Brian Cox | Michael Keaton | Marcia Gay Harden | Erik King | Andy García
The Boxer (1997)
As: Joe Hamill
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Brian Cox | Emily Watson | Daniel Day-Lewis | Lorraine Pilkington | Niall Shanahan
Kiss the Girls (1997)
As: Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Cary Elwes | Ashley Judd | Tony Goldwyn | Alex McArthur
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
As: Dr. Nathan Waldman
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Stars: Brian Cox | Yvonne Zima | Samuel L. Jackson | Geena Davis | Craig Bierko
The Glimmer Man (1996)
As: Mr. Smith
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: John Gray
Stars: Brian Cox | Bob Gunton | Steven Seagal | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Michelle Johnson
Chain Reaction (1996)
As: Lyman Earl Collier
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Keanu Reeves | Rachel Weisz | Kevin Dunn | Fred Ward
Braveheart (1995)
As: Argyle Wallace
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Runtime: 178 min.
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Stars: Mel Gibson | Patrick McGoohan | Sophie Marceau | Angus Macfadyen | Catherine McCormack
Rob Roy (1995)
As: Killearn
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Stars: John Hurt | Tim Roth | Liam Neeson | Jessica Lange | Eric Stoltz
Iron Will (1994)
As: Angus McTeague
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Charles Haid
Stars: Brian Cox | Kevin Spacey | Mackenzie Astin | David Ogden Stiers | George Gerdes
Prince of Jutland (1994)
As: Aethelwine
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Gabriel Axel
Stars: Brian Cox | Christian Bale | Helen Mirren | Steven Waddington | Gabriel Byrne
Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
As: Major Michael Hogan
Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colours (its regimental flag), Sharpe vows to save the honor of the regiment by capturing a French Imperial standard: an eagle.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Tom Clegg
Stars: Brian Cox | Sean Bean | Assumpta Serna | Michael Cochrane | Daragh O'Malley
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
As: Major Michael Hogan
During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker Rothschild, but fears he has been captured by the French and sends Sharpe behind enemy lines to find him. Sharpe is given command of a platoon ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Tom Clegg
Stars: Brian Cox | Sean Bean | Assumpta Serna | Daragh O'Malley | David Troughton
Hidden Agenda (1990)
As: Peter Kerrigan
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Ken Loach
Stars: Brian Cox | Brad Dourif | Bernard Archard | Mai Zetterling | Frances McDormand
Murder on the Moon (1989)
As: Voronov
After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. When a murder occurs on the outpost, both U.S. and Soviet investigators are forced to work on the case together.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Stars: Brian Cox | Gerald McRaney | Julian Sands | Brigitte Nielsen | Jane Lapotaire
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1988)
As: Voiceover Narrator
This documentary offers a rare glimpse of the legendary Soviet filmmaker, Andrei Tarkosvky, at work. Tarkovsky made only seven films in his brief, but brilliant, career; Michal Leszczylowski's respectful movie chronicles him at work on his last film, The Sacrifice. Offering insight into Tarkovsky's working methods and transcendental aesthetics, the movie is a compelling account of the difficulties of ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Michał Leszczyłowski
Stars: Brian Cox | Erland Josephson | Andrei Tarkovsky
Manhunter (1986)
As: Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Michael Mann
Stars: Brian Cox | Dennis Farina | Joan Allen | Kim Greist | William Petersen
Florence Nightingale (1985)
As: Dr. McGregor
This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is known today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers, who are victims of the Crimean war, she finds herself very unwelcome and faces great opposition for her new way of thinking. However through her selfless acts of ...
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Daryl Duke
Stars: Claire Bloom | Timothy Dalton | Jaclyn Smith | Timothy West | Peter McEnery
King Lear (1983)
As: Burgundy
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Runtime: 158 min.
Directed by: Michael Elliott
Stars: Brian Cox | John Hurt | Laurence Olivier | Dorothy Tutin | Anna Calder-Marshall
In Celebration (1975)
As: Steven Shaw
In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, but dark secrets come to the fore.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Lindsay Anderson
Stars: Brian Cox | Alan Bates | Gabrielle Daye | Bill Owen | James Bolam
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
As: Trotsky
Biography of the last Russian Monarch, Tsar Nicholas II and his Tsarina, Alexandra.Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Runtime: 183 min.
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Stars: Michael Jayston | Lynne Frederick | Ania Marson | Janet Suzman | Roderic Noble
Last Moment of Clarity ()
As: Gilles
A normal New Yorker's life is upended when his girlfriend is murdered by the Bulgarian mob. He flees to Paris to hide from her killers. But three years later, he sees a similar looking woman on the silver screen. Obsession with past love takes Sam to Los Angeles to look for answers, only to put him back into the sights of the Bulgarians
Directed by: James Krisel | Colin Krisel
Stars: Brian Cox | Carly Chaikin | Udo Kier | Hal Ozsan | Samara Weaving