List of awards and nominations received by Brian Cox
Accolades of the Scottish actor Brian Cox
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Brian Cox is a Scottish actor known for his performances on stage and screen, for which he has received two BAFTA Awards, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Olivier Awards.
| Cox in 2011 | ||
| Award | Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | 6 | |
| 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | 4 | |
Cox won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his portrayal of Hermann Göring in the television film Nuremberg (2001). The following year he guest starred on the NBC sitcom Frasier earning his second Emmy nomination in 2002. He portrayed Jack Langrishe in the HBO series Deadwood. He starred as Logan Roy on HBO series Succession (2018–2023), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.[1]
Cox trained as a Shakespearean actor, starring in numerous productions with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his roles in Rat in the Skull (1984) for the Royal Court and Titus Andronicus (1988) for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He received two more Olivier Award nominations for Misalliance and Fashion.
Major associations
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA Television Awards | ||||
| 1993 | Best Actor | The Lost Language of Cranes | Nominated | [2] |
| 2024 | Succession | Nominated | [3] | |
| BAFTA Scotland Awards | ||||
| 1995 | Best Actor in a Film | Rob Roy | Nominated | [4] |
| 2004 | Outstanding Achievement Award | Won | [5] | |
| 2008 | Best Acting Performance in Film | The Escapist | Won | [6] |
| 2016 | Best Actor - Film | The Carer | Nominated | [7] |
| 2022 | Audience Award | Succession | Nominated | |
Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nuremberg | Won | |
| 2002 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Frasier | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Succession | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Nominated | [8] | ||
| 2023 | Nominated | [9] | ||
| 2025 | Outstanding Commercial | "Brian Cox Goes to College" (with Uber) | Won | [10] |
Golden Globe Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Nuremberg | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Succession | Won | |
| 2022 | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Nominated | [11] |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Nuremberg | Nominated | [12] |
| 2002 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Adaptation | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Deadwood | Nominated | [13] |
| 2021 | Succession | Won | ||
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Won | ||
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | |||
Olivier Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Rat in the Skull | Won | [14] |
| 1986 | Best Comedy Performance | Misalliance | Nominated | |
| 1988 | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Titus Andronicus | Won | [15] |
| Actor of the Year in a New Play | Fashion | Nominated | ||
Theater
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | British Theatre Association Drama Awarda | Best Actor | Strange Interlude | Won | |
| Critics' Circle Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Strange Interlude, Rat in the Skull | Won | [16] | |
| 1987 | British Theatre Association Drama Awards | Best Actor | The Taming of the Shrew | Won | |
| Critics' Circle Theatre Awards | Best Actor | The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, Fashion | Won | [17] | |
| 1998 | Lucille Lortel Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor | St. Nicholas | Won | [18][19] |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Nominated | [20] | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Nominated | |||
Miscellaneous awards
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Gemini Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nuremberg | Won | [21] |
| 2001 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nuremberg | Nominated | [22] |
| 2002 | AFI Awards | Featured Male Actor of the Year - Movies | L.I.E. | Nominated | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | Won | [23] | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Won | |||
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [24] | ||
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Nominated | [25] | ||
| National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [26] | ||
| New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [27] | ||
| Chlotrudris Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [28] | ||
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Adaptation. | Nominated | [29] | |
| 2003 | Gold Derby Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Nominated | [30] | |
| 2003 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [31] | |
| 2003 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated | [32] | |
| 2003 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Villain | X2 | Nominated | [33] |
| 2005 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | British Supporting Actor of the Year | Troy | Nominated | [34] |
| 2006 | Empire Awards | Icon Award | Won | [35] | |
| 2007 | Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Zodiac | Nominated | [36] |
| 2008 | Sitges Film Festival | Best Actor | Red | Won | [37] |
| 2009 | Fright Meter Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Trick 'r Treat | Nominated | [38] |
| 2010 | Method Fest Independent Film Festival | Best Actor - Feature Film | The Good Heart | Won | [39] |
| 2011 | Edda Awards | Actor of the Year | Nominated | [40] | |
| 2016 | Stony Brook Film Festival | Career Achievement Award | Won | [41] | |
| United International Film Festival | Best Narrator | Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace | Won | [42] | |
| 2018 | Boston Film Festival | Best Ensemble Cast | The Etruscan Smile | Won | [43] |
| 2019 | Overcome Film Festival | Jury Prize - Best Voice Actor | A Modern Magician | Won | [44] |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Succession | Nominated | [45] | |
| IGN Summer Movie Awards | Best TV Ensemble | Won | [46] | ||
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | [47] | ||
| 2020 | Gold Derby Awards | Best Drama Actor | Nominated | [48] | |
| International Online Cinema Awards | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | [49] | ||
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | [50] | ||
| Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque | Diamond Award - Best Narrator | A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur | Won | [51] | |
| 2021 | New Media Film Festival | Festival Award | Nominated | [52] | |