Brian Denis Cox (born June 1, 1946) is a Scottish actor, 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, William Stryker in X2 and Agamemnon in Troy. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 production of Manhunter.
Films[]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Nils | |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Ian | |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Antonius Block | |
| 1966 | Blowup | Mr. Sender | |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Sir Richard Turkel | |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Bit Part | |
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | Milo | |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Det. Holt | |
| 1970 | Patton | Harry Cooper | |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Martell | |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | John Preston | |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Leon Trotsky | |
| 1973 | Soylent Green | Major Schultz | |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Nectenabus | |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Franz Vermes | |
| 1973 | Westworld | Hitch | |
| 1973 | Mean Streets | Gil Rossi | |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Manolo | |
| 1974 | Chinatown | Charles Highbury | |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Kazar | |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Dr. Neumann | |
| 1975 | In Celebration | Steven Shaw | |
| 1975 | Nashville | Ozzie | |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Sgt. Barney | |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Lawernce | |
| 1977 | High Anxiety | Francois Thiers | |
| 1979 | Mad Max | Flint | |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | General Hank | |
| 1980 | Cruising | Marquis St. Evremonde | |
| 1980 | The Ninth Configuration | Brunner | |
| 1980 | Caddyshack | Resurrection Joe | |
| 1980 | Raging Bull | Tim | |
| 1980 | Altered States | Sir Henry Baskerville | |
| 1981 | Excalibur | Matt | |
| 1981 | Outland | Scott | |
| 1981 | History of the World, Part I | Pierre Gerard | |
| 1981 | Looker | Jaeger | |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Henry | |
| 1981 | The Road Warrior | Flint | |
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Baron Roderico | |
| 1982 | The Thing | Novak | |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Captain | |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Jerry | |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Hal | |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Paul Allen | |
| 1984 | Electric Dreams | Kenny King | |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Rufus | |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | Professor Alan Driscoll | |
| 1985 | Brazil | Al | |
| 1985 | Ladyhawke | Ling Chu | |
| 1985 | Return to Oz | King Lico | |
| 1985 | Silverado | Baron von Staub | |
| 1985 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Flint | |
| 1985 | The Return of the Living Dead | Mephistoles | |
| 1986 | Wildcats | Erich | |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Kurt Menliff | |
| 1986 | Manhunter | Dr. Hannibal Lecktor | |
| 1986 | Night of the Creeps | Ludwig Karnstein | |
| 1986 | Sid and Nancy | Karl Meister | |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | Val | |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | |
| 1987 | Over the Top | Billali | |
| 1987 | Spaceballs | Captian Hex | |
| 1987 | Dragnet | Fu Manchu | |
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun | Sir Matthew Phillips | |
| 1988 | Willow | U.N. Owen | |
| 1988 | Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Raziel | |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Godfrey Hanson | |
| 1988 | Mac and Me | Philippe Darvas | |
| 1988 | They Live | Graf von Andomai | |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Colonel Stuart | |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Duc de Richleau | |
| 1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Washington | |
| 1989 | Dead Calm | Morley | |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Fremont | |
| 1990 | The Exorcist III | Dolmance | |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Peter Kerrigan | |
| 1991 | The Doors | Fee | |
| 1991 | Class Action | Lord George Jeffreys | |
| 1991 | Out for Justice | Artemidorus | |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Rex | |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | John Reid | |
| 1991 | Point Break | Charles Marlowe | |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Potato | |
| 1991 | JFK | Edward Blake | |
| 1992 | Wayne's World | Johnny | |
| 1993 | The Cutting Edge | Rochefort | |
| 1992 | White Sands | Bailey | |
| 1992 | Unlawful Entry | Sir Alexander Saxton | |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Col. Charles Bingham | |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Dr. Mandeville | |
| 1993 | The Eye of Vichy | Narrator | |
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Van Krig | |
| 1993 | Kalifornia | Lord Summerisle | |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Chazz | |
| 1994 | Iron Will | Angus McTeague | |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Francisco Scaramanga | |
| 1994 | Speed | Pip | |
| 1994 | The Client | Lechinski | |
| 1994 | Airheads | Randall | |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephen Hayward | |
| 1994 | Prince of Jutland | Æthelwine of Lindsey | |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Major Chilton | |
| 1994 | Timecop | The Keeper | |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side | Matin Wallace | |
| 1995 | Just Cause | Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | |
| 1995 | Rob Roy | Killearn | |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Vic | |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Argyle Wallace | |
| 1995 | Showgirls | Father Pergado | |
| 1995 | Heat | Zindar | |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Sevenson | |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | Luckman Skull | |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | Lyman Earl Collier | |
| 1996 | The Glimmer Man | Mr. Smith | |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Dr. Nathan Waldman | |
| 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Clint | |
| 1997 | The Full Monty | Woody | |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Chief Hatfield | |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Joe Hamill | |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures | Captain Jeremiah Cassidy | |
| 1998 | Rushmore | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim | |
| 1998 | Soldier | Sid | |
| 1998 | The Siege | Zetan | |
| 1999 | The Minus Man | Doug Durwin | |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | Sean Wallace | |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Gary Wheeler | |
| 1999 | Fight Club | Victor Gannon | |
| 2000 | Complicity | Inspector McDunn | |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Sidney McLoughlin | |
| 2000 | A Shot at Glory | Martin Smith | |
| 2000 | Saltwater | George Beneventi | |
| 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Jim | |
| 2001 | Super Troopers | Captain John O'Hagen | |
| 2001 | L.I.E. | Big John Harrigan | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2001 | Sweet November | Morgan Canfield | |
| 2001 | Monkeybone | Carl Boxer | |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Chisolm | |
| 2001 | Original Sin | Sarder Khan | |
| 2001 | Bandits | Alquazar | |
| 2001 | From Hell | Adam Caine | |
| 2001 | The Affair of the Necklace | Minister Baron de Breteuil | |
| 2002 | Bug | Cyr | |
| 2002 | The Rookie | Jim Morris Sr. | |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Ward Abbott | |
| 2002 | The Ring | Richard Morgan | |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Robert McKee | Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2002 | 25th Hour | James Brogan | |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Narrator | |
| 2003 | X2 | William Stryker | Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain |
| 2003 | The Reckoning | Tobias | |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Prince Baldasar | |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | King Haggard | |
| 2004 | Troy | Agamemnon | |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Ward Abbott | |
| 2005 | Match Point | Alec Hewett | |
| 2005 | Red Eye | Joe Reisert | |
| 2005 | The Ringer | Gary Barker | |
| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Hugh | |
| 2006 | Firewall | Gordon | |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Joseph Jackman | |
| 2006 | The Flying Scotsman | Douglas Baxter | |
| 2006 | Running with Scissors | Dr. Finch | |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond | Darwin | |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Melvin Belli | Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 2007 | Battle for Terra | General Hemmer | Voice |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Corrigan | |
| 2007 | I Am Legend | Mr. Midnight | |
| 2007 | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | Old Angus | |
| 2008 | Red | Avery Ludlow | |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Mr. Kellar | |
| 2008 | The Escapist | Frank Perry | |
| 2008 | Agent Crush | Spanners | Voice |
| 2008 | Meet Dave | Clifford King | |
| 2008 | Shoot on Sight | Daniel Tennant | |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Sir James Hunter | |
| 2009 | Watchmen | Stefan Crosscoe | |
| 2009 | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Green Dragon | Voice |
| 2009 | All About Steve | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | |
| 2009 | Trick 'r Treat | Mr. Kreeg | Nominated—Fright Meter Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2009 | Tell-Tale | Det. Van Doren | |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Dan Peabody | Voice |
| 2009 | The Good Heart | Jaques | |
| 2009 | Ninja Assassin | Kato | |
| 2009 | Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | The Toad | Voice |
| 2010 | The Company Men | Peter Storm | |
| 2010 | Wide Blue Yonder | Wally | |
| 2010 | Red | Ivan Simanov | |
| 2010 | As Good as Dead | Reverend Kalahan | |
| 2011 | Coriolanus | Menenius Agrippa | |
| 2011 | Ironclad | William d'Aubigny | |
| 2011 | The Veteran | Gerry | |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | John Landon | |
| 2011 | Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster | Glover Boyd | |
| 2011 | Exit Humanity | Malcolm Young | Voice |
| 2011 | The Revelation of the Pyramids | Narrator[1] | Documentary |
| 2012 | The Campaign | Raymond Huggins | |
| 2012 | My City | The Journalist | Short film |
| 2013 | Red 2 | Ivan Simanov | |
| 2013 | Blood | Lenny Fairburn | |
| 2013 | Mindscape | Sebastian | |
| 2013 | Her | Alan Watts | Voice |
| 2014 | Believe | Sir Matt Busby | |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Colonel William Stryker | Archive footage |
| 2015 | Pixels | Admiral Porter | |
| 2015 | Forsaken | James McCurdy | |
| 2015 | Killing Thyme | Norman | Short film |
| 2016 | Morgan | Jim Bryce | |
| 2016 | The Carer | Sir Michael Gifford | |
| 2016 | The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Tommy Tilden | |
| 2017 | Bob the Builder: Mega Machines | Conrad / Crunch | Voices |
| 2017 | Churchill | Winston Churchill | |
| 2017 | Kubrick By Candlelight | Narrator | Short film |
| 2018 | Super Troopers 2 | Captain John O'Hagan | |
| 2018 | The Etruscan Smile | Rory MacNeil | Also released under the title, Rory's Way[2] |
| 2018 | The Pretenders | Henry | |
| 2019 | Remember Me | Shane | |
| 2019 | Strange but True | Bill Erwin | |
| 2019 | The Last Right | Father Reilly | |
| 2020 | John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues | John Rebus | Short film |
| 2020 | Last Moment of Clarity | Gilles | |
| 2020 | The Bay of Silence | Milton | |
| 2021 | Separation | Paul Rivers | |
| 2022 | Prisoner's Daughter | Max | |
| 2022 | The Independent | Nick Booker | |
| 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Helm Hammerhand | Voice; in production |
| 2024 | The Electric State | TBA | Voice; Post-production |
| TBA | The Parenting | TBA | Post-production |
| TBA | Mending the Line | TBA | Post-production |
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Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | For the People | Lord Ogmha | 13 episodes |
| 1965 | The Wednesday Play | Nelson | Episode: "A Knight in Tarnished Armour" |
| 1965–1969 | The Virginian | Lou | 2 episodes |
| 1965 | Twelve O'Clock High | Cleveland Brown | Episode: "I Am the Enemy" |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Victor Martin | Episode "Stranger in the Mirror" |
| 1966 | The Big Valley | Charlie | Episode: "A Time to Kill" |
| 1966 | Dr. Kildare | Leo | 4 episodes |
| 1966 | Redcap | Private Carr | Episode: "Crime Passionel" |
| 1966-1969 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Hank | 80 episodes |
| 1966 | Gunsmoke | Peter Nelson | Episode: "Quaker Girl" |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Apeman | Episode: "Children Playing" |
| 1967 | The Gamblers | Micky | Episode: "The Bridge" |
| 1968 | Theatre 625 | Lasar Opie | Episode: "The Year of the Sex Olympics" |
| 1968 | Minding the Shop | George | Television film |
| 1969-1971 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Josef Stalin / Rod | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | N.Y.P.D. | James Dutton | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Z-Cars | Ted Nuttall | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Shea Brennan | Episode: "The Combatants" |
| 1970–1974 | Ironside | Mr. Sma | 4 episodes |
| 1970 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Phillip | Episode: "The Master and the Mask" |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Bill Owen | Episode: "Hear No Evil" |
| 1970 | Manhunt | Anton | 3 episodes |
| 1970 | When We Dead Awaken | Ulfhejm | Television film |
| 1971 | NBC Children's Theater | Himself | Episode: "Super Plastic Elastic Goggles" |
| 1971 | Stage 2 | Hastings | Episode: "She Stoops to Conquer" |
| 1973–1974 | Star Trek: The Animated Series | Hank | Voice role |
| 1973 | Ego Hugo | Victor Hugo | Television film |
| 1974 | BBC Play of the Month | Alsemero | Episode: "The Changeling" |
| 1974 | Sutherland's Law | PC Jock Dougall | Episode: "The Evidence" |
| 1975 | Churchill's People | William Wallace | Episode: "The Wallace" |
| 1975 | The Master of Ballantre | Henry Durie | 6 episodes |
| 1975 | Shades of Greene | Harry | Episode: "The Blue Film" |
| 1976 | Play for Today | George Simpson / Dr. Gillespie | 2 episodes |
| 1976-1982 | Crown Court | Edward McLennan | 5 episodes |
| 1976 | Play from 'A' | The Man | Episode: "Initiative Test" |
| 1977 | Roots | Gordon Robinson | Episode: "Part XII" |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Nigel | Episode: "Part 1" |
| 1977 | Rooms | Eric Prentiss | 6 episodes |
| 1977 | Target | Billy Voss | Episode: "Crave Up" |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown | Henry II of England | Main role |
| 1978 | Out | Tony McGrath | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Bothwell | James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell | Television film |
| 1980 | Thérèse Raquin | Laurent LeClaire | 3 episodes |
| 1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Dalhousie | Episode: "Dalhousie's Luck" |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Chuck Spillers | Episode: "The Silent Scream" |
| 1981 | The House on the Hill | Leon Campbell | Episode: "Man of Straw" |
| 1982 | Minder | Frank McFadden | Episode: "In" |
| 1983 | King Lear | Duke of Burgundy | Television film |
| 1983 | Jemima Shore Investigates | Hamish McFaul | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Father Gora | Television film |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Jason | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |
| 1984 | Scotland's Story | Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun / Lord George Murray | 3 episodes |
| 1984 | The Cantor of St Thomas's | Johann Sebastian Bach | Television film |
| 1985 | Florence Nightingale | Dr. McGregor | Television film |
| 1986 | The Fourth Floor | Det. Chief Supt. Haladene | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Shoot for the Sun | Dunny | Television film |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Vic | Episode: "Home Cooking" |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest | Waldemar Chrostowski | Television film |
| 1987 | Omnibus | Prosecuter | Episode: "George Grosz: Enemy of the State" |
| 1987 | Screenplay | Seth | Episode: "Road" |
| 1987 | Rat in the Skull | Det. Inspector Nelson | Television film |
| 1988 | Ten Great Writers of the Modern World | Henrik Ibsen | Voice, episode: "Henrik Ibsen" |
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Jock Purves | Television film |
| 1989 | Murder by Moonlight | Voronov | Television film |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon | Andrew Neil | Television film |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Father Amedy | Episode: "The Milk of Human Kindness" |
| 1991 | The Lost Language of Cranes | Owen Benjamin | Television film |
| 1991 | Red Fox | Geoffrey Harrison | Television film |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Carl May | Television film |
| 1992 | Van der Valk | Stefan Szabo | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Macbeth | Voice, episode: "Macbeth" |
| 1992 | Performance | The Director | Episode: "Six Characters in Search of an Author" |
| 1992 | The Big Battalions | Edward Hoyland | 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Inspector Morse | Michael Steppings | Episode: "Deadly Slumber" |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Rifles | Major Michael Hogan | Television film |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Eagle | Major Michael Hogan | Television film |
| 1993 | Scene | Principal Officer Garvey | Episode: "Pig Boy" |
| 1993 | Sean's Show | Brother Shaw | Episode: "I'm Watching" |
| 1994 | Grushko | Colonel Grushko | 3 episodes[3] |
| 1994 | The Negotiator | Charlie King | Television film |
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | James Andrew Robinson | Episode: "Get a Job" |
| 1996 | Witness Against Hitler | Judge Freisler | Television film |
| 1997 | Red Dwarf | The King | Episode: "Stoke Me a Clipper" |
| 1997 | Superman: The Animated Series | Earl Garver | Voice, episode: "Two's a Crowd" |
| 1997 | Seinfeld | Buzz | Episode: "The Yada Yada" |
| 1997 | Food for Ravens | Nye Beaven | Television film |
| 1998 | Spin City | John | Episode: "Single White Male" |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs | Clayton Blackstone | Television film |
| 1998 | Family Brood | Television film | |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Morton | Television film |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Hermann Göring | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Animated Tales of the World | Narrator | Voice, episode: "The Green Man of Knowledge: A Story from Scotland" |
| 2001 | Frasier | Harry Moon | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Oswald | Matthew | Voice, episode: "Rollerskating" |
| 2001 | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat | Perry | Voice, episode: "Sagwa's Swan Song" |
| 2002 | Smallpox 2002 | Narrator | Voice, Television film |
| 2002 | The Biographer | Michael O'Mara | Television film |
| 2002-2003 | Dexter's Laboratory | Mr. Grant Robinson | Voice, episode: "Beau Tie" "School Girl Crushed" "Babe Sitter" |
| 2003 | The Fairly OddParents | Bone | Voice, episode: "Information Stupor Highway" |
| 2003 | Sonic X | Igor | Voice, episode: "Chaos Emerald Chaos" |
| 2004 | French and Saunders | King Lear | Episode: "Offers" |
| 2005-2009 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Archibald Tuttle | Voice, episodes: "Humiliation 101" "Killgore" "Crash Pad Crash" "Victim of Fashion" "Mama Drama" "Toying with Jenny" "Girl of Steal" "Stage Fright" "Queen Bee" "Weapons of Mass Distraction" |
| 2005 | Blue/Orange | Dr. Robert Smith | Television film |
| 2005 | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | Nauget | Voice, episode: "Visiting Hours" |
| 2005 | Danny Phantom | Pariah Dark | Voice, episode: "Reign Storm" |
| 2005 | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Dr. Joseph Bell | Television film |
| 2005 | The Buzz on Maggie | Earl | Voice, episode: "Scout of Order" |
| 2006 | Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! | Richard | Voice, episode: "A Little Help From Your Friends" |
| 2006 | Deadwood | Jack Langrishe | Recurring role |
| 2006 | The Outsiders | Gabriel | Television film |
| 2007 | Wayside | Lemmon | Voice, episode: "Age of Aquarium" |
| 2007 | The Secret of the Nutcracker | Drosselmeyer | Television film |
| 2008 | Yin Yang Yo! | Guide | Voice, episode: "The Manotaur" |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Narrator | Television film |
| 2009 | Jimmy Two-Shoes | Dibala | Voice, episode: "I've Totally Shredded My Cheese" |
| 2009 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lewis Serrocold | Episode: "They Do It With Mirrors" |
| 2009 | The Take | Ozzy | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | Kings | King Vesper Abedon | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Ood Elder | Voice, episode: "The End of Time" |
| 2009 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Tails | Voice, episode: "Low Tidings" |
| 2009 | The Day of the Triffids | Dennis Masen | Episode: "Part Two" |
| 2009 | Lost & Found | Burt Macey | Television film |
| 2010 | On Expenses | Michael Martin MP | Television film |
| 2010 | The Big C | Donald Tolkey | Episode: "Two for the Road" |
| 2010 | Fish Hooks | Dr. Larry | Voice, episode: "Bea Becomes an Adult Fish" |
| 2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia | Captain Rudolph Sharp | Television film |
| 2011 | The Amazing World of Gumball | Hal | Voice, episode: "The Spoon" |
| 2012 | The Straits | Harry Montebello | Main role |
| 2012 | A Touch of Cloth | Bill Ball | Episode: "The First Case: Part Two" |
| 2013 | M.I. High | The Mastermind | Voice, 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Bob Servant Independent | Bob Servant | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Scaredy Squirrel | Peck | Voice, episode: "Stash N' Hoarder" |
| 2013 | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | Floyd | Voice, episode: "Magical Mystery Cure" |
| 2013 | Camp Lakebottom | The Rocky | Voice, episode: "Escape From Camp Lakebottom" |
| 2013 | T.U.F.F. Puppy | Freddy | Voice, episode: "Rat Trap" |
| 2013 | The Curse of Edgar | J. Edgar Hoover | Television film |
| 2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time | Sydney Newman | Television film |
| 2013 | Tooned | Performer | Voice, episode: "The Grand Finale" |
| 2014 | Shetland | Magnus Bain | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | The Great War: The People's Story | Rev. Andrew Clark | Episode: "Helen, Andrew, Hallie, Emily and Will" |
| 2014 | The Game | 'Daddy' | Main role |
| 2014 | Bob Servant | Bob Servant | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | After Braveheart | Narrator | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Slap | Manolis Apostolou | Main role |
| 2016 | War & Peace | Mikhail Kutuzov | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Penny Dreadful | Jared Talbot | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Medici: Masters of Florence | Bernardo Guadagni | Main role (season 1) |
| 2017 | Urban Myths | Marlon Brando | Episode: "Elizabeth, Michael, and Marlon" |
| 2018–2023 | Succession | Logan Roy | Main role |
| 2019 | Good Omens | Death | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2020–2021 | From Now | Hunter | 6 episodes |
| 2021 | The Simpsons | Kostas Becker | Voice, episode: "A Serious Flanders" |
| 2021–2022 | Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Niander Wallace Sr. | Voice, recurring role |
| 2022 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | God | Episode: "Aridification of the Western U.S." |
Theatre[]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | As You Like It | Orlando | Vaudeville Theatre, London |
| 1969 | In Celebration | Steven Shaw | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| 1970–1971 | Don’t Start Without Me | Norman | Garrick Theatre, London Harrogate Theatre, North Yorkshire |
| 1971–1972 | Getting On | Brian Lowther | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
| 1973 | Cromwell | Proctor | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| 1973 | Hedda Gabler | Eilert Lövborg | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| 1976 | The Émigrés | XX | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1976–1977 | Tamburlaine | Theridamas | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1977 | Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1978 | The Putney Debates | Henry Ireton | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1978–1979 | Herod | Herod | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1980 | The Summer Party | Kramer | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 1981 | Babel | Goatman | Donmar Warehouse, London |
| 1982–1984 | Danton's Death | Georges Danton | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1985 | Strange Interlude | Edmund Darrell | Nederlander Theatre, Broadway |
| 1985 | Rat in the Skull | Nelson | The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1986 | The Danton Affair | Danton | Barbican Centre, London |
| 1986 | Misalliance | John Tarleton | Barbican Centre, London |
| 1986–1987 | A Penny for a Song | Sir Timothy Bellboys | Barbican Centre, London |
| 1987–1988 | Fashion | Paul Cash | The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon The Pit, London |
| 1987–1988 | Titus Andronicus | Titus | Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne Barbican Centre, London |
| 1987–1988 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Theatre Royal, New Castle Barbican Centre, London |
| 1988 | Three Sisters | Lt. Col. Vershinin | Barbican Centre, London |
| 1989 | Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune | Johnny | Comedy Theatre, London |
| 1990 | King Lear | Lear | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1990 | Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1994 | The Music Man | Prof. Harold Hill | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| 1997–1998 | St. Nicholas | The Critic | Bush Theatre, London 45th Street Theatre, Broadway |
| 1998 | Art | Marc | Royale Theatre, Broadway |
| 1999 | St. Nicholas | The Critic | Matrix Theatre, California |
| 2000 | Dublin Carol | John Plunkett | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| 2004 | Uncle Varick | Varick | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh |
| 2006–2008 | Rock 'n' Roll | Max | Royal Court Theatre, London Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway |
| 2011 | That Championship Season | Coach | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway |
| 2014 | The Weir | Jack | Donmar Warehouse, London |
| 2019 | The Great Society | Lyndon B. Johnson | Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Voice role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Manhunt | Director Lionel Starkweather |
| 2004 | Killzone | Scolar Visari |
| 2009 | Killzone 2 | Scolar Visari |
| 2011 | Killzone 3 | Scolar Visari |
| 2012 | Syndicate | Jack Denham |
Audio[]
| Year | Title | Role | Author | Template:Tooltip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | From Now | Hunter Fitz | Rhys Wakefield | |
| 2021 | The Sandman: Act II | Augustus | Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs | [4] |