Brian Cox (actor)

Brian Cox (born 1 June 1946 ) played Sydney Newman in the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time. He also voiced the Ood Elder in the television story The End of Time. A prolific and multi-award-winning actor, Cox has worked extensively in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

He won a primetime Emmy for 's, where he played Hermann Goering, and was nominated for another Emmy for a guest turn in. He won a Scottish BAFTA for, and a non-competitive "Outstanding Achievement in Film" award from BAFTA Scotland in 2004. He was nominated for a BAFTA (London) TV award for his work on. Aside from his most critically well-received work, Cox has sometimes worked alongside other Doctor Who universe alum. In 1971, he portrayed in, which also featured Michael Jayston, Tom Baker and Julian Glover. More recently, he starred in the with Troy Glasgow and Julia Joyce; and the Australian show,, produced by K9 exec, Penny Chapman.

He is the father of Alan Cox.