Brian Cox

Lent his voice to the animated film, "Battle for Terra"

Played an institutionalized convict in Rupert Wyatt's "The Escapist"

Played Melvin Belli, a celebrity defense lawyer in David Fincher's thriller "Zodiac"

Joined the cast of HBO's "Deadwood" as theater owner, Jack Langrishe

Played Dr. Finch, the oddly hypnotic psychotherapist, in "Running With Scissors"

Co-starred in Woody Allen's "Match Point"

Cast as Agamemnon in director Wolfgang Petersen's Greek epic "Troy"

Reprised role of Ward Abbott for "The Bourne Supremacy"

Played the villainous, anti-mutant crusader Stryker, in "X2"

Appeared in Gore Verbinski's "The Ring"

Had a supporting role as CIA Deputy Director, opposite Matt Damon, in "The Bourne Identity"

Portrayed real-life screenwriting seminar instructor Robert McKee in Kaufman's pseudo-autobiographical film, "Adaptation"

Received critical praise for his role as a pedophile in "L.I.E."

Co-starred in the A&E TV-movie, "Longitude"

Portrayed Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering in the TNT miniseries "Nuremberg"

Cast as an unhappily married man who takes in a serial killer (Owen Wilson) in "The Minus Man"

Cast as the crusty owner of a baseball team in "For Love of the Game"

Co-starred in the HBO original "Poodle Springs"

Played the school's headmaster in Wes Anderson's "Rushmore"; co-penned by Anderson and Owen Wilson

Succeeded Alan Alda as Marc in the award-winning "Art" on Broadway

Appeared as an IRA leader in "The Boxer"

Performed the one-person play "St. Nicholas"; written by Conor McPherson expressly for Cox

Acted opposite Mel Gibson in "Braveheart"

Appeared in episodes of the British drama "Sharpe"

Played a closeted homosexual in the British TV adaptation of "The Lost Language of Cranes"

Portrayed a wealthy man who has had duplicate copies of his wife made in "The Cloning of Joanna May"

Originated role of Frankie in the London premiere of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair-de-Lune"

Played the title role in the Royal Shakespeare production of "Titus Andronicus"

Originated the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecktor in "Manhunter"

Made Broadway debut reprising his role in "Strange Interlude"; also starred Jackson

Reprised leading role in the Off-Broadway staging of "Rat in the Skull" at the Public Theater

Co-starred opposite Glenda Jackson on the London stage in Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude"

Garnered acclaim for starring role in the stage play "Rat in the Skull"

Had a supporting role opposite Laurence Olivier in the TV adaptation of "King Lear"

Had title role in the National Theatre production of "Danton' Death"

Made TV debut in "Therese Raquin" opposite Kate Nelligan (aired in USA on PBS)

Began acting with the National Theatre in London

Reprised stage role of Steven in the film version of "In Celebration"

Stage directing debut, "The Man with a Flower in His Mouth" (Manchester)

Appeared in "Hedda Gabler" at the Royal Court

Film debut, as Trotsky in "Nicholas and Alexandra"

First performance with the Royal Court Theatre, "In Celebration"

Spent a season with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; made London stage debut in "As You Like It"

Joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of fourteen; debuted in "Dover Road"