Brian Cox - Milestones

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• 2004: Cast as Agamemnon in director Wolfgang Petersen's Greek epic "Troy"
• 2004: Cast opposite Paul Bettany and Willem Dafoe in "The Reckoning"
• 2004: Revised role of Ward Abbott in "The Bourne Supremacy" opposite Matt Damon
• 2003: Played the villainous, anti-mutant crusader Stryker in "X2," the sequel to "X-Men"
• 2002: cast in director Spike Lee's "The 25th Hour"
• 2002: Appeared in the supernatural/high-tech thriller "The Ring"
• 2002: Played real-life screenwriting seminar instructor Robert McKee in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's pseudo-autobiographical "Adaptation"
• 2002: Co-starred with Matt Damon in "The Bourne Identity"
• 2002: Had supporting role in "The Reckoning"
• 2001: Played supporting roles in "Strictly Sinatra" and "The Affair of the Necklace"
• 2001: Featured in two motion pictures premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, "Super Troopers" and "L.I.E."; cast as a pedophile in the latter and won nearly unanimous critical praise for his performance
• 2000: Acted in McPherson's play "Dublin Carol" at the Old Vic and then the Royal Court
• 2000: Portrayed the bankrupt owner of a chip shop in "Saltwater", directed by McPherson and based on his play "This Lime Tree Bower"
• 2000: Co-starred in "Longitude"; aired in USA on A&E
• 2000: Portrayed Hermann Goering in the TNT miniseries "Nuremberg"; received Emmy Award
• 1999: Cast as the crusty owner of a baseball team in "For Love of the Game"
• 1999: Starred opposite Wilson as an unhappily married man who takes in a serial killer (Wilson) as a boarder in "The Minus Man"
• 1998: Co-starred in the HBO original "Poodle Springs"
• 1998: Succeeded Alan Alda as Marc in the award-winning "Art" on Broadway
• 1998: Had featured role as the school's headmaster in "Rushmore", co-written by Owen Wilson
• 1998: Made unsold pilot for CBS drama series "The Family Brood", playing the patriarch of an Irish Catholic family of firefighters
• 1997: Had lead role in the L.A. premiere of David Hare's play "Skylight"
• 1997: Appeared as an IRA leader in "The Boxer"
• 1997: Received glowing notices for his performance in the one-person play "St. Nicholas", by Conor McPherson; role written expressly for Cox; reprised role in NYC
• 1995: Acted in the period epics "Rob Roy" and "Braveheart"
• 1993: Played title role in the BBC film "Grushko"
• 1993: Appeared in episodes of "Sharpe"
• 1991: Cast as a closeted homosexual who must confront his own sexual orientation when his son reveals he is gay in the British TV adaptation of "The Lost Language of Cranes"
• 1991: Portrayed a wealthy man who has had duplicate copies of his wife made in "The Cloning of Joanna May"
• 1989: Originated role of Frankie in the London premiere of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair-de-Lune"
• 1988: Stage breakthrough, had title role in Royal Shakespeare production of "Titus Andronicus"; also toured Europed in part
• 1986: Created role of Dr Hannibal Lektor [sic] in "Manhunter"
• 1985: Reprised lead in Off-Broadway staging of "Rat in the Skull" at the Public Theater
• 1985: Broadway debut reprising role in "Strange Interlude", opposite Jackson
• 1984: Supported Laurence Olivier in the TV adaptation of "King Lear"; played Burgundy
• 1984: Co-starred opposite Glenda Jackson on the London stage in Eugene O'Neill's play "Strange Interlude"
• 1984: Garnered acclaim for starring role in the stage play "Rat in the Skull"
• 1982: Had title role in the National Theatre production of "Danton' Death"
• 1980: TV debut, as Laurent Raquin in "Therese Raquin", opposite Kate Nelligan; aired in USA on PBS
• 1976: Began working at the National Theatre in London
• 1975: Reprised stage role of Steven in the film version of "In Celebration"
• 1973: Stage directing debut, "The Man with a Flower in His Mouth" (Manchester)
• 1972: Appeared in "Hedda Gabler" at the Royal Court
• 1971: Film debut, as Trotsky in "Nicholas and Alexandra"
• 1969: First association with the Royal Court Theatre in London, acted in "In Celebration"; portrayed a miner's son
• From 1966 to 1967: Spent season with Birmingham Repertory Theatre; made London stage debut with troupe as Orlando in "As You Like It"
• 1960: At age 14, joined the Dundee Repertory Company and began acting career; debuted in "Dover Road"
• Had co-starring role in the ABC 2001-2002 midseason replacement "The Court"
• Raised in Dundee, Scotland
• Embarked on world tour playing "King Lear"
• Staged "The Crucible" at the Moscow Arts Theatre