Actor - filmography
1. Burns (2006) (pre-production) .... James Armour
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2005) (filming) (voice) .... Aslan the Lion
3. Woody Allen Summer Project (2005) (post-production)
4. The Ringer (2005) (completed)
5. KillZone (2004) (VG) (voice)
6. Get the Picture (2004) .... Harry Sondheim
7. The Bourne Supremacy (2004) .... Ward Abbott
... aka Bourne Verschwörung, Die (Germany)
8. Troy (2004) .... Agamemnon
9. Sin (2003/I) .... Captain Oakes
10. Manhunt (2003) (VG) (voice) .... The Director
11. The Reckoning (2003) .... Tobias
... aka Misterio de Wells, El (Spain)
... aka Morality Play
12. X2 (2003) .... William Stryker
... aka X-Men 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka X-2 (USA: poster title)
... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
... aka X2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
13. Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Secret Futures: Smallpox (UK)
14. 25th Hour (2002) .... James Brogan
15. Adaptation. (2002) .... Robert McKee
16. The Ring (2002) .... Richard Morgan
17. The Biographer (2002) (TV) .... Michael O'Mara
18. The Bourne Identity (2002) .... Ward Abbott
... aka Bourne Identität, Die (Germany)
19. The Rookie (2002) .... Jim Morris Sr.
20. Bug (2002/I) .... Cyr
21. The Affair of the Necklace (2001) .... Minister Breteuil
22. Strictly Sinatra (2001) .... Chisolm
... aka Strictly Sinatra (USA)
23. L.I.E. (2001) .... Big John Harrigan
24. Super Troopers (2001) .... Capt. John O'Hagan
... aka Broken Lizard's Super Troopers (USA)
25. Saltwater (2000) .... George
26. A Shot at Glory (2000) .... Martin Smith
27. The Green Man of Knowledge (2000) (voice)
28. "Nuremberg" (2000) (mini) TV Series .... Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring
29. Mad About Mambo (2000) .... Sidney McLoughlin
30. Complicity (2000) .... Inspector McDunn
... aka Retribution (video title)
31. The Invention of Dr. Morel (2000) .... Dr. Morel
32. Longitude (2000) (TV) .... Lord Morton
33. For Love of the Game (1999) .... Gary Wheeler
34. The Corruptor (1999) .... Sean Wallace
35. The Minus Man (1999) .... Doug Durwin
36. Merchants of Venus (1998)
... aka A Dirty Little Business (USA: MIFED title)
37. Rushmore (1998) .... Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
38. Poodle Springs (1998) (TV) .... Clayton Blackstone
39. Desperate Measures (1998) .... Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
40. The Boxer (1997) .... Joe Hamill
41. Food for Ravens (1997) (TV)
42. Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe (1997) (TV) .... Narration
43. Kiss the Girls (1997) .... Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
44. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) .... Dr. Nathan Waldman
45. The Glimmer Man (1996) .... Mr. Smith
46. Chain Reaction (1996) .... Lyman Earl Collier
47. Witness Against Hitler (1996) (TV) .... Judge Freisler
48. Braveheart (1995) .... Argyle Wallace
49. Rob Roy (1995) .... Killearn
50. The Negotiator (1994) (TV) .... Charlie King
51. Grushko (1994) (TV) .... Colonel Yevgeni Grushko
52. Prince of Jutland (1994) .... Aethelwine
... aka Amled, prinsen af Jylland (Denmark)
... aka Prinsen af Jylland (Denmark: video title)
... aka Royal Deceit (USA)
53. Iron Will (1994) .... Angus McTeague
54. Sharpe's Eagle (1993) (TV) .... Maj. Hogan
55. Sharpe's Rifles (1993) (TV) .... Maj. Hogan
56. Six Characters in Search of an Author (1992) (TV) .... The Director
57. "The Big Battalions" (1992) (mini) TV Series .... Edward Hoyland
58. "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" (1992) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... (segment "Macbeth")
59. The Cloning of Joanna May (1992) (TV) .... Carl May
60. "Red Fox" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Geoffrey Harrison
61. The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV) .... Owen Benjamin
62. Hidden Agenda (1990) .... Kerrigan
63. Secret Weapon (1990) (TV) .... Andrew Neil
64. Murder by Moonlight (1989) (TV) .... Voronov
... aka Murder On the Moon (UK)
65. Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988) (TV) .... Jock Purves
66. The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest (1986) (TV) .... Waldemar Chrostowski
67. Shoot for the Sun (1986) (TV) .... Duffy
68. Manhunter (1986) .... Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
... aka Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter
69. The Fourth Floor (1986) (TV) .... Det. Chief Supt. Haladene
70. Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV) .... Dr. McGrigor
71. The Cantor of St Thomas's (1984) (TV) .... Johann Sebastian Bach
72. Pope John Paul II (1984) (TV) .... Father Gora
... aka The Pope
73. King Lear (1984) (TV) .... Burgundy
74. "Thérèse Raquin" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Laurent Raquin
75. "The Devil's Crown" (1978) TV Series .... Henry II
... aka Couronne du diable, La (France)
76. In Celebration (1975) .... Steven Shaw
77. The Changeling (1974) (TV) .... Alsemero
... aka Play of the Month: The Changeling (UK)
78. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) .... Trotsky
79. She Stoops to Conquer (1971) (TV) .... Hastings
... aka Stage 2: She Stoops to Conquer (UK: series title)
80. The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) (TV) .... Lasar Opie
... aka Theatre 625: The Year of the Sex Olympics (UK: series title)
Filmography as: Actor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Himself - filmography
1. The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (2003) (V) .... Himself
... aka The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men (USA)
2. Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) (V) .... Himself
3. Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (2002) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
4. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) .... Narrator
... aka Procès de Henry Kissinger, Le (France)
5. Murder by Numbers (2001) .... Himself
6. Queen Elizabeth's Magician (2001) (TV) .... Narrator
7. "The Second World War in Colour" (1999) (mini) TV Series .... Narrator (Japan's War)
8. A New Window Pane (1997)
9. Oeil de Vichy, L' (1993) (voice) .... Narrator (English version)
... aka The Eye of Vichy
10. "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers" (1988) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... Henrik Ibsen
11. Regi Andrej Tarkovskij (1988) .... Voiceover Narrator
... aka Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (USA)
12. "Acting" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Himself (episode "Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy")
13. Enemy of the State (1987) (TV)
... aka Omnibus: Enemy of the State (UK: series title)
Filmography as: Actor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Notable TV Guest Appearances
1. "Richard & Judy" playing "Himself" 9 December 2004
2. "French and Saunders" (episode # 6.4) 5 November 2004
3. "McEnroe" playing "Himself" 16 July 2004
4. "Dennis Miller" playing "Himself" 21 May 2004
5. "GMTV" playing "Himself" 29 April 2004
6. "Richard & Judy" playing "Himself" 26 April 2004
7. "Today with Des and Mel" playing "Himself" 16 October 2003
8. "Richard & Judy" playing "Himself" 28 April 2003
9. "Dinner for Five" playing "Himself" (episode # 2.7) 3 March 2003
10. "Frasier" playing "Harry Moon" in episode: "Moons Over Seattle" (episode # 9.24) 21 May 2002
11. "Frasier" playing "Harry Moon" in episode: "The Guilt Trippers" (episode # 9.23) 14 May 2002
12. "Superman" playing "Dr. Earl Garver" (voice) in episode: "Two's a Crowd" (episode # 1.13) 15 February 1997
13. "Red Dwarf" playing "The King" in episode: "Stoke Me a Clipper" (episode # 7.2) 24 January 1997
14. "Inspector Morse" playing "Michael Steppings" in episode: "Deadly Slumber" (episode # 7.1) 6 January 1993
15. "Perfect Scoundrels" in episode: "The Milk of Human Kindness" (episode # 1.3) 6 May 1990
16. "Minder" playing "Frank McFadden" in episode: "In" (episode # 3.13) 7 April 1982
17. "Hammer House of Horror" playing "Chuck Spillers" in episode: "The Silent Scream" (episode # 1.7) 25 October 1980
18. "Target" playing "Billy Voss" in episode: "Carve Up" (episode # 1.9) 11 November 1977
19. "Sutherland's Law" playing "PC Jock Dougall" in episode: "The Evidence" (episode # 2.8) 25 July 1974
20. "Doomwatch" playing "Owen" in episode: "Hear No Evil" (episode # 1.12) 4 May 1970
21. "Z Cars" playing "Ted Nuttall" in episode: "The Shooter: Part 2" (episode # 6.248) 12 August 1969
22. "Z Cars" playing "Ted Nuttall" in episode: "The Shooter: Part 1" (episode # 6.247) 11 August 1969