Korean War veteran Avery Ludlow (Brian Cox) lives alone in a small town, running a local hardware store with Red, his faithful dog, as his only companion. After local thugs, led by Danny McCormack (Noel Fisher), rob the old man and shoot and kill Red, Avery sets out for make Danny pay for his actions. When Avery confronts Danny's father (Tom Sizemore), Danny denies the whole thing. When the authorities prove just as unhelpful, Avery is forced to seek justice himself to honor the memory of his best friend. Directed by Trygve Allister Diesen. With Amanda Plummer. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Brian Cox in Red
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is back and determined to discover the truth about his past once and for all. Still suffering from amnesia, Bourne teams up with a reporter (Paddy Considine) who has information about the organization that trained him. With the woman he loved murdered, Bourne will stop at nothing to fight his way through a group of highly-trained assassins to finally learn who he really is. Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Edgar Ramirez, Julia Stiles, Brian Cox, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper and Joan Allen. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Brian Cox in The Bourne Ultimatum
Newspaper cartoonist Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) becomes obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of murders and cryptic messages to the media during the 1960s and 1970s. Though he has no personal stake in the case, Graysmith slowly pieces together missed clues and identifies possible suspects with the help of newspaper reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) and Inspector David Toschi (Mark Ruffalo), even as the crimes are forgotten by the rest of the city. Directed by David Fincher. With Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox and Chloë Sevigny. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
Brian Cox in Zodiac
To say Augusten Burroughs (Joseph Cross) has had an unusual upbring is quite the understatement. With an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) and a mentally unstable mother (Annette Bening), Augusten spends most of his time polishing his allowance and trying to stay home from school. But, after his mother goes through a significant breakdown, the boy finds himself living with her eccentric psychologist (Brian Cox) and his family. Despite their odd behavior, Augusten eventually begins to fit in with his hosts and is able to find optimism and humor amongst the distrurbing details of his life. Directed by Ryan Murphy. With Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Gwyneth Paltrow and Gabrielle Union. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2006.
Brian Cox in Running with Scissors
Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is a former tennis prowho climbs into the world of the British upper crust when he gets engaged to one of his wealthy tennis students (Emily Mortimer). But, Wilton soon falls for Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), a sexy American actress who is dating his rival and soon-to-be brother-in-law (Matthew Goode). Directed by Woody Allen. With Brian Cox. Categories: Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Brian Cox in Match Point
Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) never liked flying, but on an overnight flight to Miami she learns that planes are the least of her worries. Upon boarding, Lisa is pleased to find that she is seated next to Jackson (Cillian Murphy), a charming man she had a drink with at the airport terminal. But, just after takeoff, Jackson reveals that he is on a mission to kill the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, and Lisa is the key to the plot. Directed by Wes Craven. With Brian Cox and Jayma Mays. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Brian Cox in Red Eye
When Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is framed for a botched CIA operation, he and Marie (Franka Potente) must leave the quiet village where they have been living and set out on the road once again. After promising retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, Bourne is forced to resume his life as a trained assassin and eliminate anyone who stands in his way. Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and Joan Allen. Categories: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Drama. Year: 2004.
Brian Cox in The Bourne Supremacy
When the beautiful Helen (Diane Kruger) follows Paris (Orlando Bloom) back to his home country, her furious husband Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson) convinces the other kings of Greece to wage war against the mighty land of Troy. With them is the heroic Achilles (Brad Pitt), a one man army with a passion to match his strength. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With Julian Glover, Sean Bean, Peter O'Toole and Nathan Jones. Categories: Action, Drama, War, Adventure, Romance. Year: 2004.
Brian Cox in Troy
Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), a neurotic screenwriter, is having trouble adapting a book about an orchid thief into a movie. While Charlie agonizes over his writer's block, his less cerebral twin brother Donald (also Cage) decides to become a screenwriter himself, much to Charlie's disdain. When Charlie finally gets his inspiration, he becomes so caught up in his screenplay that the line between reality and fantasy begins to blur, and he sets out to locate the book's author, Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), and the real-life orchid thief, John Laroche (Chris Cooper). Directed by Spike Jonze. With Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, Brian Cox and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2002.
Brian Cox in Adaptation
Discovered by a fisherman and riddled with bullets, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is near death and can remember nothing of his life before his rescue. As he begins to try to rebuild his memory, Bourne soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with a woman named Marie (Franka Potente) on a search to find out who he is and why people are out to kill him. Directed by Doug Liman. With Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Categories: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Adventure. Year: 2002.
Brian Cox in The Bourne Identity
When four teenagers die exactly one week after watching a mysterious video tape, journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) tracks down and watches the tape for herself. After witnessing the eerie, cryptic images it contains, Rachel is forced unravel the video's message as she races against time to save herself and a her son (David Dorfman) before the week is up. Her search leads her to a farm where a young girl was condemned to die in a well. Directed by Gore Verbinski. With Daveigh Chase, Martin Henderson and Shannon Cochran. Categories: Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2002.
Brian Cox in The Ring
Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar), Rabbit (Erik Stolhanske), Mac (Steve Lemme), and Foster (Paul Soter) are state troopers stationed in no-man’s-land, Vermont. Bored to tears, they pull more than their fair share of pranks while on duty. However, when the state is forced to slash the budget, the state trooper squad fears that their station could be shut down. Suddenly, a dead man and a possible drug ring are unearthed. This could be just the opportunity they need to prove their worth to the governor (Lynda Carter). Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. With Kevin Heffernan, Brian Cox, Daniel von Bargen, Marisa Coughlan and John Bedford Lloyd. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2001.
Brian Cox in Super Troopers
Decorated policeman Nick Chen (Yun-Fat Chow) is assigned to defuse a turf war in Chinatown between the Triads and the Fukienese Dragons. As the action heats up, Chen is teamed up with young cop Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg), who is unaware of how power and influence have compromised his superiors. When Wallace is offered a bribe, Chen is forced to realign the loyalties that have helped him rise through the ranks. Directed by James Foley. With Brian Cox. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1999.
Brian Cox in The Corruptor
Max Fischer's (Jason Schwartzman) entire world revolves around Rushmore, a private school where he sacrifices his studies to engage in an incredible range of extracurricular activities. After learning that his failing grades will most certainly lead to him losing his scholarship, Max's life is further complicated when he falls for Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), a beautiful elementary school teacher. Seeking the help of local industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), Max sets out to keep his place at Rushmore and woo his new love, only to have everything come crashing down around him. Directed by Wes Anderson. With Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox, Luke Wilson, Connie Nielsen and Sara Tanaka. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Drama. Year: 1998.
Brian Cox in Rushmore
Forensic detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is shaken by the sudden disappearance of his niece, Naomi (Gina Ravera), and heads to her North Carolina college campus to investigate. There, Alex meets Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), a young woman who managed to escape from the same man who kidnapped Naomi. With seven women missing and two already found dead, Alex and Kate must work quickly if they are to save Naomi and the other girls before this sick, self-described "Cassanova" takes their lives. Directed by Gary Fleder. With Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Tatyana Ali, Jeremy Piven and Mena Suvari. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery. Year: 1997.
Brian Cox in Kiss the Girls
In the late 13th century, William Wallace (Mel Gibson) returns to Scotland to find that the king has died without an heir. After the king of England, Edward the Longshanks (Patrick McGoohan), seizes the throne and his wife (Catherine McCormack) is killed, Wallace leads a grassroots army of rebels intent on regaining Scotland's freedom from English tyranny, becoming a hero and a legend. Directed by Mel Gibson. With Brian Cox, Sophie Marceau, Peter Hanly, Angus Macfadyen and Brendan Gleeson. Categories: Action, Biography, Drama, History, History. Year: 1995.
Brian Cox in Braveheart