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Brian Cox

1946-06-01 (78 years old) in Dundee, Scotland, UK

Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for his work on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a British Academy Television Award. In 2003, he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire at the rank of Commander. Cox trained at the Dundee Repertory Theatre before becoming a founding member of the Royal Lyceum Theatre. He went on to train as a Shakespearean actor, starring in numerous productions with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Cox received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his roles in Rat in the Skull (1984), for Royal Court, and Titus Andronicus (1988). He received two more Olivier Award nominations for Misalliance (1986) and Fashion (1988). Known as a character actor in film, he played Robert McKee in Spike Jonze's Adaptation (2002) and William Stryker in X2 (2003). For his starring role in L.I.E. (2001), he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. His other notable films include Manhunter (1986), Iron Will (1994), Braveheart (1995), The Boxer (1997), The Rookie (2002), Troy (2004), Match Point (2005), The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007), Coriolanus (2011), Pixels (2015), and Churchill (2017). Cox won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his portrayal of Hermann Göring in the television film Nuremberg (2001). The following year, he guest starred on the NBC sitcom Frasier, earning his second Emmy nomination in 2002. He portrayed Jack Langrishe in the HBO series Deadwood. He starred as Logan Roy on the HBO series Succession (2018-2023), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
67 %|Dec 5, 2024
Animation, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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Little Wing
68 %|Mar 13, 2024
Drama
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Quasi
51.589999999999996 %|Apr 20, 2023
Comedy, Drama
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An Interview with Brian Cox
0 %|Apr 11, 2023
Documentary
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
76 %|Nov 26, 2022
Documentary
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The Independent
68 %|Nov 2, 2022
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
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Her
79 %|Dec 18, 2013
Romance, Science Fiction, Drama
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An Adventure in Space and Time
77 %|Nov 21, 2013
Drama
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The Curse of Edgar
72 %|Oct 27, 2013
TV Movie, Drama
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Anna
65 %|Oct 13, 2013
Thriller, Drama
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Believe
61 %|Oct 4, 2013
Drama
actor
Blumenthal
0 %|Aug 3, 2013
Comedy
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RED 2
65.28999999999999 %|Jul 18, 2013
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Blood
59 %|Oct 9, 2012
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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The Campaign
58.269999999999996 %|Aug 9, 2012
Comedy
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The Veteran
57 %|Apr 29, 2011
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Ironclad
62 %|Mar 3, 2011
Romance, Adventure, Action, History
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The Key Man
40 %|Feb 18, 2011
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Coriolanus
58.550000000000004 %|Feb 14, 2011
Drama, Thriller
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RED
66.99 %|Oct 13, 2010
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
actor
On Expenses
0 %|Feb 23, 2010
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As Good As Dead
50 %|Jan 25, 2010
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
78.05 %|Oct 23, 2009
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Brian Cox's Jute Journey
0 %|Oct 5, 2009
Documentary
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The Good Heart
62 %|Sep 11, 2009
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Tell-Tale
53.879999999999995 %|Apr 24, 2009
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
77 %|Apr 7, 2009
Family, Mystery, Animation, Comedy, Action, Fantasy
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Red
62.05 %|Aug 8, 2008
Drama, Thriller
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The Escapist
62 %|Jun 20, 2008
Action, Thriller
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The Water Horse
65.34 %|Dec 25, 2007
Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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The Secret of the Nutcracker
55.629999999999995 %|Dec 23, 2007
Family, Fantasy
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Trick 'r Treat
70 %|Dec 9, 2007
Horror, Comedy
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Battle for Terra
61 %|Sep 6, 2007
Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
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A Woman in Winter
77 %|Apr 9, 2007
Drama
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Zodiac
75.24 %|Mar 2, 2007
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Running with Scissors
58 %|Oct 27, 2006
Drama, Comedy
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The Flying Scotsman
67 %|Aug 16, 2006
Drama
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The Ringer
57 %|Dec 23, 2005
Comedy
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Red Eye
64 %|Aug 19, 2005
Thriller, Mystery
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Hitler in Colour
80 %|Apr 30, 2005
Documentary, History, War
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Japan's War In Colour
80 %|Jan 17, 2005
Documentary, War
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The Bourne Supremacy
73.24 %|Jul 23, 2004
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Troy
71.62 %|May 13, 2004
Adventure, History, War
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The Reckoning
64 %|Feb 26, 2004
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
73.33 %|May 20, 2003
Documentary
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X2
70.35 %|Apr 27, 2003
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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25th Hour
73.27 %|Dec 19, 2002
Crime, Drama
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Adaptation.
73.61 %|Dec 6, 2002
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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The Ring
66.75 %|Oct 18, 2002
Horror, Mystery
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The Bourne Identity
74.68 %|Jun 14, 2002
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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The Rookie
67.71 %|Mar 25, 2002
Drama, Family
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Bug
72 %|Feb 28, 2002
Comedy, Drama
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The Affair of the Necklace
55.59 %|Nov 30, 2001
Drama, History, Romance
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L.I.E.
67 %|Sep 7, 2001
Drama, Crime
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Strictly Sinatra
47 %|Jun 29, 2001
Drama, Action, Romance
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Super Troopers
65.65 %|Feb 15, 2001
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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Inside 'Manhunter'
70 %|Feb 13, 2001
Documentary
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Complicity
59 %|May 6, 2000
Thriller, Romance
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Mad About Mambo
51 %|Apr 4, 2000
Comedy, Romance, Drama
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Longitude
73 %|Jan 2, 2000
TV Movie, Drama, History
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The Corruptor
61 %|Mar 12, 1999
Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
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The Minus Man
54 %|Feb 25, 1999
Drama, Thriller
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Rushmore
74.03999999999999 %|Dec 11, 1998
Comedy, Drama
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Poodle Springs
54 %|Jul 25, 1998
TV Movie, Crime, Mystery
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Desperate Measures
60 %|Jan 30, 1998
Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
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The Boxer
66.9 %|Dec 31, 1997
Drama, Romance
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Kiss the Girls
65.3 %|Sep 29, 1997
Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
66 %|Oct 11, 1996
Crime, Action, Mystery, Thriller
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The Glimmer Man
54 %|Oct 4, 1996
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Chain Reaction
57 %|Aug 2, 1996
Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller
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Witness Against Hitler
60 %|Mar 10, 1996
Drama, War, TV Movie
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Braveheart
79.42 %|May 24, 1995
Action, Drama, History, War
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Rob Roy
67.06 %|Apr 13, 1995
Adventure, History, Drama, Action, War
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The Maltese Double Cross
70 %|Nov 16, 1994
Documentary
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Royal Deceit
56 %|Feb 23, 1994
Drama, Adventure
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Iron Will
67 %|Jan 14, 1994
Adventure, Family, Action
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Sharpe's Eagle
71 %|May 12, 1993
War, Action, Adventure, History, TV Movie
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Sharpe's Rifles
66 %|May 5, 1993
War, Adventure, TV Movie
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Six Characters in Search of An Author
10 %|Dec 12, 1992
Drama, TV Movie
actor
The Cutter
0 %|Aug 10, 1992
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The Lost Language of Cranes
62 %|Feb 9, 1992
Drama
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The Cloning of Joanna May
70 %|Jan 16, 1992
Science Fiction, TV Movie
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Hidden Agenda
69.28 %|Nov 21, 1990
Drama, Thriller
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Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
0 %|Dec 7, 1989
Documentary
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The Blasphemers' Banquet
0 %|Jul 31, 1989
Documentary
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Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
74 %|Sep 23, 1988
Documentary
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Manhunter
70 %|Aug 14, 1986
Crime, Horror, Thriller
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King Lear
65 %|Apr 3, 1983
Drama, TV Movie
actor
The Parenting
0 %|Invalid Date
Horror, Comedy
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The Electric State
0 %|Mar 13, 2025
Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama
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That Christmas
74.53 %|Nov 27, 2024
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Adventure
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Skelly
50 %|May 7, 2024
Drama, Family
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Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
0 %|Sep 5, 2023
Documentary
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Ooh the Banter!
0 %|Dec 31, 2022
Comedy
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Bonnie
30 %|Nov 12, 2022
Documentary
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Ukraine: Answering the Call
0 %|Jul 3, 2022
Documentary
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Pretenders
56 %|Sep 27, 2019
Drama
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Churchill
62 %|May 25, 2017
Drama, History
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Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
0 %|Dec 23, 2016
Documentary
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe
68.03 %|Dec 21, 2016
Horror, Mystery
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Morgan
58 %|Sep 1, 2016
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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The Carer
67 %|Aug 5, 2016
Comedy
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Forsaken
61 %|Sep 16, 2015
Western, Action, Drama
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Pixels
57.41 %|Jul 16, 2015
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
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The Gospel of John
73 %|Dec 1, 2014
Drama, Fantasy
actor
Scotland In A Day
0 %|Sep 18, 2014
Comedy
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The Anomaly
49 %|Jun 19, 2014
Thriller, Action, Science Fiction
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Exit Humanity
52 %|Oct 16, 2011
Drama, Horror
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Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
55 %|Sep 10, 2011
Crime, Drama, History
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
73.28999999999999 %|Aug 3, 2011
Thriller, Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Shoot on Sight
63 %|Aug 22, 2008
Crime, Thriller, Drama
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Agent Crush
60 %|Jan 1, 2008
Animation, Adventure
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Match Point
73.61 %|Oct 26, 2005
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
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The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
61 %|Sep 8, 2005
Mystery, Drama, Documentary, Crime, History, TV Movie
actor
Murder by Numbers
0 %|Mar 16, 2004
Documentary
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger
70 %|Sep 29, 2002
Documentary
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Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh
0 %|Feb 12, 2002
Documentary, History
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Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
68 %|Feb 5, 2002
Documentary, Drama
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Saltwater
71 %|Sep 29, 2000
Drama
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A Shot at Glory
55 %|May 3, 2000
Drama
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For Love of the Game
65 %|Sep 17, 1999
Drama, Romance
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Sharpe: The Legend
60 %|Oct 13, 1997
War, Action, Adventure, History, TV Movie
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Deceptions
0 %|Jan 1, 1992
Thriller
actor
Red Fox
50 %|Dec 8, 1991
Thriller
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The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
0 %|May 1, 1990
Documentary
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Shoot for the Sun
0 %|Mar 16, 1987
Drama, Crime
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Pope John Paul II
80 %|Apr 22, 1984
Drama, History, TV Movie
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The Changeling
70 %|Jan 20, 1974
Drama, TV Movie
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A Modern Magician
0 %|Invalid Date
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The Glove
0 %|Invalid Date
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The Planets
0 %|Invalid Date
Documentary
actor
Wittgenstein's Poker
0 %|Invalid Date
Animation, History, Drama
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Murder on the Moon
32 %|May 9, 1989
Mystery, Science Fiction, TV Movie, Action
actor
Glenrothan
0 %|Invalid Date
Drama
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Prisoner's Daughter
63 %|Jun 30, 2023
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Mending the Line
64 %|Jun 9, 2023
Drama, War
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Separation
58 %|Apr 30, 2021
Horror, Mystery
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Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
50 %|Apr 23, 2021
Documentary
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The Bay of Silence
45 %|Aug 20, 2020
Thriller
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Last Moment of Clarity
52 %|May 19, 2020
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Lawrence After Arabia
42 %|May 19, 2020
Drama
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The Last Right
62 %|Dec 6, 2019
Comedy, Drama
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Strange but True
60.19 %|Oct 17, 2019
Thriller
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Remember Me
63 %|Aug 2, 2019
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Kubrick by Candlelight
70 %|Nov 23, 2018
Romance, Comedy
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Widdershins
74 %|Jun 27, 2018
Animation, Adventure
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Super Troopers 2
58.56 %|Apr 19, 2018
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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The Etruscan Smile
65.19 %|Apr 12, 2018
Drama
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Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
86 %|May 27, 2017
Family, Animation, Comedy
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Pacific Warriors
68 %|Sep 10, 2015
Documentary
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Wide Blue Yonder
50 %|May 25, 2012
Drama, Comedy
actor
The Outsiders
40 %|Oct 3, 2006
Action, Adventure, TV Movie
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Carry on Ken
0 %|Jan 1, 2006
Documentary
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Blue/Orange
55 %|Feb 23, 2005
TV Movie, Comedy, Drama
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Sin
49 %|Jan 1, 2003
Crime
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The Biographer
0 %|Sep 1, 2002
Drama, TV Movie
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The Invention of Dr. Morel
0 %|Mar 16, 2000
Drama, Mystery
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The Making of 'Rushmore'
60 %|Jan 25, 2000
Documentary, Comedy
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Merchants of Venus
72 %|Mar 1, 1998
Comedy
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Food for Ravens
60 %|Nov 11, 1997
TV Movie, History, Drama
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The Negotiator
0 %|May 31, 1994
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Grushko
60 %|Mar 24, 1994
Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
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Secret Weapon
60 %|Mar 19, 1990
Drama, History, TV Movie
actor
Rat in the Skull
0 %|Jan 1, 1987
Drama, TV Movie
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Home Cooking
0 %|Nov 8, 1986
Drama, TV Movie
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Florence Nightingale
55 %|Jul 5, 1985
Drama, TV Movie
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A Cotswold Death
70 %|Jan 12, 1982
Mystery, Crime, TV Movie
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The Privilege
0 %|Jan 1, 1982
Drama
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Dalhousie's Luck
0 %|Aug 3, 1980
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Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
70 %|Feb 24, 1976
Drama, TV Movie
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In Celebration
49 %|Mar 17, 1975
Drama
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Nicholas and Alexandra
69 %|Nov 29, 1971
Drama, War, History
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The Year of the Sex Olympics
53 %|Jul 29, 1968
Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
actor
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
0 %|Jul 7, 1965
TV Movie

Series

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Unsinkable
100 %|Jul 10, 2024
Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics
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007: Road to a Million
67 %|Nov 10, 2023
Reality, Action & Adventure
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
53 %|Nov 8, 2023
Documentary, Drama
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Made of Money with Brian Cox
0 %|Sep 23, 2023
Documentary
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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
27 %|Sep 4, 2022
News, Talk
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Piers Morgan Uncensored
28 %|Apr 25, 2022
Talk
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Blade Runner: Black Lotus
71.16 %|Nov 14, 2021
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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Good Omens
80 %|May 31, 2019
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
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Succession
82.59 %|Jun 3, 2018
Drama, Comedy
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The Russell Howard Hour
80 %|Sep 21, 2017
Comedy, Talk
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series
59 %|Aug 8, 2017
Comedy
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Brian Cox's Russia
0 %|Apr 18, 2017
Documentary
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Medici: Masters of Florence
78 %|Oct 18, 2016
Drama, War & Politics
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War and Peace
76 %|Jan 3, 2016
Drama
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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The Slap
61 %|Feb 12, 2015
Drama
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The Game
74 %|Nov 5, 2014
War & Politics, Drama, Crime, Comedy
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The Great War: The People's Story
61 %|Aug 10, 2014
Documentary, Drama
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Penny Dreadful
78 %|May 11, 2014
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
78.92999999999999 %|Apr 27, 2014
Talk, Comedy, News
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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Shetland
75 %|Mar 10, 2013
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The Last Leg
53 %|Jan 25, 2013
Talk
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Bob Servant
60 %|Jan 23, 2013
Comedy
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Addicted to Pleasure
0 %|Nov 25, 2012
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A Touch of Cloth
73.96 %|Aug 26, 2012
Comedy, Crime
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A Touch of Cloth
73.96 %|Aug 26, 2012
Comedy, Crime
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Tooned
0 %|Jul 8, 2012
Animation, Comedy
poster
The Straits
73 %|Feb 2, 2012
Drama, Crime
poster
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
50 %|Oct 24, 2011
Talk
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The Jonathan Ross Show
48 %|Sep 3, 2011
Talk, Comedy
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The Sinking of the Laconia
63.230000000000004 %|Jan 6, 2011
Drama, War & Politics
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The Day of the Triffids
59 %|Dec 28, 2009
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Take
76 %|Jun 17, 2009
Action & Adventure, Drama
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The Colour of Magic
67 %|Mar 23, 2008
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
poster
The Graham Norton Show
72 %|Feb 22, 2007
Comedy, Talk
poster
The One Show
46 %|Aug 14, 2006
Talk
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The Colbert Report
68.22 %|Oct 17, 2005
News, Comedy
poster
Doctor Who
75 %|Mar 26, 2005
Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
poster
Lost
79 %|Sep 22, 2004
Mystery, Action & Adventure, Drama
actor
The Tony Danza Show
61 %|Sep 13, 2004
Talk
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Deadwood
80.94 %|Mar 21, 2004
Western, Crime, Drama
actor
One Life
0 %|Sep 24, 2003
Documentary
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Real Time with Bill Maher
60.12 %|Feb 21, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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Top Gear
75 %|Oct 20, 2002
Talk, Action & Adventure, Reality, Comedy
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Richard & Judy
31 %|Nov 26, 2001
Talk
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force
75 %|Dec 30, 2000
Animation, Comedy
poster
Nuremberg
75 %|Jul 16, 2000
Drama, War & Politics
poster
Longitude
70 %|Jan 2, 2000
Drama
poster
Superman: The Animated Series
75 %|Sep 6, 1996
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
poster
The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
poster
Frasier
77 %|Sep 16, 1993
Comedy, Family
poster
Sharpe
78 %|May 5, 1993
War & Politics, Action & Adventure
poster
The Big Battalions
60 %|Nov 19, 1992
Drama, War & Politics
poster
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
68.46000000000001 %|Nov 9, 1992
Animation
poster
Performance
60 %|Feb 22, 1991
Drama
actor
Perfect Scoundrels
60 %|Apr 22, 1990
Drama, Comedy
poster
The Simpsons
80.16999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
poster
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
poster
Red Dwarf
80 %|Feb 15, 1988
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
poster
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
0 %|Jan 10, 1988
Documentary
actor
Acting
0 %|Aug 28, 1987
Documentary
poster
French & Saunders
75 %|Mar 9, 1987
Comedy
poster
Inspector Morse
78.17999999999999 %|Jan 6, 1987
Crime, Drama, Mystery
actor
Unnatural Causes
55 %|Nov 8, 1986
Drama
poster
Hammer House of Horror
71 %|Sep 13, 1980
Mystery, Drama
poster
Therese Raquin
59 %|Mar 12, 1980
Drama
poster
Minder
68 %|Oct 29, 1979
Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
poster
Question Time
50 %|Sep 25, 1979
News, Talk
poster
Out
70 %|Jul 24, 1978
Drama, Crime
poster
The Devil's Crown
75 %|Apr 30, 1978
Drama
poster
Van der Valk
58 %|Sep 13, 1972
Drama
poster
Great Performances
52 %|Jan 28, 1971
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
poster
Play for Today
61 %|Oct 15, 1970
Drama
poster
Manhunt
65 %|Jan 2, 1970
Drama, War & Politics
poster
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
70 %|Invalid Date
News, Comedy
poster
Amol Rajan Interviews
0 %|Invalid Date
Documentary, Talk
poster
BBC Play of the Month
50 %|Oct 19, 1965
Drama