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Brian Cox
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Producer, Actor, Costume Designer Born: June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland Biography:Growing up in Scotland, the descendent of Irish immigrants, "Brian Cox" always felt an affinity to American cinema that eventually led him to pursue his career stateside. Born on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, Scotland, Cox knew he wanted to act from an early age, but identified more with the characters portrayed in American films than in "zany British comedies," to use his phrase. While working at the local theater, where he started by mopping the stage, the 15-year-old Cox would watch the actors and study their styles to separate the wheat from the chaff. He attended drama school in London and got caught up in British theater and television during the 1970s. Cox landed on Broadway in the early '80s, but found more closed doors than open ones. It was while performing a play transplanted from the U.K. that a casting agent for "Michael Mann"'s "Manhunter" (1986) noticed him. The film would become the first... Full Biography
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