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Brian Denis Cox,
CBE (born
1 June 1946) is a
BAFTA- and
Emmy Award-winning,
Golden Globe-nominated
Scottish actor.
Biography
Early life
Cox was born in
Dundee,
Scotland, the youngest of 5 children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline (
née McCann), was a
Roman Catholic spinner who worked in the jute mills and suffered several
nervous breakdowns during Cox's childhood.
His father, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a weaver who died when Cox was nine years old,
[Brian Cox Biography - Yahoo! Movies][Brian Cox Biography] and Cox was subsequently raised by a sister and an aunt.
[At last, the return of the native - Times Online] Cox's ancestors were 19th century Irish immigrants to Scotland.
Cox joined the
Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of fourteen. He spent a season with the
Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1966.
