The actor Brian Cox used to be irked by the success of his upstart namesake. Now, for the first time, he and Prof Brian Cox talk science, Succession and what Shakespeare and black holes have in common
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Dundee-born actor Brian Denis Cox started working professionally in the 1960s, joining the National Theatre in the 70s and the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 80s. His 50-year career in film, TV and theatre has won him Olivier, Bafta and Emmy nominations and awards. He appeared in The Bourne Identity and and was the first actor to play Hannibal Lecter, in the 1986 film Manhunter. He currently stars as media mogul Logan Roy in Succession, for which he won a Golden Globe for best actor in 2020.
The two Brians caught up over Zoom for a wide-ranging chat about the universe, Succession, Shakespeare and everything in between. Prof Brian and actor Brian, over to you ...One of the themes from my live shows is the possibility that we might currently be the only intelligent civilisation in the Milky Way. The challenge is the possibility that we might destroy ourselves – through inaction or deliberate action – because we don’t have the wisdom to control our own power.
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