Brian Cox


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05/31/1946
Dundee, Scotland
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At age 15, he dropped out of school and took a job running errands and mopping the stage at the Dundee Repertory Theater.
Won two Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his performances in the London productions of 1984's Rat in the Skull and 1989's Titus Andronicus.
Played Hannibal Lecter in Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986). Five years later, Anthony Hopkins assumed the role in The Silence of the Lambs and ultimately won an Oscar.