Alan Cox (actor)
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| Alan Cox | |
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| Born | 6 August 1970 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976 - present |
Alan Cox (born 6 August 1970) is an English actor.
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[edit] Biography
He is the son of the Emmy Award winning actor Brian Cox and his first wife Caroline Burt. Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London. He has a sister, Margaret, and a half brother Torin Kamran Charles.
Cox portrayed the young John Mortimer the 1982 TV adaptation of his play A Voyage Round My Father, starring opposite Laurence Olivier. He is probably most widely known for his role in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), where he played a teenage version of Dr. Watson. Other films include An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Mrs. Dalloway (1997), and The Auteur Theory (1999).
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Movies
- The Speed of Thought (2008)
- August (2008)
- Ladies in Lavender (2004)
- Justice (2003)
- Weight (2000)
- The Auteur Theory (1999)
- Mrs Dalloway (1997)
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981)
[edit] Television series
- John Adams (2008)
- M.I.High (2008)
- Midsomer Murders (2004)
- The Thin Blue Line (1996)
- Ellington (1996)
- Crown Prosecutor (1995)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993)
- The Bill (1991)
- Casualty (1990)
- Jane Eyre (1983)
- Shoestring (1980)
- The Devil's Crown (1978)
[edit] Television movies
- Margaret (2009)
- Housewife 49 (2006)
- Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006)
- Not Only But Always (2004)
- Wasserfälle von Slunj, Die (2002)
- Cor, Blimey! (2000)
- The Odyssey (1997)
- Adam Bede (1991)
- East Lynne (1982)
- A Voyage Round My Father (1982)
- A Divorce (1976)
