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Brian Cox is a name associated with multiple individuals in the arts and sciences. One Brian Cox, born in 1946, began his work period in 1965 and is categorized as an actor. This individual is linked to tags such as spoken word, poetry, physics, and Hannibal Lecter. Another Brian Cox, identified as a poet, was born in 1928 and died in 2008. His literary output includes seventeen works, with notable titles including *Twentieth century love poems*, *My Eightieth Year to Heaven*, *Emeritus*, and *Poetry now*.
A separate entry for a Brian Cox lists a female artist from Florida, associated with genres including contemporary r&b, house, neo-soul, and pop soul. This profile also includes the genre tag "2008 universal fire victim." The name Brian Cox has been referenced by 1,058 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2008
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Twentieth century love poems
- My Eightieth Year to Heaven
- Emeritus
- Poetry now
- Poetry now
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Florida
- Active from
- 1974-07-13
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,193
- Total plays
- 10,856
Tags
1- Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He has also appeared in many Hollywood productions playing parts such as Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore, William Stryker in X2: X-Men United and Agamemnon in Troy. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 production Manhunter. see wikipedia <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Cox">Rea
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Regression Models and Life-Tables
· 1972 · cited 36,480x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,950x
- A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
· 1991 · cited 26,528x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,416x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,985x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Brian Denis Cox , ( 1946-06-01 ) 1 June 1946 (age 80) , Dundee , Scotland
- Education
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1961–present
- Works
- Full list
- Political party
- Labour (1967–2015) SNP (2015–present)
- Spouses
- Lilian Monroe-Carr ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1966 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1967 ) Caroline Burt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1986 ) Nicole Ansari ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
- Children
- 4, including Alan
- Awards
- Full list
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Brian Denis Cox (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for his work on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as two nominations for a British Academy Television Award. In the 2003 New Year Honours, he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire at the rank of Commander.
Cox trained at the Dundee Repertory Theatre before becoming a founding member of Royal Lyceum Theatre. He went on to train as a Shakespearean actor, starring in numerous productions with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Cox received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his roles in Rat in the Skull (1984), for Royal Court and Titus Andronicus (1988). He received two more Olivier Award nominations for Misalliance (1986) and Fashion (1988).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brian Cox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.