Alan Cox
Born
Alan Douglas Cox

(1970-08-06) 6 August 1970 (age 53)
Westminster, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
Parents

Alan Douglas Cox (born 6 August 1970) is a British actor. He portrayed a teenage Dr. Watson in Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985.

Life and career

Cox was born in Westminster, London, and is the son of Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox and his second wife, actress Caroline Burt.[1] Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London.[2] He has a sister, Margaret, and two half brothers Orson Jonathan Cox and Torin Kamran Cox.

Cox portrayed the young John Mortimer the 1982 TV adaptation of his play A Voyage Round My Father, starring opposite Laurence Olivier.[3] He is probably most widely known for his role in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), where he played a teenage version of Dr. Watson.[4] Other films include An Awfully Big Adventure (1995),[5] Mrs. Dalloway (1997),[6] and The Auteur Theory (1999).[7] In 2011, Cox also co-starred as a nudist named Cory Beck in the independent comedy Act Naturally.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1976 A Divorce Jason TV film
1981 If You Go Down in the Woods Today Cub Scout
1982 A Voyage Round My Father Son as a Boy TV film
East Lynne William Carlyle TV film
1984 Man of Letters Kenton TV film
1985 Young Sherlock Holmes John Watson
1995 An Awfully Big Adventure Geoffrey
1997 Mrs Dalloway Young Peter
1999 The Auteur Theory George Sand
2000 Cor, Blimey! Orsino TV film
Weight Henry Salmon
2002 Die Wasserfälle von Slunj Donald Clayton TV film
The Dinosaur Hunters Richard Owen TV film
2003 Justice Palm Sunday
2004 Ladies in Lavender Obsequious Man
Not Only But Always Alan Bennett TV film
2006 Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes Cuthbert TV film
Housewife, 49 Dennis TV film
2008 August Barton
2009 Margaret Gordon Reece TV film
2010 The Nutcracker in 3D Gielgud Voice role
2011 Act Naturally Cory Beck
The Speed of Thought Alexei
2012 The Dictator BP Executive
2018 Staging the Knack and How to Get It Interviewer Short film
Say My Name Father Donald Davies
2019 Act Super Naturally Cory Beck

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1978 The Devil's Crown Young Henry Episode: "The Earth Is Not Enough"
1979 Penmarric Young Jan-Yves Episode: "Series 1, Episode 7"
1980 Shoestring John Episode: "The Dangerous Game"
1983 Jane Eyre John Reed Episode: "Gateshead"
1990 Casualty Joshua Episode: "Results"
1991 The Bill Steve Doyle Episode: "Stress Rules"
1992 Screen One Seth Bade Episode: "Adam Bede"
Spatz Graham Episode: "Poetry & Music"
London's Burning Richard Sidwell Episode: "Series 5, Episode 3"
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Dimitri Episode: "Petrograd, July 1917"
1994 The Bill Connor Episode: "Creating a Market"
1995 Crown Prosecutor David Ellery Episode: "Series 1, Episode 8"
1996 Ellington Tadeusz Zbinkiewicz Episode: "No Holds Barred"
The Thin Blue Line Bob Tough Episode: "Fly on the Wall"
1997 The Odyssey Elpenor Mini-series
2004 Midsomer Murders Stephen Bannerman Episode: "The Maid in Splendour"
2007 The Wild West Mark Kellogg Episode: "Custer's Last Strand"
2008 M.I. High David DeHaverland Episode: "It's a Kind of Magic"
John Adams William Maclay Episode: "Unite or Die"
2009 The Bill Phil Reaney Episode: "Fall Out"
2013 Lucan Ian Maxwell-Scott Mini-series
2014 The Good Wife Douglas Episode: "Goliath and David"
2015 The Sonnet Project Episode: "Sonnet #30"
2021 New Amsterdam Lyle Episode: "More Joy"

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Bryony (30 October 2021). "Brian Cox Unleashed". National Post (Toronto). p. F22. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Jury, Louise (21 April 2015). "Boris the inspiration for satire's wannabe PM". Evening Standard. London. p. 31. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ James, Clive (7 March 1982). "Television: Better than ever". The Observer (London). p. 48. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Mills, Nancy (23 July 1995). "A look at Hugh Grant before his big success". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 42. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Maslin, Janet (4 December 1985). "Taking the Cloak off Young Sherlock". The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana). New York Times News Service. p. C-6. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Hartl, John (4 December 1985). "Taking the Cloak off Young Sherlock". Los Angeles Times. p. VI-7. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Macor, Alison (13 October 2000). "Now Playing at the Austin Film Festival: The Auteur Theory". Austin American-Statesman. p. E5. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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