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Brian Cox

Cox was born in Dundee, Scotland, the youngest of 5 children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline (née McCann), was a Roman Catholic spinner who worked in the jute mills and suffered several nervous breakdowns during Cox's childhood. His father, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a weaver who died when Cox was nine years old, and Cox was subsequently raised by a sister and an aunt. Cox's ancestors were 19th century Irish immigrants to Scotland. Cox joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of fourteen while at school with his best friend, famed poet Justin Ryan Fyfe. He spent a season with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1966.

Cox is a diabetic and has worked to promote a diabetes research facility in his home town of Dundee. The producers of Super Troopers found this out the hard way, as one scene called for Cox to eat a white chocolate prop that resembled a bar of soap. Production was halted until a sugar-free substitute could be found.

He is a patron of "THE SPACE", a training facility for actors and dancers in his native Dundee and an 'ambassador' for the Screen Academy Scotland.

His son, Alan Cox, is also an actor, best known for his role in Young Sherlock Holmes.

In July 2008, Cox was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Napier University, Edinburgh.

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