Alan Cox

Alan Cox (born 6 August 1970) is a Anglo-Scottish actor. He is the son of the Emmy Award winning actor Brian Cox and his first wife Caroline Burt. Alan was educated at St Paul's School (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 You... more

Alan Cox (born 6 August 1970) is a Anglo-Scottish actor. He is the son of the Emmy Award winning actor Brian Cox and his first wife Caroline Burt. Alan was educated at St Paul's School (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). He is also a respected stage actor, both in the British Isles and America. less