Alan Cox
Alan Douglas Cox (born 6 August 1970) is a British actor. He is known for portraying a teenage Dr. Watson in Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985.
Also recorded as Alan Douglas Cox
Alan Cox
- Name
- Alan Cox
- Birth Name
- Alan Douglas Cox
- Born
- 6 August 1970
- Birthplace
- Westminster, London, England
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- acting technique
- Education
- St Paul's School
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Alan Cox • Birth Name — Alan Douglas Cox • Born — 6 August 1970 • Birthplace — Westminster, London, England • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1976–present • Parents — * Brian Cox (father) • Caroline Burt (mother)
Documentary record
Alan Cox (born 6 August 1970) is described as an actor in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Alan Cox was born on 6 August 1970; the birthplace is London, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Life and career
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. Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London. He has a sister, Margaret, and two half-brothers, Orson and Torin. 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). In 2011, Cox also co-starred as a nudist named Cory Beck in the independent comedy Act Naturally.
Television
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"
Theatre
Theatre
• Year — Title — Role — Theatre • 2025 — Churchill in Moscow — Archie Clark Kerr — Orange Tree Theatre
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 • 2026 — The Man with the Plan — The Devil
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