Conversations with Brian Cox of SUCCESSION

Q&A with Brian Cox of SUCCESSION. Moderated by Caryn James, film critic for the BBC and a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Hollywood Reporter

Succession follows the Roy family – Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his four adult children – who control one of the biggest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. The show tracks the lives of the key members as they grapple with what the future will hold for them as their aging father begins to step back from the company. The ten-episode season stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Hiam Abbass, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, Natalie Gold, Peter Friedman and Rob Yang. Created by Jesse Armstrong; executive produced by Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Will Ferrell, Jane Tranter and Mark Mylod.

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Brian Cox is the lead of the new HBO show Succession. He recently starred as Winston Churchill in the 2017 feature film Churchill. He also plays Rory in the film The Etruscan Smile, and Captain O’Hagan in Super Troopers 2. He starred alongside Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage in Pixels, and in The Campaign with Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell. He also starred in Edwin Boyd and Coriolanus. He has starred in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Red, The Tell-Tale Heart, Escapist, Wes Craven’s Red Eye, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Spike Lee’s The 25th Hour, Spike Jonze’s Adaptation, and Gore Verbinski’s The Ring. Other film credits include The Boxer, Kiss the Girls, L.I.E., and Rushmore. His work as Daphne’s father on Frasier garnered him a nomination for a 2001-2002 Emmy Award. In 2001, he won the Emmy for his portrayal of Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering in TNT’s Nuremberg for which he was also a Golden Globe and SAG nominee. Brian has collaborated with award-winning playwright Conor McPherson in several productions, including The Weir, and Dublin Carol, in which Brian starred as grim alcoholic undertaker John Plunkett.