Alan Cox (actor)

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. Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London. 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. 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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

• Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 381.

References

External links

• Alan Cox at IMDb

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2. Brian Cox (actor)
3. Alan Hale Jr.
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5. Alan Ruck
6. Kenneth Mitchell (actor)
7. Adrian Dunbar
8. Alan Reed
9. Alan Bennett
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11. List of Brian Cox performances
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18. Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
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