The Profile: Brian Cox, success and succession
The veteran actor shares a difficult childhood and a volatile temper with his Succession character, the foul-mouthed capitalist patriarch Logan Roy, but not the capitalism
In brief
Name and role: Brian Cox, actor
Age: 75
Appearance: Squat, bearded and craggy, his hair swept into a faded quiff, his voice like a rumbling volcano
Newsworthiness: The much-anticipated third season of Succession, in which he plays Logan Roy, the billionaire patriarch and media tyrant, has just been released after a pandemic-related delay
In depth
The medieval city of Dundee lies an hour north of Edinburgh, sheltered from the North Sea by a ...