| — | Amol Rajan Interviews | Self - Interviewed Guest |
| 2024 | Unsinkable | Robert Dodds |
| 2023 | Made of Money with Brian Cox | |
| 2022 | Brian Cox: How The Other Half Live | Presenter |
| 2020 | John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues | John Rebus |
| 2017 | Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation | Narrator |
| 2017 | An Evening with Brian Cox | Himself |
| 2017 | Brian Cox's Russia | Host |
| 2012 | Tooned | The Mechanic |
| 2012 | Addicted to Pleasure | Self - Host |
| — | Glenrothan | |
| 2014 | Scotland In A Day | |
| 2006 | Carry on Ken | Self |
| 2003 | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2 | |
| 2003 | One Life | |
| 2002 | Raszputyin - Ördög az emberben | Narrator |
| 2002 | The Biographer | Michael O'Mara |
| 2000 | The Invention of Dr. Morel | Dr. Morel |
| 1994 | The Negotiator | Charlie King |
| — | Wittgenstein's Poker | Bertrand Russell (voice) |
| 2024 | Skelly | Grandpa |
| 2022 | Ooh the Banter! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | The Big Battalions | Edward Hoyland |
| 1991 | Performance | The Director |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Henrik Ibsen (voice) |
| 1987 | Rat in the Skull | Detective Inspector Nelson |
| 1987 | Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People | Narrator |
| 1987 | Acting | |
| 1986 | Home Cooking | Vic |
| 1985 | The Cantor of St Thomas's | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 1965 | A Knight in Tarnished Armour | Nelson |
| — | The Planets | |
| 2024 | That Christmas | Santa (voice) |
| — | The Glove | |
| — | A Modern Magician | The Voice |
| — | Електричний штат | (voice) |
| 2024 | Володар перснів: Війна рогіримів | Helm Hammerhand (voice) |
| — | The Parenting | |
| 2022 | Piers Morgan Uncensored | Self |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self – Actor |
| 2022 | Bonnie | Self |
| 2020 | Lawrence After Arabia | Father (Voice) |
| 2018 | Widdershins | voice |
| 2015 | Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace | Andrew Carnegie (voice) |
| 2013 | La Malédiction d'Edgar | Edgar Hoover |
| 2013 | Bob Servant | Bob Servant |
| 2012 | The Straits | Harry Montebello |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2008 | Agent Crush | Spanners (voice) |
| 2007 | A Woman in Winter | Dr. Hunt |
| 2006 | The Outsiders | Gabriel |
| 2005 | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Joseph Bell |
| 2005 | Japan's War In Colour | Narrator |
| 2005 | Blue/Orange | Dr. Robert Smith |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self |
| 2002 | Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon | Narrator |
| 2001 | Inside 'Manhunter' | Himself |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Morton |
| 1998 | Merchants of Venus | Uncle Vladimir |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend | Hogan |
| 1996 | Witness Against Hitler | Judge Freisler |
| 1994 | The Maltese Double Cross | Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Carl May |
| 1992 | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Director |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Vic |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Father Góra |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown | Henry II of England |
| 1978 | Out | McGrath |
| 1974 | The Changeling | Alsemero |
| 1970 | Manhunt | Anton |
| 1968 | The Year of the Sex Olympics | Lasar Opie |
| — | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Himself - Panellist |
| 2024 | Little Wing | Jaan Vari |
| 2023 | Quasi | Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | Донька ув'язненого | Max |
| 2023 | Загоїти серце | Ike Fletcher |
| 2023 | 007: Road to a Million | The Controller |
| 2023 | An Interview with Brian Cox | Himself |
| 2023 | Bill Douglas: My Best Friend | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Незалежний | Nick Booker |
| 2022 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self |
| 2022 | Ukraine: Answering the Call | Self |
| 2021 | Відокремлення | Rivers |
| 2021 | Той, хто біжить по лезу: Чорний лотос | Niander Wallace Sr. (voice) |
| 2021 | Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story | Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Момент істини | Gilles |
| 2020 | Затока тиші | Milton |
| 2019 | Добрі передвісники | Death (voice) |
| 2019 | Дивно, але правда | Bill |
| 2019 | The Etruscan Smile | Rory MacNeil |
| 2019 | The Last Right | Father Reilly |
| 2019 | Згадай мене | Shane |
| 2019 | Pretenders | Henry |
| 2018 | Спадкоємці | Logan Roy |
| 2018 | Суперполіцейські 2 | John O'Hagen |
| 2018 | Kubrick by Candlelight | The Narrator |
| 2017 | Черчилль | Winston Churchill |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self |
| 2017 | The Russell Howard Hour | Self |
| 2017 | Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie | Conrad (UK & US) / Crunch (UK & US) (voice) |
| 2016 | Демон всередині | Tommy Tilden |
| 2016 | Морґан | Jim Bryce |
| 2016 | Медичі: Повелителі Флоренції | Bernardo Guadagni |
| 2016 | Війна і мир | Mikhail Kutuzov |
| 2016 | The Carer | Sir Michael |
| 2016 | Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC | Self |
| 2015 | Пікселі | Admiral Porter |
| 2015 | Покинутий | James McCurdy |
| 2015 | Пізнє шоу зі Стівеном Кольбером | |
| 2015 | Пізнє шоу зі Стівеном Кольбером | Self |
| 2015 | The Slap | Manolis |
| 2015 | Pacific Warriors | Narrator |
| 2014 | Бульварні жахіття | Jared Talbot |
| 2014 | Події минулого тижня з Джоном Олівером | God |
| 2014 | Аномалія | Dr. Langham |
| 2014 | Нічне шоу з Джиммі Феллоном | Self |
| 2014 | Пізньої ночі з Сетом Маєрсом | Self |
| 2014 | Гра | Daddy |
| 2014 | The Gospel of John | Narrator (voice) – King James Version |
| 2014 | The Great War: The People's Story | Rev. Andrew Clark |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | Вона | Alan Watts (voice) |
| 2013 | РЕД 2 | Ivan |
| 2013 | Anna | Sebastian |
| 2013 | Пригода в просторі та часі | Sydney Newman |
| 2013 | Шетланд | Magnus Bain |
| 2013 | Повір | Matt Busby |
| 2013 | Blumenthal | Harold Blumenthal |
| 2012 | Брудна кампанія за чесні вибори | Raymond |
| 2012 | Blood | Lenny Fairburn |
| 2012 | Інспектор Клот | |
| 2012 | Інспектор Клот | Bill Ball |
| 2012 | Wide Blue Yonder | Wally |
| 2012 | I Missed My Mother's Funeral | Old Man |
| 2011 | Повстання планети мавп | John Landon |
| 2011 | Залізний лицар | Albany |
| 2011 | Коріолан | Menenius |
| 2011 | The Veteran | Gerry |
| 2011 | Exit Humanity | Malcolm Young (voice) |
| 2011 | Громадянин гангстер | Glover |
| 2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia | Captain Sharp |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self |
| 2011 | The Key Man | Irving |
| 2010 | РЕД | Ivan Simanov |
| 2010 | As Good As Dead | Reverend Kalahan |
| 2010 | On Expenses | |
| 2009 | Незрівнянний містер Фокс | Action 12 Reporter (voice) |
| 2009 | Скубі-Ду та меч самурая | Green Dragon (voice) |
| 2009 | Tell-Tale | Van Doren |
| 2009 | День триффідів | Dennis Masen |
| 2009 | The Good Heart | Jacques |
| 2009 | Прикуп | Ozzy |
| 2009 | Brian Cox's Jute Journey | Self |
| 2008 | Red | Avery Ludlow |
| 2008 | Втеча з в'язниці | Frank Perry |
| 2008 | Колір чаклунства | Narrator |
| 2008 | Shoot on Sight | Daniel Tennant |
| 2007 | Зодіак | Melvin Belli |
| 2007 | Гаманець або життя | Mr. Kreeg |
| 2007 | Мій домашній динозавр | Old Angus |
| 2007 | Битва за планету Терра | General Hemmer (voice) |
| 2007 | Шоу Ґрема Нортона | Self |
| 2007 | The Secret of the Nutcracker | Drosselmeyer |
| 2006 | Біг з ножицями | Dr. Finch |
| 2006 | The Flying Scotsman | Douglas Baxter |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Матч-пойнт | Alec Hewett |
| 2005 | Доктор Хто | Sydney Newman |
| 2005 | Нічний рейс | Joe Reisert |
| 2005 | Симулянт | Gary Barker |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2005 | Hitler in Colour | Narrator |
| 2004 | Троя | King Agamemnon |
| 2004 | Перевага Борна | Ward Abbott |
| 2004 | Загублені | |
| 2004 | Дедвуд | Jack Langrishe |
| 2004 | День розплати | Tobias |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) |
| 2004 | Шоу Тоні Данса | Self |
| 2004 | Murder by Numbers | Self |
| 2003 | Люди Ікс 2 | William Stryker |
| 2003 | В даний час з Біллом Маром | Self |
| 2003 | Sin | Captain Oakes |
| 2002 | Ідентифікація Борна | Ward Abbott |
| 2002 | Дзвінок | Richard Morgan |
| 2002 | Адаптація. | Robert McKee |
| 2002 | 25-та година | James Brogan |
| 2002 | Топ Ґір | Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car |
| 2002 | Новачок | Jim Morris Sr. |
| 2002 | Bug | Cyr |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | |
| 2002 | Aleister Crowley - The Wickedest Man in the World | Narrator |
| 2001 | Суперполіцейські | John O'Hagen |
| 2001 | L.I.E. | Big John Harrigan |
| 2001 | Історія з намистом | Minister Breteuil |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Chisolm |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Anubis (voice) |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Herman Wilhelm Goering |
| 2000 | Ціна перемоги | Martin Smith |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Morton |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Sidney McLoughlin |
| 2000 | Complicity | Inspector McDunn |
| 2000 | Saltwater | George Beneventi |
| 1999 | Заради любові до гри | Gary Wheeler |
| 1999 | Корупціонер | Sean Wallace |
| 1999 | The Minus Man | Doug |
| 1998 | Рашмор | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim |
| 1998 | Відчайдушні заходи | Captain Jeremiah Cassidy |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs | Clayton Blackstone |
| 1997 | Цілуючи дівчат | Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D. |
| 1997 | Боксер | Joe Hamill |
| 1997 | Food for Ravens | Aneurin Bevan |
| 1996 | Довгий поцілунок на добраніч | Dr. Nathan Waldman |
| 1996 | Ланцюгова реакція | Lyman Earl Collier |
| 1996 | Щоденне шоу з Тревором Ноа | Self |
| 1996 | Людина-блискавка | Mr. Smith |
| 1996 | Супермен | Dr. Earl Garver (voice) |
| 1995 | Хоробре серце | Argyle Wallace |
| 1995 | Роб Рой | Killearn |
| 1994 | Залізна воля | Angus McTeague |
| 1994 | Принц Ютландії | Aethelwine |
| 1994 | Grushko | Colonel Yevgeni Grushko |
| 1993 | Фрейзер | Harry Moon |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Rifles | Major Michael Hogan |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Eagle | Major Michael Hogan |
| 1993 | Стрілки Шарпа | Major Hogan |
| 1992 | The Lost Language of Cranes | Owen Benjamin |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Macbeth (voice) |
| 1992 | The Cutter | |
| 1992 | Deceptions | Carlton Heard |
| 1991 | Red Fox | Geoffrey Harrison |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Peter Kerrigan |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon | Andrew Neil |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Father Amedy |
| 1990 | The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' | self |
| 1989 | Сімпсони | Kostas Becker (voice) |
| 1989 | Murder on the Moon | Voronov |
| 1989 | Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy | Self |
| 1989 | The Blasphemers' Banquet | Rev. Wallace (voice) |
| 1988 | Червоний Карлик | The King |
| 1988 | Наживо з Келлі та Раяном | Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Regi Andrej Tarkovskij | Voiceover Narrator |
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Jack Purves |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Michael Steppings |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | King Lear |
| 1987 | Shoot for the Sun | Dunny |
| 1986 | Мисливець на людей | Dr. Hannibal Lecktor |
| 1985 | Florence Nightingale | Dr. McGregor |
| 1983 | Король Лір | Burgundy |
| 1982 | A Cotswold Death | Dr. Gillespie |
| 1982 | The Privilege | Young Laird |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Chuck |
| 1980 | Thérèse Raquin | Laurent LeClaire |
| 1979 | Minder | Frank |
| 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist |
| 1976 | Clay, Smeddum and Greenden | George Simpson |
| 1975 | In Celebration | Steven Shaw |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Stefan Szabo |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Trotsky |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Dr. Gillespie |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Alsemero |
