Brian Cox was born in Dundee to parents.

He is the only son and youngest of five children.

He is from a working-class Roman Catholic family of Irish and Scottish ancestry.

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Brian Cox parents: Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, Mary Ann Guillerline

His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline (née McCann), was a spinner who worked in jute mills and had multiple nervous breakdowns while Cox was a child.

His father, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a butcher and then a shopkeeper who died when Cox was eight years old.

Cox was raised by his four elder sisters. When he was 14, he joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre.

After a few years at Dundee Repertory Theatre, he attended theatre school at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from the ages of 17 to 19.

Brian Cox parents nationality

His parents are both from Scotland and has Scottish nationality.

Are Brian Cox parents still alive?

Brian’s parents are both not alive at the time of the publication.