Dundonian Brian Cox gave an emotional speech on stage in Hollywood after winning a top gong at the Golden Globe Awards.
The actor came out on top in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series category for his performance as Logan Roy in the hit TV show Succession.
In an emotional acceptance speech, Cox said: “Next year I will have been in this business for 60 years. I mean I started out when I was two.
“I just never thought this would happen to me so I’m a wee bit shocked.
His father died when he was eight. His mother suffered a mental breakdown and was hospitalised. He grew up in poverty, his escape being the cinema where he sometimes slept. At 15 he got a job at the Dundee Rep shifting sets. He sometimes slept there too. What a story, what a man. https://t.co/Pdxo3NQdSC
— Neil Forsyth (@mrneilforsyth) January 6, 2020
Congratulations to Brian Cox – Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama – Succession. – #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/IL27iJD9Xe
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2020
“And it would never have happened if I hadn’t worked with the most extraordinary bunch of people ever. The cast and the crew of Succession.”
In his backstage interview after receiving the award, Cox added: “Well I never thought I’d make it. I thought my sell-by date had come quite some time ago.
“I’ve been doing reasonably well, I can’t complain, but then a role like Logan Roy just comes along once in a generation, once in a lifetime, and when you are given a gift like that you go ‘wow’.
“It’s down to Jesse (Armstrong). He called me. He didn’t have to but he did.
“This is a bit of a pinnacle. I can’t ask for better than this.”
When asked if he is playing a version of Rupert Murdoch in Succession, he answered: “No – I’m playing Logan Roy. Logan Roy is totally our creation. Rupert Murdoch has f**k all to do with it.”
Cox recently topped The Courier’s 2019 Impact 100 list.
Brian Cox tells the HFPA who he’d most like to see guest star on Succession after winning Best Actor – TV Drama at the #GoldenGlobes. pic.twitter.com/VqSELVSpIM
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2020
Praise for Cox flooded in online following the win, with Dundee writer Neil Forsyth – who penned Bob Servant, in which the actor starred – tweeted: “His father died when he was eight. His mother suffered a mental breakdown and was hospitalised.
“He grew up in poverty, his escape being the cinema where he sometimes slept. At 15 he got a job at the Dundee Rep shifting sets.
“He sometimes slept there too. What a story, what a man.”
