Charlie Cox

Cox will star in Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming comedy, Merv, opposite Zooey Deschanel. Directed by Jessica Swale, the film follows an estranged couple who awkwardly reconcile over the holidays when they take the dog they share on a sunny vacation to Florida, after learning he is suffering from depression following their breakup.

Cox recently starred in the Bron Studios drama series Kin, starring opposite Clare Dunn, Aidan Gillen, and Ciarán Hinds. The series, which follows a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war, received a 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, with The AV Club lauding the show as “an opportunity to watch some gifted actors do what they do, very well.”

Cox made his feature film debut in Matthew Parkhill’s Dot the I, alongside Gael García Bernal and Tom Hardy. His early films included Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice, with Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons; and Lasse Hallström’s Casanova, starring Heath Ledger.

His breakout performance was in the lead role of Tristan Thorn in Matthew Vaughn’s Stardust, based on the Neil Gaiman novel. Cox starred opposite Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, and Michelle Pfeiffer in the fantasy adventure.

Cox’s film credits include the James Marsh-directed King of Thieves, based on the real-life Hatton Garden jewel heist, starring opposite Sir Michael Caine. Cox also starred alongside Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in the Academy Award-nominated film The Theory of Everything in 2014. Additional credits are Roland Joffé’s There Be Dragons, Glorious 39, alongside Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, and Stone of Destiny, in which Cox starred as Scottish folk hero Ian Hamilton.

On television, Cox shared a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2012 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for his work in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. The group was nominated for the Award again in 2013 following the conclusion of Cox’s portrayal of Irish immigrant and crime soldier Owen Slater for two seasons. Cox guest-starred in the very first episode of Downton Abbey, starred as Ishmael in Mike Barker’s epic miniseries Moby Dick, opposite William Hurt and Ethan Hawke and in the Matt Charman mini series for Netflix Treason in 2022 

Cox was born in London and received his training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He made his West End stage debut in Harold Pinter’s The Lover and The Collection at the Comedy Theatre, directed by Jamie Lloyd. His other stage credits include Heinrich von Kleist’s The Prince of Homburg, playing the title character in the Donmar Warehouse production adapted by Dennis Kelly and directed by Jonathan Munby; and Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford at the Southwark Playhouse. Cox appeared in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Incognito by Nick Payne in April 2016 and then reunited with Jamie Lloyde to star alongside Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton in a stage production of Harold Pinters Betrayal which debuted in London’s west end and then transferred to Broadway where it was nominated for a Tony”