Charlie Thomas Cox was born in London, England, to Patricia C. A. (Harley) and Andrew Frederick Seaforth Cox, a publisher. He has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and descends from several prominent forebears (Baronets of Agnew and Carnegie, an Earl of Findlater, and a Colonial Governor of New York, Andrew Elliot). Cox was educated and ...
Sherborne School, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 13. A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen, 12. The Dark at the End of the Tunnel, 11. .380
Nationality
British
Parents
Andrew Cox, Trisha Cox
Awards
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Movies
Stardust, The Theory of Everything, There Be Dragons, Casanova, Dot the I, Stone of Destiny, The Merchant of Venice, Glorious 39, Hello Carter, A for Andromeda, The Maidens' Conspiracy, Things to Do Before You're 30, Nancy, Sid and Sergio, Big Guy, Harry, Henry and the Prostitute, Moby Dick, T Takes...
TV Shows
Boardwalk Empire, Top Gear Australia, Daredevil, The Defenders
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Quote
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I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did was a musical. Parents love musicals. And I don't sing. It was driving me crazy. 'We're doing 'Macbeth.'' 'Yes!' 'The musical!' And I was always in the chorus, because of course, in all the main parts, you had to be able to sing.
2
I really fell into drama school - I had a lot of lot of luck. I didn't take criticism very well while I was there; in fact, I took it personally. With every note I got, I felt like they were telling me I was a bad person.
3
There's something very special about seeing history so clearly in front of you through that architecture that you just don't get in the U.S. If I was asked to choose where I'd most like to live, I would always choose London.
4
I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.
5
What I like about fairy tales is that they highlight the emotions within a story. The situations aren't real, with falling stars and pirates. But what you do relate to is the emotions that the characters feel.
6
Of all the London theatres, the Donmar is the dream.
7
Fame terrifies me. I can say that with honesty. You're terrified that, when people know the real you, they won't like you.
8
I'm a London lad, but I'm fascinated by America. I want to take a motorcycling trip across the country and see those wide open spaces.
9
Claire Danes is lovely and a really great actress.
10
I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history that you have everywhere in Britain.
11
It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.
12
I left Britain in the mid-1990s when TV was going down the cundie - another good Dundee word - because I wanted a film career. But as I get older, I find myself being drawn back to my roots, and I'm loving it.
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Fact
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He hadn't read any Daredevil comics before receiving the part of Matt Murdock in Daredevil (2015), but has since become a big fan of the character and comics in general. He expressed hope that Daredevil would appear in Captain America: Civil War (2016). To his disappointment, this didn't come to pass.
2
He didn't know that his character in Daredevil (2015) was blind until the day before the audition.
3
After Rex Smith and Ben Affleck, he is the third actor to play the role of the Marvel Comics' hero Matt Murdock/Daredevil.
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The first non-American actor to play Matt Murdock/Daredevil.
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He has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and is descended from many prominent figures, including Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, Colonial Governor of New York, Andrew Elliot, and several Baronets and Earls.
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Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
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He has traveled to Australia, parts of the USA, Europe and Hong Kong
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