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Charlie Thomas Cox[1] (born 15 December 1982)[2] is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Matt Murdock / Daredevil in several projects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, including lead roles in the television series Daredevil (2015–2018), The Defenders (2017), and the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again (2024).

Charlie Cox
Cox in 2017
Born	Charlie Thomas Cox (1982-12-15) 15 December 1982 (age 39) London, England
Education	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Samantha Thomas ​ ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2

Cox portrayed Jonathan Hellyer Jones in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything and Owen Sleater in the second and third seasons of HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2011–2012). More recently, he starred in the RTÉ drama series Kin (2021) and the Netflix spy miniseries Treason, expected in 2023. His breakout role was as Tristan Thorn in the 2007 fantasy film Stardust, one of a series of roles he had during the first decade of his career. He made his West End debut the following year in a revival of the Harold Pinter plays The Lover and The Collection. Following his successes on-screen in the 2010s, he acted in a 2019 stage production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, first in the West End and then on Broadway.

Early life

Cox, the youngest of 5 children, was born in London, England and brought up in East Sussex. He is the son of Patricia (née Harley) and Andrew Frederick Seaforth Cox, a publisher.[3][4] He has one brother and three half-siblings from his father's first marriage.[5]

Cox was raised Catholic[6][7] and was educated at two independent boarding schools: Ashdown House School in the village of Forest Row in East Sussex, and Sherborne School in the market town of Sherborne in Dorset.[8][4] Growing up, Cox did not consider a career in acting and seriously considered it only during his last few years of school.[9] After graduating Sherborne in 2001, he moved to London and began training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol the following year.[3]

Career

Early career (2002–2006)

Cox was cast in his first significant professional role at age eighteen in the psychological thriller Dot the i, released in 2003. Following filming, he enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In the summer following his first year of study, He was cast as Lorenzo in the 2004 Al Pacino-vehicle The Merchant of Venice, breaking the school's policy of not allowing students to audition for outside productions.[10] He eventually decided not to return to school and continued working, appearing in guest spots on TV and supporting roles in movies like the 2005 historical drama Casanova and the 2006 BBC sci-fi film A for Andromeda.[11]

Prominence in television and film (2007–2014)

Cox's breakout role was as the main protagonist, Tristan Thorn, in the 2007 fantasy film Stardust which he starred in opposite Claire Danes. The film was successful with both critics and audiences globally and introduced Cox to a wider audience.[12][13] He made his West End debut the following year in Harold Pinter's The Lover/The Collection at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It began previews on 15 January 2008 and opened on 29 January.[14]

He was next seen in the 2008 film Stone of Destiny as Ian Hamilton, and the 2009 historical drama Glorious 39, which were widely released in the United Kingdom. In 2010 he had the title role in Kleist's The Prince of Homburg at the Donmar Warehouse in London. In September that year, he played the closeted gay Duke of Crowborough in the first episode of the ITV drama series Downton Abbey. In 2011 he played St. Josemaría Escrivá in the Roland Joffé film There Be Dragons and Ishmael in Encore's Moby Dick miniseries.

Also in 2011, he signed on for a recurring role in the second season of the Martin Scorsese-produced HBO original series Boardwalk Empire as Owen Sleater, an Irish enforcer with ties to the IRA.[15][16] His character became a regular for the series' third season, broadcast in September 2012. He received a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble in 2011, and another nomination the following year.

In 2013 he starred in the independent film Hello Carter and in the BBC Cold War thriller Legacy. He had lead roles in two unproduced CBS TV pilots: a political drama titled The Ordained in February 2013, and an untitled Wall Street show executive-produced by John Cusack in February 2014.[17][18] At the end of 2013, production began on the film The Theory of Everything, where Cox portrays Jonathan Hellyer Jones, the second husband of Jane Hawking. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014 and was nominated for Best Picture at the 2015 Academy Awards.

Daredevil (2014–2018)

Cox portrayed Matt Murdock in Marvel's Daredevil TV series as well as the 2017 team-up miniseries event The Defenders, produced and released through Netflix.[19] His performance was praised and given a Helen Keller Achievement Award for his role by the American Foundation for the Blind.[20]

It was announced that Cox had been given the role in May 2014, and later reported that Marvel had considered him for it since 2012.[21][22] Production on the first season began in Summer 2014, and it premiered on Netflix in April 2015. It ran for three seasons and was produced over four years, concluding in late 2018. Cox has said that, given the opportunity, he would be interested in reprising the role in a future project,[23] also noting his contractual obligations by Marvel Studios to do so.[24]

Between filming seasons of Daredevil, Cox made his New York theater debut co-starring in the off-Broadway production of Incognito at the Manhattan Theatre Club.[25] In late 2017 it was announced that he had joined the cast of Stripped, a thriller produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who also produced Cox's early breakout film Stardust,[26] but it was never produced.[27] He also acted opposite Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone and others in the 2018 film King of Thieves, based on the true story of the 2015 Hatton Garden jewelry heist in London;[28] it reunited him with James Marsh, who directed him in 2014's The Theory of Everything.

New projects and return to Daredevil (2019–present)

After Daredevil abruptly ended, Cox took the opportunity to star opposite Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton in the West End production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal which opened on 14 March 2019 and closed on 8 June.[29][30] Cox was sought for the role by director Jaime Lloyd, who had previously directed him in the 2008 production of the Pinter play The Lover and The Collection. Betrayal transferred to Broadway with the original cast for a 17-week limited engagement, beginning previews on 14 August and closing on 8 December 2019.[31]

During this period, Cox also took part in some of his friends' projects. In late 2018 he acted in the short film The Knot, directed by Daredevil and The Defenders script supervisor Rebecca Schwab,[32] and in a 2019 episode of Daredevil costar Deborah Ann Woll's Dungeons & Dragons internet show Relics and Rarities.[33]

In Fall 2020, Cox began filming the RTÉ Dublin crime series Kin, where he stars with Aiden Gillen, Clare Dunne, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ciarán Hinds and Emmett Scanlan.[34] The eight-part series was released on 9 September 2021, on AMC+ in the US and Canada, and on 12 September 2021, on RTE in Ireland.[35]

In December 2021, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that Cox would be reprising the role of Daredevil in the studio's Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) productions; his first project "remain[ed] to be seen" at that time.[36] The first Marvel Studios production he appeared in was Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021),[37] wherein Matt Murdock gives legal advice to Peter Parker for ostensibly murdering Mysterio. In July 2022, he was confirmed to be reprising the role in the Disney+ television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022) and Echo (2023), and that he would additionally lend his voice to the character in the upcoming animated series Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024), and star in the revival Daredevil: Born Again (2024).[38][39]

Cox is set to star in the upcoming British spy drama miniseries Treason, which will premiere on Netflix in 2023.[40]

Personal life

In September 2018, Cox married Samantha Thomas, Executive Vice President of Bron TV, with whom he has a daughter and a son.[41][42][43][44] At the time of their marriage, they both worked for Marvel Television, where Thomas was Vice President of Original Programming and Cox starred in Daredevil.[42][45] The family lives in Connecticut.[46] Cox has previously lived in New York City, Los Angeles, and in the Chelsea and Highbury neighbourhoods of London.[47][48][3]

Cox is close friends with actor Chris Obi.[49] He is also good friends with actors Andrew Garfield, Robert Pattinson, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Jamie Dornan.[50] He is a football fan and supports Arsenal F.C.[51][52][53]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Dot the i	Theo
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Lorenzo
2005	Things to Do Before You're 30	Danny
	Casanova	Giovanni Bruni
2006	The Maidens' Conspiracy	Diafebus
2007	Stardust	Tristan Thorn
2008	Harry, Henry and the Prostitute	Harry	Short film
	Stone of Destiny	Ian Hamilton
2009	Big Guy	Chuck	Short film
	Perfect	Paul	Short film
	Glorious 39	Lawrence
2011	There Be Dragons	Josemaría Escrivá
	Nancy, Sid and Sergio	Sergio	Short film
2012	A Sunny Morning	Adam	Short film
2013	Hello Carter	Carter
2014	The Theory of Everything	Jonathan Hellyer Jones
	Dracula Untold	Caligula	Scenes cut
2017	Eat Locals	Henry
2018	King of Thieves	Basil
2019	The Knot	The Second Ex	Short film
2021	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Matt Murdock	Cameo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Judge John Deed	Young Vicar	Episode: "Everyone's Child"
2006	Lewis	Danny Griffon	Premise pilot
	A for Andromeda	Dennis Bridger	Television film
2010	Downton Abbey	Duke of Crowborough	Episode: "1.1"
2011	Moby Dick	Ishmael	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2011–2012	Boardwalk Empire	Owen Sleater	Main role (season 3), supporting (season 2); 23 episodes
2013	The Ordained	Tom Reilly	Unaired pilot
	Legacy	Charles Thoroughgood	Television film
2015–2018	Daredevil	Matt Murdock / Daredevil	Lead role; 39 episodes
2017	The Defenders		Miniseries; main role; 8 episodes
2019	Relics and Rarities	Seamus O'Flanagan	Episode: "The Ascent of the Angler"
2021	Kin	Michael Kinsella	Main role; 8 episodes
2022	Ms. Marvel	Matt Murdock / Daredevil	Archival stills (from Daredevil)[54]
	She-Hulk: Attorney at Law		Special guest star; 2 episodes
2023	Echo		Post-production
	Treason	Adam Lawrence	Post-production; main role[55]
2024	Spider-Man: Freshman Year	Matt Murdock / Daredevil	In production; voice role[56]
	Daredevil: Born Again		Lead role; 18 episodes[57][58]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue/Company	Dates	Notes
2005	'Tis Pity She's a Whore	Giovanni	Southwark Playhouse	28 September – 22 October 2005	London production
2008	The Lover/The Collection	John/Bill	Ambassadors Theatre	15 January – 3 May 2008	West End revival
2010	The Prince of Homburg	The Prince of Homburg	Donmar Warehouse	22 July – 4 September 2010	Off-West End production
2016	Incognito	Henry Maison, Michael Wolf, Hans Albert Einstein, Ben Murphy, Freddy Myers, Greg Barraclough	Manhattan Theatre Club	3 May – 10 July 2016	Original Off-Broadway production
2019	Betrayal	Jerry	Harold Pinter Theatre	5 March – 8 June 2019	West End revival
			Bernard B. Jacobs Theater	14 August – 8 December 2019	Broadway transfer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2012	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Boardwalk Empire	Won
2013				Nominated
2015		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture	The Theory of Everything	Nominated
2015	Helen Keller Achievement Awards	Honoree	Daredevil	Won
2016	Saturn Awards	Best Actor in a Television Series		Nominated
2017				Nominated
2017	Lucille Lortel Awards	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Incognito	Nominated
2019	Saturn Awards	Best Actor in Streaming Presentation	Daredevil	Nominated

References

External links

• Charlie Cox at IMDb
• Charlie Cox at the Internet Broadway Database
• Charlie Cox at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Charlie Cox at the UK Theatre Database

На других языках

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[de] Charlie Cox

Charlie Thomas Cox (* 15. Dezember 1982 in London, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Charlie Cox

Charlie Thomas Cox (Londres, 15 de diciembre de 1982), más conocido como Charlie Cox, es un actor británico. Es conocido por su papel como Matt Murdock / Daredevil en las series de Marvel Television del UCM, Daredevil (2015-2018), The Defenders (2017) y en la película Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Jonathan Hellyer Jones en la película de 2014, The Theory of Everything y Owen Sleater en la segunda y tercera temporadas de Boardwalk Empire de HBO (2011-2012). El papel que lo llevó al reconocimiento fue el de Tristan Thorn en la película de fantasía Stardust de 2007, uno de una serie de papeles que tuvo durante la primera década de su carrera en películas, series de televisión y producciones teatrales predominantemente británicas. Hizo su debut en West End al año siguiente en una reposición de las obras de Harold Pinter, The Lover y The Collection. Tras sus éxitos en la pantalla en la década de 2010, actuó en una producción teatral en 2019 de Harold Pinter, Betrayal, primero en el West End y luego en Broadway.

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[ru] Кокс, Чарли

Ча́рли То́мас Кокс[3] (англ. Charlie Thomas Cox, род. 15 декабря 1982 года, Лондон) — английский театральный, телевизионный киноактёр, получивший широкую известность прежде всего за роли в фильме «Звёздная пыль» (2007) и телесериалах «Подпольная империя»[4][5] и «Сорвиголова»[6][7].

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