Portrait of Alex Cox

Alex Cox

Directing

Biography

Alexander Cox (born in Bebington, Merseyside, 15 December 1954) is a British film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts. Cox experienced success early in his career with Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, but since the release and commercial failure of Walker, he has focused his career on independent movies of steadily declining budgets, championing the increased individual creative freedom that comes with lower production investment.

Born: December 15, 1954

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Dead Souls

as Strindler

2023
Quantum Cowboys

as Fr. John Kino

2021
Mad God

as Last Man

2018
An Unknown Enemy

as Winston Scott

2017
2015
Zero Tolerance

as Himself

2014
2009
Repo Chick

as Professor

2008
2007
Searchers 2.0

as Entrepreneur

2006
A Wonderful World

as Maestro de Ceremonias

2006
Repossessed

as Himself

2005
Rosario Tijeras

as Donovan

2003
The Wages of Sin

as Self - Filmmaker

2003
An Opera of Violence

as Self - Filmmaker

2003
Something to Do with Death

as Self - Filmmaker

2003
Dominator

as Bishop (voice)

2002
Revengers Tragedy

as Duke's Driver

2001
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

as Himself - Host

2000
Todo el poder

as Cuervo

1999
Herod's Law

as Gringo

1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

as Narrator (voice)

1998
Three Businessmen

as Frank King

1996
The Winner

as Gaston

1994
Floundering

as Photographer

1994
1993
Cuentos de Borges

as Commander Borges

1992
Death and the Compass

as Commander Borges

1990
Catchfire

as D.H. Lawrence (uncredited)

1988
Moviedrome

as Self - Presenter

1987
Straight to Hell

as A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited)

1987
England's Glory

as Interviewee

1986
Sid and Nancy

as Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited)

1984
Scarred

as Porno Stud

1984
Repo Man

as Carwash Attendant

1981
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom

as Voice characterizations (voice)