Alex Cox

Personal Info

Birthday

December 15, 1954

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Also Known As

Alexander Cox

Alex Cox

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.

Known For

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

Quantum Cowboys

Sid and Nancy

Three Businessmen

Catchfire

Scarred

Revengers Tragedy

Herod's Law

Filmography

2025
Dead Souls
as Strindler
Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult
as Self
2023
Quantum Cowboys
as Fr. John Kino
2021
Mad God
as Last Man
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
as Self
2017
Fake News And How To Evade It
as Himself (Host)
The Curse of the Dragon Sword
as Blacksmith
2016
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self
2015
Zero Tolerance
as Himself
2014
Doc of the Dead
as Self
2009
Repo Chick
as Professor
2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
as Narrator
The Oxford Murders
as Kalman
2007
Searchers 2.0
as Entrepreneur
2006
A Wonderful World
as Maestro de Ceremonias
Repossessed
as Himself
2005
The Spaghetti West
as Self
Rosario Tijeras
as Donovan
2004
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
as Doctor
2003
Something to Do with Death
as Self - Filmmaker
The Wages of Sin
as Self - Filmmaker
An Opera of Violence
as Self - Filmmaker
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
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Three Businessmen
as Frank King
1997
Dance with the Devil
as Doyle
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
as Himself
1996
The Winner
as Gaston
1994
Floundering
as Photographer
The Queen of the Night
as Klaus Eder
1992
Death and the Compass
as Commander Borges
1990
Catchfire
as D.H. Lawrence (uncredited)
1987
Straight to Hell
as A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited)
England's Glory
as Interviewee
1986
Sid and Nancy
as Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited)
1984
Scarred
as Porno Stud
Repo Man
as Carwash Attendant
1981
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
as Voice characterizations (voice)
1980
Sleep Is for Sissies
as Roy Rawlings (as I. Nukem)