{"id":495548,"date":"2026-06-16T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/495548\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:50:09","slug":"brian-cox-to-receive-raindance-icon-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/495548\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Cox to Receive Raindance Icon Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAhead of kicking off its 34th edition in London tomorrow, the Raindance Film Festival<\/a> has announced it will award Golden Globe-winning actor Brian Cox<\/a> with a Raindance Icon Award. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Scottish actor joins Miriam Margolyes and studio head Lloyd Kaufman as award recipients in this edition, with the late American musician Eddie Cochran also due to be honored with a posthumous award on the festival\u2019s closing night ahead of the screening of Kirsty Bell\u2019s \u201cEddie Cochran: Don\u2019t Forget Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCox\u2019s Raindance Icon Award will be presented by Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan<\/a>, who directed the actor in the 1997 drama \u201cThe Boxer.\u201d In the film, Cox starred alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, playing Joe Hamill, a high-ranking figure in the IRA. Cox\u2019s decades-spanning career includes films such as \u201cRushmore,\u201d \u201cThe Ring,\u201d \u201cTroy,\u201d \u201cFantastic Mr. Fox,\u201d \u201cRise of the Planet of the Apes\u201d and \u201cChurchill.\u201d The actor rose in success in the last few years thanks to his performance as Logan Roy in HBO\u2019s hit show \u201cSuccession<\/a>,\u201d which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actor is also a stage veteran, having won two Best Actor Olivier Awards for \u201cTitus Andronicus\u201d for the Royal Shakespeare Company and \u201cRat in the Skull\u201d for the Royal Court. He has written three books, plus his autobiography.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement, Cox said that Raindance has \u201calways been a powerful and pioneering influence in the creation of\u00a0 cinema over the last 30 years,\u201d adding that the festival\u2019s \u201cstandard of work has set an extremely high bar for the cinematic world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is indeed a great honor to receive this wonderful award,\u201d he concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSheridan said Cox is a \u201cgood friend as well as a superb performer on stage and screen.\u201d \u201cI had the privilege to collaborate with Brian on \u2018The Boxer.\u2019 It is an honor for me to present this award to Brian.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRaindance founder Elliot Grove praised Cox\u2019s career, which \u201cspans decades, genres and mediums: from cult-classic films to blockbuster franchises to award-winning television.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn \u2018Manhunter,\u2019 he was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on screen,\u201d added Grove. \u201cHis award-winning portrayal of ruthless media mogul Logan Roy in HBO\u2019s \u2018Succession\u2019 is yet another iconic character. Raindance is honored to present Brian Cox with our Icon Award.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Raindance Icon Award is the festival\u2019s signature award, honoring and celebrating the icons of independent cinema in the U.K. and internationally: those who make an authentic and iconic impression via the medium of film.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPrevious Raindance Icon Award recipients include Celia Imrie, Jason Isaacs, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Winterbottom, David Yates, Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, Gemma Arterton, Michael Caine, Sally Hawkins, Jude Law, Olivia Colman, Terry Gilliam, Guy Richie and Ken Loach. <\/p>\n

\n\tPosthumous Raindance Icon Awards have been presented to Joan Plowright (accepted by Tamsin Olivier, daughter of Joan Plowright and Lawrence Olivier) and Helen McCrory (accepted by Damian Lewis).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of kicking off its 34th edition in London tomorrow, the Raindance Film Festival has announced it will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11794,146,85,46,228268,228269,7136],"class_list":["post-495548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-brian-cox","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jim-sheridan","tag-raindance-film-festival","tag-succession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}