Alan Cox (actor)

Alan Douglas Cox is a British actor. He is known for portraying a teenage Dr. Watson in Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985.

Life and career

Cox was born in Westminster, London, and is the son of Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox and his second wife, actress Caroline Burt. Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London. He has a sister, Margaret, and two half-brothers, Orson and Torin.
Cox portrayed the young John Mortimer the 1982 TV adaptation of his play A Voyage Round My Father, starring opposite Laurence Olivier. He is probably most widely known for his role in Young Sherlock Holmes, where he played a teenage version of Dr. Watson. Other films include An Awfully Big Adventure, Mrs. Dalloway, and The Auteur Theory. In 2011, Cox also co-starred as a nudist named Cory Beck in the independent comedy Act Naturally.