BURGER van man, King Lear, a media mogul — from Bob Servant to Shakespeare and Succession, Brian Cox has played just about every role going.
Now the Dundee actor's career has taken another twist — as he interviews a cat in a purrfect new video for animal charity Peta.
As Logan Roy in HBO's media drama Succession, Cox plays the head of a dysfunctional family.
In the charity campaign, he's urging pet owners to choose their furry families by adopting animals from shelters and having them neutered.
It's all laid out in a "conversation" with feline friend Patches.
Yes supporter Cox, who has two adopted cats, said: "The thing I love about cats is their independence.
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"They can take it or leave it, and that's their power – that's their strength. They're very dependable. They have an instinct about what you need, and sometimes you don't always know, and then a cat comes, and then you go, oh, thank you."
Cox joins a long list of celebrities including Twiggy, Simon Cowell, Paul McCartney, and Joaquin Phoenix who have teamed up with Peta and its affiliates to promote animal welfare.
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