Brian Cox has been married to his longtime wife, actress Nicole Ansari, since 2002. He is best known for his role as Logan Roy in the HBO series Succession. He has two sons from his marriage with her: Orson Jonathan Cox and Torin Kamran Cox. The actor was previously married to Caroline Burt, with whom he shares two older children. Margaret and Alan Cox are their names.
Brian Cox married his first wife when he was young
As for his first marriage, the actor got married at the age of 24, which he considers a “too early” age for marriage. However, in his book Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, published in October 2021, he described why he married Burt even though he knew he was too young. After a rough upbringing, he made it known that he was looking for security and “normality” in his life. It’s a completely separate story, but to cut a long story short, he saw his father die when he was eight years old, and his mother in the hospital after a mental breakdown.
“I want the security of my marriage and children. “I wasn’t one of those middle-class actors who do drugs and let it all hang out,” Cox said, adding, “After everything I’ve been through, I wanted a normal house and a family.”
After 18 years of marriage and two children, the Scottish actor and Burt separated. He also said in his book that he struggled with fatherhood during his first marriage because his work kept him away from home for so long.
The age difference between Brian Cox and his current wife is often discussed.
As for Cox’s current marriage, he and his wife Ansari are happy. Meanwhile, the couple faced online hostility and abuse due to their 23-year age difference. The actor, born in June 1946, is 75 years old at the time of writing, while his lifelong wife, the daughter of a German mother and an Iranian father, is 53 years old.
On the other hand, the couple’s age difference is not a problem. Ansari is said to have an ancient soul, educated and typically calm, while Cox is always full of activity. Furthermore, the award-winning actor dealt with this topic in his already mentioned book. He first said he married a young lady in his 50s because he was “better equipped” for parenthood.
He mentioned this.
“I tried to make up for everything that happened in the past with our two boys. Today, my career is not always in the first place. Maybe I was more prepared the second time”
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Cox then hinted that the couple’s age doesn’t concern them since “Love is love” and Ansari was (and still is) the love of his life. Cox and Ansari have been dating since they met in Hamburg in 1990. The actor then played the title role in King Lear. In 1998, the two began dating, and a year later she moved to London to be with him. As they say, the rest is history.
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