Portrait of Charlie Cox

Charlie Cox

Acting

Biography

Charlie Thomas Cox (born 15 December 1982) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Matt Murdock / Daredevil in seven projects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leading the television series Daredevil (2015–2018) and Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present). Cox portrayed Owen Sleater in the second and third seasons of HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2011–2012) and Jonathan Hellyer Jones in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. He starred in the RTÉ drama series Kin (2021–2023) and the Netflix spy miniseries Treason (2022). Cox's breakout role was as Tristan Thorn in the 2007 fantasy film Stardust, one of several roles he had in predominantly British productions during the first decade of his career. He made his West End debut the following year in a revival of the Harold Pinter plays The Lover and The Collection. Following his successes on-screen in the 2010s, he acted in a 2019 stage production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, first in the West End and then on Broadway. He would later make his video game debut in 2025 as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlie Cox, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: December 15, 1982

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Adults

as Mr. Teacher

2025
Daredevil: Born Again

as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo

as Self - Matt Murdock / Daredevil

2024
Echo

as Daredevil / Matt Murdock

2022
Treason

as Adam Lawrence

2022
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

2021
2021
Kin

as Michael Kinsella

2019
The Knot

as Ex 2

2019
Relics and Rarities

as Seamus O'Flanigan

2018
2017
Marvel's The Defenders

as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

2017
Eat Locals

as Henry

2017
Heroes Manufactured

as Self (archive footage)

2016
2015
Marvel's Daredevil

as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

2014
The Theory of Everything

as Jonathan Hellyer Jones

2013
Legacy

as Charles Thoroughgood

2013
Hello Carter

as Carter

2012
2011
Moby Dick

as Ishmael

2011
There Be Dragons

as Josemaría

2010
Downton Abbey

as Duke of Crowborough

2010
Boardwalk Empire

as Owen Sleater

2009
Glorious 39

as Lawrence

2009
Perfect

as Paul

2009
2008
Stone of Destiny

as Ian Hamilton

2007
Stardust

as Tristan Thorn

2006
2006
A for Andromeda

as Dennis Bridger

2005
Casanova

as Giovanni Bruni

2003
Dot the I

as Theo

1997
The View

as Self