Alan Douglas Cox (born 6 August 1970) is a British actor. He is known for portraying a teenageDr. Watson inYoung Sherlock Holmes in 1985.

Cox was born inWestminster, London, and is the son of Scottish Emmy Award-winning actorBrian Cox and his second wife, actress Caroline Burt.^[1] Cox was educated atSt Paul's School in London.^[2] He has a sister, Margaret, and two half-brothers, Orson and Torin.

Cox portrayed the youngJohn Mortimer the 1982 TV adaptation of his playA Voyage Round My Father, starring oppositeLaurence Olivier.^[3] He is probably most widely known for his role inYoung Sherlock Holmes (1985), where he played a teenage version ofDr. Watson.^[4] Other films includeAn Awfully Big Adventure (1995),Mrs. Dalloway (1997),^[5] andThe Auteur Theory (1999).^[6] In 2011, Cox also co-starred as a nudist named Cory Beck in the independent comedyAct Naturally.

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