Early Life
Cox was born to a working class Roman Catholic family in Dundee, Scotland, the youngest of five children. He is a descendant of Irish immigrants to Scotland. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline (née McCann), was a spinner who worked in the jute mills and suffered several nervous breakdowns during Cox's childhood. His father, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a butcher and later a shopkeeper, and died when Cox was eight years old. Cox was subsequently brought up by his elder sisters. He joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of 14.
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