Alan Douglas Cox (born 6 August 1970) is an English actor. He portrayed a teenage Dr. Watson in Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985. Life and career Cox was born in Westminster, London, and is the son of Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox and his first wife, actress Caroline Burt. Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London. He has a sister, Margaret, and two half brothers Orson Jonathan Cox and Torin Kamran Cox. Cox portrayed the young John Mortimer the 1982 TV adaptation of his play A Voyage Round My Father, starring opposite Laurence Olivier. He is probably most widely known for his role in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), where he played a teenage version of Dr. Watson. Other films include An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Mrs. Dalloway (1997), and The Auteur Theory (1999). In 2011, Cox also co-starred as a nudist named Cory Beck in the independent comedy Act Naturally. Filmography Film {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | 1976 | A Divorce | Jason | TV film |- | 1981 | If You Go Down in the Woods Today | Cub Scout | |- | rowspan="2"|1982 | A Voyage Round My Father | Son as a Boy | TV film |- | East Lynne | William Carlyle | TV film |- | 1984 | Man of Letters | Kenton | TV film |- | 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | John Watson | |- | 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure | Geoffrey | |- | 1997 | Mrs Dalloway | Young Peter | |- | 1999 | The Auteur Theory| George Sand | |- | rowspan="2"|2000 | Cor, Blimey!| Orsino | TV film |- | Weight| Henry Salmon | |- | rowspan="2"|2002 | Die Wasserfälle von Slunj| Donald Clayton | TV film |- | The Dinosaur Hunters| Richard Owen | TV film |- | 2003 | Justice| Palm Sunday | |- | rowspan="2"|2004 | Ladies in Lavender| Obsequious Man | |- | Not Only But Always| Alan Bennett | TV film |- | rowspan="2"|2006 | Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes| Cuthbert | TV film |- | Housewife, 49| Dennis | TV film |- | 2008 | August| Barton | |- | 2009 | Margaret| Gordon Reece | TV film |- | 2010 | The Nutcracker in 3D| Gielgud | Voice role |- | rowspan="2"|2011 | Act Naturally| Cory Beck | |- | The