Charlie Cox

Biography

Charlie Thomas Cox (born 15 December 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the television series Daredevil (2015–2018). He is set to reprise the role in his seventh project as the character, Daredevil: Born Again (2025).

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 a series of 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.

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Known For

Boardwalk Empire

Owen Sleater

Marvel's Daredevil

Matt Murdock / Daredevil

Downton Abbey

Duke of Crowborough

Honest Trailers

Matt Murdock (archive footage)

Kin

Michael Kinsella

Judge John Deed

Daredevil: Born Again

Matt Murdock / Daredevil

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Matt Murdock

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Spider-Man: Brand New Day	Matthew Murdock / Daredevil
2025	Daredevil: Born Again \| Behind The Scenes	Daredevil
2024	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo	Self - Matt Murdock / Daredevil
2022	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law	Self
2021	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Matt Murdock
2019	The Knot	Ex 2
2019	Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee	Self
2018	King of Thieves	Basil
2017	Heroes Manufactured	Self (archive footage)
2017	Eat Locals	Henry
2014	The Theory of Everything	Jonathan Hellyer Jones
2013	Legacy	Charles Thoroughgood
2013	Hello Carter	Carter
2013	The Ordained	Tom Reilly
2012	A Sunny Morning	Adam
2011	There Be Dragons	Josemaría
2011	Nancy, Sid and Sergio	Sergio
2011	Heroes and Demons
2009	Glorious 39	Lawrence
2009	Perfect	Paul
2009	Harry, Henry and the Prostitute	Harry
2009	Big Guy	Chuck
2008	Stone of Destiny	Ian Hamilton
2007	Stardust	Tristan Thorn
2006	A for Andromeda	Dennis Bridger
2006	The Maidens' Conspiracy	Diaphebus
2005	Casanova	Giovanni Bruni
2005	Things to Do Before You're 30	Danny
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Lorenzo
2003	Dot the I	Theo
	Merv	Russ

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Daredevil: Born Again	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
2025	Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man	Daredevil (voice)
2025	Adults	Mr. Teacher
2024	Echo	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
2022	Treason	Adam Lawrence
2022	She-Hulk: Attorney at Law	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
2021	Kin	Michael Kinsella
2019	Relics and Rarities	Seamus O'Flanigan
2017	Marvel's The Defenders	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
2016	Geeking Out	Self
2015	Marvel's Daredevil	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
2012	Honest Trailers	Matt Murdock (archive footage)
2011	Moby Dick	Ishmael
2010	Downton Abbey	Duke of Crowborough
2010	Boardwalk Empire	Owen Sleater
2009	T Takes: Brooklyn '09	Charlie
2001	Judge John Deed