A-list actor looks completely different in new role for ‘Dexter’ spinoff

“Succession” alum Brian Cox appeared wholly unrecognizable while filming nan TV bid “Dexter: Resurrection.”

The seasoned actor, 80, was snapped successful characteristic connected nan group of nan Paramount+ series’ 2nd play Wednesday successful nan Astoria vicinity of Queens, New York.

Cox — who is playing Don Framt (aka nan New York Ripper) successful nan spinoff — wore a bluish polo and acheronian bluish pants, and was seated successful a motorized wheelchair.

He’d grown his achromatic hairsbreadth retired to a longer hairstyle and sported a mustache, adding a brace of wire-rimmed glasses for nan role.

In different snapshot, nan actor, still successful a wheelchair, is pictured down nan solid astatine what appeared to beryllium a section eatery.

Additional photos taken connected June 29 show Cox wearing a achromatic shot headdress and stained, light-colored polo pinch acheronian slacks. He was seated successful nan motorized wheelchair successful a parkland clutching a brace of binoculars.

Cox’s characteristic Framt was introduced to audiences successful Season 1 of “Dexter: Resurrection,” without ever being seen connected screen.

An official release from Paramount+ successful April described Cox’s characteristic arsenic “a serial slayer who terrorized nan City years ago. Though nary longer progressive arsenic a killer, he’s recovered a caller measurement to unrecorded into his infamy by continuing to taunt nan survivors of his long-ago execution spree.”

Cox — who was nan first character to play Dr. Hannibal Lecter successful 1986’s “Manhunter” — is simply a longtime Emmy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award victor whose profession spans some TV and film.

Though nan Scottish character has yet to remark connected nan caller role, he has spoken retired successful nan past astir really he approached playing serial slayer Lecter — years earlier Anthony Hopkins took connected nan domiciled successful 1991’s “Silence of nan Lambs.”

“It’s truthful easy to play group arsenic bogeymen — ‘scary guys’ — but nan point that’s scary astir personification is really acceptable they are,” Cox told Woman’s World successful March.

“That’s what’s really scary, because we tin enactment pinch that and that makes a characteristic frightening,” he added.

Elsewhere successful nan interview, Cox cited serial slayer Ted Bundy arsenic an illustration of really he approached nan character.

“I saw a batch of those Bundy trials,” he told nan outlet. “I tried to pat into Bundy’s benignant of almost acceptability.”

And contempt decades of experience, Cox has been candid astir nan difficult occupation of transforming into a character.

“I find it hard, and I’ve been doing it for 60 years,” nan Scottish character erstwhile said, according to nan BBC.