Brian Cox Just Revealed That He And His Wife, Nicole Ansari, Have Separate Homes, And He Feels Like He’s “Imposing” When He Visits Her Apartment

Stephanie Soteriou

Mon, July 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM UTC

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In 2018, Brian Cox's public profile skyrocketed when he was cast as billionaire media tycoon Logan Roy in the HBO series Succession , breathing a new lease of life into his 51-year acting career.

Now 79, Brian's late burst of stardom has also seen his wealth increase astronomically, with the star's estimated net worth currently sitting at a healthy $15 million.

But the actor's approach to money couldn't be more different from that of his TV counterpart Logan's, with Brian admitting in a recent interview with the Times of London that he is actually "embarrassed" by his financial success.

"I haven't changed," he insisted to the publication. "I'm still the same, and this attention to the detail of wealth freaks me out. I don't like talking about it, I get embarrassed."

"I've got so many clothes now," Brian went on. "People just keep giving me clothes. I've got a stylist and all that bollocks."

The star also revealed that he gets uncomfortable when the subject of how much he earns comes up, largely due to the fact that he feels like he will struggle to live up to the expectation that this sets.

"They were talking about how much I earn the other day, and I just said: 'I don't want to know that, thank you very much. Please keep that information to yourself,'" Brian recalled. "God almighty! Really? What a responsibility, living up to it apart from anything else."

But despite Brian having a certain level of contempt when it comes to his wealth, elsewhere in the interview, he opened up about buying a separate home in an expensive part of London just for his wife, German actor Nicole Ansari-Cox, whom he married in 2002.

The couple already share homes in Brooklyn and upstate New York, but are spending more time in Britain at the moment, partially due to Donald Trump's second term as president.

Last February, Brian told the Times of London that the secret to his and 56-year-old Nicole's happy marriage is having separate bedrooms, adding: "You visit one another. Your partner must feel free," and he has now said that the separate homes are an extension of this mantra.

Nicole now has a three-bedroom apartment that is a nine-minute walk away from Brian's place in Primrose Hill, and Brian admitted: "When I go to her flat, I always feel I'm imposing."

"She said: 'Come, you've got to come over. Why don't you come?' I said: 'Well, it's a long walk…'" he joked. "Then I go, and I'm fine. But I'm always a bit nervous when I go there."

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