London, June 16 -- The Raindance Film Festival organisers have announced that it will honour Golden Globe-winning actor Brian Cox with the Raindance Icon Award in its 34th edition in London, reported Variety.

According to the outlet, the Scottish actor joins Miriam Margolyes and studio head Lloyd Kaufman as award recipients in this edition, with the late American musician Eddie Cochran also due to be honoured with a posthumous award on the festival's closing night ahead of the screening of Kirsty Bell's "Eddie Cochran: Don't Forget Me."

Cox's decades-spanning career includes films such as 'Rushmore,' 'The Ring,' 'Troy,' 'Fantastic Mr Fox,' 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Churchill.' The actor rose in success in the last few years ...