Cox plays the lead in Daredevil, a role requiring him to perform blindness convincingly, deliver courtroom argument and carry extended fight choreography. The performance's achievement is continuity: the lawyer and the vigilante behave like the same person, with the same guilt and the same Catholic discomfort about violence.
He is a British actor who trained in London and worked in theatre and period drama before the series, including a fantasy feature and a prohibition era crime drama. He undertook extensive training both in movement for the blind role and in fight choreography, and he has spoken about the physical toll of the long take sequences.
Recurring subjects: guilt, faith as an unresolved argument rather than a comfort, and men who cannot stop despite knowing they should. He plays weariness convincingly and keeps the character's charm underneath it, which is what makes the courtroom scenes work as well as the fights.
His performance is widely regarded as the definitive screen version of the character, and audience response was strong enough that the role survived the cancellation of its original series and a change of studio and platform. His casting is frequently cited as an example of a comic adaptation getting its lead exactly right.
For viewers who want superhero material with legal drama attached. Not suitable for younger audiences. Suited to anyone interested in fight choreography performed rather than edited.
