The Succession star joins Eddie Izzard in the role.
The Succession star will take on the role alongside previously announced alumni patron Eddie Izzard and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is honorary president of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.
He is a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre in Glasgow, The Old Rep in Birmingham, the British American Drama Academy in London and The Space in his native Dundee, and in 1965 he was among the founding members of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company in Edinburgh. Cox is also an honorary patron of the campaign to modernise the historic King’s Theatre in Edinburgh.Shona McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: “To say we’re pleased to have Brian on board is an understatement.
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