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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-12-01 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Ron Cook

Biography

Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s.

Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, the son of a school cook and a car worker. When he was 6, his family moved to Coventry; he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College.

Known For

7.6%

Hot Fuzz

Feb 14, 2007

8.7%

Chernobyl

May 6, 2019

8.0%

The Witcher

Dec 20, 2019

6.7%

The King's Man

Dec 22, 2021

7.0%

Chocolat

Dec 22, 2000

7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

5.5%

102 Dalmatians

Oct 7, 2000

8.2%

Star Wars: Andor

Sep 21, 2022

7.2%

The Odyssey

May 18, 1997

7.6%

Secrets & Lies

May 24, 1996

7.1%

Quills

Nov 22, 2000

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Acting

2024		The Critic as Hugh Morris
2024		Sew Torn as Oskar

2022		Empire of Light as Mr. Cooper
2022		Star Wars: Andor as Willi
2022		Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry as Richard Millett QC
2022		Life After Life as Dr. Fellowes

2021

The King's Man as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

2020		Des as DSI Chambers
2020		18% Grey as Charlie

2019		The Witcher as Borch Three Jackdaws
2019		Chernobyl as Old Maternity Doctor

2018		Les Misérables as Hair and Teeth Dealer
2018		The City and the City as Commissar Gadlem

2014

Inside No. 9 as Wilf

2013

Mr Selfridge as Mr. Crabb

2012		Mrs Biggs as Peter
2012		Bert & Dickie as Albert
2012		The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Durdles

2011		Death in Paradise as Bill Calder
2011		Vera as Brian Gower
2011		National Theatre Live: King Lear as The Fool

2010

Time Gentlemen, Please as The Good Chap

2009		Garrow's Law as Captain Baillie
2009		Personal Affairs
2009		Red Riding
2009		Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Clement Smith
2009		The Diary of Anne Frank as Hermann Van Daan
2009		Le Journal d'Anne Frank as Hermann Van Daan

2008		Little Dorrit
2008		Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Lord Charlie Hill
2008		10 Days to War as Peter

2007

Hot Fuzz as George Merchant

2006		Confetti as Sam's Dad
2006		Land of the Blind as Doc
2006		Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Peter Eade

2005		Funland
2005		On a Clear Day as Norman
2005		Doctor Who
2005		Doctor Who as Magpie
2005		Doctor Who Confidential
2005		Casanova as Prisoner

2004		The Merchant of Venice as Old Gobbo
2004		No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
2004		Thunderbirds as Parker
2004		He Knew He Was Right as Mr. Bozzle

2003		Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003		The Other Boleyn Girl as Thomas Cromwell
2003		The Lost Prince as Lloyd George
2003		Hornblower: Duty as Steward James Doughty
2003		Hornblower: Loyalty as Steward James Doughty

2002		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Barrymore
2002		Dead Gorgeous as Hector
2002		Fields of Gold as Dave McArdle
2002		24 Hour Party People as Derek Ryder

2001		Charlotte Gray as Mirabel
2001		Lucky Break as Perry
2001		Waking the Dead as Dr. Milan Vaspovic

2000		Chocolat as Alphonse Marceau
2000		Quills as Napoleon
2000		102 Dalmatians as Mr. Button

1999

Topsy-Turvy as Richard D'Oyly Carte

1998		Hornblower as Doughty
1998		Let the Good Times Roll as Drug Dealer

1997		The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Benjamin Partridge
1997		The Odyssey as Eurybates
1997		Midsomer Murders as Bernard Flack

1996

Secrets & Lies as Stuart

1995

Bramwell as Percy Banks

1994

Sharpe's Honour as Napoleon Bonaparte

1993

The Detectives as Blind Billy

1992

Maigret

1991

Turbulence as Harry

1990

The Fool

1989

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mews

1986		Day To Remember as Graham
1986		The Singing Detective as First Mysterious Man

1985		Girls On Top as Ian
1985		Number One as 'The Wasp'

1984		The Bill
1984		Scandalous as 3rd Taxi Driver

1983		Blackadder as Sean, the Irish
1983		The Tragedy of Richard III as Richard III
1983		Henry VI Part 3 as Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1983		Henry VI Part 2 as Richard Plantagenet
1983		Henry VI Part 1 as Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter

1982		The Merry Wives of Windsor as Peter Simple
1982		The Young Ones as Convict
1982		The Magic Shop

1981

Bergerac as Reggie Betts

1978		The BBC Television Shakespeare as Richard III
1978		The BBC Television Shakespeare as Third Messenger to the King/Countess's Porter
1978		The BBC Television Shakespeare as Richard Plantaganet/Alderman of St. Albans (uncredited)
1978		Will Shakespeare as Jack Rice
1978		Life of Shakespeare as Jack Rice

1976

Secrets of a Superstud as Telegram Boy

Crew

2010

Time Gentlemen, Please as Thanks