Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 1, 1948
Place of Birth:
South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sew Torn | Oskar |
| 2024 | The Critic | Hugh Morris |
| 2022 | Empire of Light | Mr. Cooper |
| 2022 | Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry | Richard Millett QC |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria |
| 2020 | 18% Grey | Charlie |
| 2012 | Bert & Dickie | Albert |
| 2012 | Mrs Biggs | Peter |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: King Lear | The Fool |
| 2010 | Time Gentlemen, Please | The Good Chap |
| 2009 | Le Journal d'Anne Frank | Hermann Van Daan |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Clement Smith |
| 2008 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Lord Charlie Hill |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | George Merchant |
| 2006 | Confetti | Sam's Dad |
| 2006 | Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! | Peter Eade |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | Doc |
| 2005 | On a Clear Day | Norman |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds | Parker |
| 2004 | No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds | Self |
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Old Gobbo |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Loyalty | Steward James Doughty |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Duty | Steward James Doughty |
| 2003 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Thomas Cromwell |
| 2002 | Dead Gorgeous | Hector |
| 2002 | Fields of Gold | Dave McArdle |
| 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | Derek Ryder |
| 2002 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Barrymore |
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Perry |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Mirabel |
| 2000 | Chocolat | Alphonse Marceau |
| 2000 | Quills | Napoleon |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Mr. Button |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Richard D'Oyly Carte |
| 1998 | Let the Good Times Roll | Drug Dealer |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Stuart |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Honour | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 1991 | Turbulence | Harry |
| 1990 | The Fool | |
| 1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Mews |
| 1986 | Day To Remember | Graham |
| 1985 | Number One | 'The Wasp' |
| 1984 | Scandalous | 3rd Taxi Driver |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 2 | Richard Plantagenet |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 3 | Richard, Duke of Gloucester |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 1 | Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter |
| 1983 | The Tragedy of Richard III | Richard III |
| 1982 | The Magic Shop | |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Peter Simple |
| 1976 | Secrets of a Superstud | Telegram Boy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Life After Life | Dr. Fellowes |
| 2022 | Andor | Willi |
| 2020 | Des | DSI Chambers |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Old Maternity Doctor |
| 2019 | The Witcher | Borch Three Jackdaws |
| 2018 | The City and the City | Commissar Gadlem |
| 2018 | Les Misérables | Hair and Teeth Dealer |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Wilf |
| 2013 | Mr Selfridge | Mr. Crabb |
| 2012 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Durdles |
| 2011 | Vera | Brian Gower |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Bill Calder |
| 2009 | Personal Affairs | |
| 2009 | Red Riding | |
| 2009 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Hermann Van Daan |
| 2009 | Garrow's Law | Captain Baillie |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | Peter |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | |
| 2005 | Funland | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Magpie |
| 2005 | Casanova | Prisoner |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Bozzle |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Lloyd George |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Eddie Baker |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Dr. Milan Vaspovic |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Doughty |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Benjamin Partridge |
| 1997 | The Odyssey | Eurybates |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Bernard Flack |
| 1995 | Bramwell | Percy Banks |
| 1993 | The Detectives | Blind Billy |
| 1992 | Maigret | |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective | First Mysterious Man |
| 1985 | Girls On Top | Ian |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Sean, the Irish |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Convict |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Reggie Betts |
| 1978 | Life of Shakespeare | Jack Rice |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Richard III |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare | Jack Rice |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Third Messenger to the King/Countess's Porter |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Richard Plantaganet/Alderman of St. Albans (uncredited) |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Richard, Duke of Gloucester |