Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-12-01
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.
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Acting History
2025
The Choral as Reverend Woodhead
2025The Hack as Max Mosley
2025Sew Torn as Oskar
2025I Fought the Law as Frank Cook
2024The Critic as Hugh Morris
2022Empire of Light as Mr. Cooper
2022Andor as Willi
2022Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry as Richard Millett QC
2022Life After Life as Dr. Fellowes
2021The King's Man as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
2020Des as DSI Chambers
202018% Grey as Charlie
2019The Witcher as Borch Three Jackdaws
2019Chernobyl as Old Maternity Doctor
2018Les Misérables as Hair and Teeth Dealer
2018The City and the City as Commissar Gadlem
2014Inside No. 9 as Wilf
2013Mr Selfridge as Mr. Crabb
2012Mrs Biggs as Peter
2012Bert & Dickie as Albert
2012The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Durdles
2011Death in Paradise as Bill Calder
2011Vera as Brian Gower
2011National Theatre Live: King Lear as The Fool
2010Time Gentlemen, Please as The Good Chap
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Clement Smith
2009Garrow's Law as Captain Baillie
2009Personal Affairs
2009Red Riding
2009The Diary of Anne Frank as Hermann Van Daan
2009The Diary of Anne Frank as Hermann Van Daan
2008Little Dorrit as Chivery
2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Lord Charlie Hill
200810 Days to War as Peter
2007Hot Fuzz as George Merchant
2006Confetti as Sam's Dad
2006Land of the Blind as Doc
2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Peter Eade
2005Funland
2005On a Clear Day as Norman
2005Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who as Magpie
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2005Casanova as Prisoner
2004The Merchant of Venice as Old Gobbo
2004No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
2004Thunderbirds as Parker
2004He Knew He Was Right as Mr. Bozzle
2003Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003The Other Boleyn Girl as Thomas Cromwell
2003The Lost Prince as Lloyd George
2003Hornblower: Duty as Steward James Doughty
2003Hornblower: Loyalty as Steward James Doughty
2002The Hound of the Baskervilles as Barrymore
2002Foyle's War as Eddie Baker
2002Dead Gorgeous as Hector
2002Fields of Gold as Dave McArdle
200224 Hour Party People as Derek Ryder
2001Charlotte Gray as Mirabel
2001Lucky Break as Perry
2001Waking the Dead as Dr. Milan Vaspovic
2000Chocolat as Alphonse Marceau
2000Quills as Napoleon
2000102 Dalmatians as Mr. Button
1999Topsy-Turvy as Richard D'Oyly Carte
1998Hornblower as Doughty
1998Let the Good Times Roll as Drug Dealer
1997The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Benjamin Partridge
1997The Odyssey as Eurybates
1997Midsomer Murders as Bernard Flack
1996Secrets & Lies as Stuart
1995Bramwell as Percy Banks
1994Sharpe's Honour as Napoleon Bonaparte
1993The Detectives as Blind Billy
1992Maigret
1991Turbulence as Harry
1990The Fool
1990The Chief as James Baddeley
1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mews
1986Day To Remember as Graham
1986The Singing Detective as First Mysterious Man
1985Girls On Top as Ian
1985Number One as 'The Wasp'
1984The Bill
1984Scandalous as 3rd Taxi Driver
1983Blackadder as Sean, the Irish
1983The Tragedy of Richard III as Richard III
1983Henry VI Part 3 as Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1983Henry VI Part 2 as Richard Plantagenet
1983Henry VI Part 1 as Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter
1982The Merry Wives of Windsor as Peter Simple
1982The Young Ones as Convict
1982The Magic Shop
1981Bergerac as Reggie Betts
1978Life of Shakespeare as Jack Rice
1978Will Shakespeare as Jack Rice
1976Secrets of a Superstud as Telegram Boy