Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1948-12-01 (76 years)
- Place of BirthSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also Known As-
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.
Acting Career
- 2024
The Critic
As: Hugh Morris
- 2024
Sew Torn
As: Oskar
- 2022
Empire of Light
As: Mr. Cooper
- 2022
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
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
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
- 2007
Hot Fuzz
As: George Merchant
2006Confetti
As: Sam's Dad
2006Land of the Blind
As: Doc
2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
As: Peter Eade
2005On a Clear Day
As: Norman
2005Doctor Who
As: Magpie
2005Casanova
As: Prisoner
2004The Merchant of Venice
As: Old Gobbo
2004Thunderbirds
As: Parker
2004He Knew He Was Right
As: Mr. Bozzle
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
200224 Hour Party People
As: Derek Ryder
2001Charlotte Gray
As: Mirabel
2001Lucky Break
As: Perry
2001Waking the Dead
As: Dr. Milan Vaspovic
- 2000
Chocolat
As: Alphonse Marceau
2000Quills
As: Napoleon
- 2000
102 Dalmatians
As: Mr. Button
1999Topsy-Turvy
As: Richard D'Oyly Carte
1998Hornblower
As: Doughty
1997The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
As: Benjamin Partridge
1997The Odyssey
As: Eurybates
1997Midsomer Murders
As: Bernard Flack
- 1996
Secrets & Lies
As: Stuart
1995Bramwell
As: Percy Banks
1994Sharpe's Honour
As: Napoleon Bonaparte
1993The Detectives
As: Blind Billy
1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
As: Mews
1986The Singing Detective
As: First Mysterious Man
1985Girls On Top
As: Ian
1985Number One
As: 'The Wasp'
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
1981Bergerac
As: Reggie Betts
1978The 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
The BBC Television Shakespeare
As: Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1978Life of Shakespeare
As: Jack Rice
1978Will Shakespeare
As: Jack Rice
1976Secrets of a Superstud
As: Telegram Boy