Ron Cook

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,^[1] 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.

On stage, he appeared in the original 1988 production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's play Our Country's Good. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor in 2000 for his role in Juno and the Paycock at the Donmar Warehouse. He appeared at the same theatre the same year in Helpless.

Apareció en la obra de Conor McPherson , The Seafarer , ^{[ 2 ]} En 2008–2009, participó en la temporada del West End del Donmar en el Wyndham's Theatre , interpretando a Sir Toby Belch en Twelfth Night ^{[ 2 ]} y a Polonius en Hamlet . ^{[ 3 ]} En 2011, interpretó a El Bufón en King Lear protagonizada por Derek Jacobi en el Donmar y en una gira de 8 semanas. En 2013, Cook interpretó el papel de Pistol en Henry V de Michael Grandage (con Jude Law en el papel principal). ^{[ 4 ]} De noviembre de 2015 a febrero de 2016 interpretó a Max en The Homecoming en Trafalgar Studios , ^{[ 2 ]} y más tarde apareció en el Donmar Warehouse como Teddy en Faith Healer de Brian Friel en 2016. ^{[ 5 ] [ 6 ]} De noviembre de 2016 a enero de 2017, Cook apareció en la nueva obra de Lucy Kirkwood , The Children, en el Royal Court Theatre con Francesca Annis y Deborah Findlay . ^{[ 2 ]} En julio de 2017, apareció como el Dr. Walker en The Old Vic en Girl from the North Country . ^{[ 2 ]}

He has performed in a large number of television productions, including guest roles in episodes of series such as The Black Adder^[2] where he played "Sean the Irish bastard" (1983), and Bergerac (1988),^[2]Sharpe (1994) ^[2] and Doctor Who, "The Idiot's Lantern" (2006).^[2] He was in the BBC's The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1982–83),^[2] notably as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III of England in Jane Howell's repertory treatment of the Henry VI plays and Richard III.^[2] He appeared as one of the unnamed "mysterious men" haunting the imagination of Michael Gambon's hospitalised writer in Dennis Potter's acclaimed 1986 serial The Singing Detective,^[2]Jack Rosenthal British television playDay To Remember^[2] and has featured in several costume dramas, including Stephen Poliakoff's The Lost Prince (2002 as David Lloyd George),^[2] an adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002, as Barrymore), a TV adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl,^[2] (2003 as Thomas Cromwell), Anthony Trollope's adaptation He Knew He Was Right (2004, as Bozzel), and Russell T. Davies's Casanova (2005, as the prisoner in the cell next to Casanova's). In 2003, he played the part of Doughty, Admiral Pellew's and later Hornblower's steward in the Hornblower.^[2] In 2006, Cook appeared as Kenneth Williams' agent Peter Eade in the BBC biopic Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!.^[2]

In 2003, he portrayed Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the BBC's Seven Wonders of the Industrial World.^[2] In 2008, he played Mr Chivery in the TV serial Little Dorrit, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.^[2] He has also appeared in the children's TV series Summerhill, as an inspector. He played the role of an orthodox Jewish rabbi (Noach Marowski) in a 2008 edition of Silent Witness. He played the role of Hermann van Daan in the 2009 BBC drama, The Diary of Anne Frank,^[2] as well as the part of David Cockram in the ITV drama Whatever It Takes, aired in the same year. In late 2012 Cook played the role of Peter in the ITV series Mrs Biggs, a retired train driver, Ronnie Biggs befriends, employed by the gang to drive the hijacked train away during the Great Train Robbery. Cook played the company accountant, Mr Arthur Crabb, in the ITV series Mr Selfridge (2013 to 2016).^[2] In 2018 he portrayed a police chief in the BBC drama The City And The City. In 2019 he played television producer Bill Calder in Death in Paradise S8:E3, and later portrayed Borch Three Jackdaws in Netflix's The Witcher. In 2020 he played Stan Sturgess in the three-part fact-based BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings, which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in Salisbury, England.^[7] Cook played the father of Dawn Sturgess who was the only fatality in the crisis. In 2022, Cook played the role of the ‘Wise Owl’ and its voice actor Wilf in the show “Inside No.9” in the episode “Wise Owl”.

Ha interpretado a Napoleón Bonaparte dos veces, en su aparición especial de 1994 en Sharpe y de nuevo en la película Quills de 2000. ^{[ 2 ]} Otros papeles cinematográficos han incluido papeles en The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, como Mews), Secrets & Lies (1996), ^{[ 2 ]} The Odyssey (1997, como Eurybates), Topsy-Turvy (1999, como Richard D'Oyly Carte ), Chocolat (2000), Charlotte Gray (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002, como Derek Ryder), Thunderbirds (2004, como Parker ), 102 Dalmatians , Hot Fuzz (2007, como George Merchant) ^{[ 2 ]} y The King's Man (2021, como el archiduque Francisco Fernando ). ^{[ 2 ]} Cook también apareció en Feeling Good , un cortometraje escrito por Dexter Fletcher y dirigido por Dalia Ibelhauptaite . ^{[ 2 ]}

Cook también ha actuado en radioteatro . En 2007 interpretó al estafador Capitán Wragge en una adaptación de BBC Radio 4 de la novela Sin nombre de Wilkie Collins . En julio de 2007, interpretó a Kris Kelvin, el psicólogo protagonista en la adaptación de BBC Radio 4 de Solaris , la novela de Stanislaw Lem . En diciembre de 2014, interpretó a Jacob Marley en la adaptación de Neil Brand para BBC Radio 4 de Cuento de Navidad .

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