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Ron Cook

Actor

Ron Cook

Born December 1, 1948 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK51 films

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

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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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Secrets & Lies posterFirst watchSecrets & Lies19967.6as StuartAfter her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Hot Fuzz poster7.6Hot Fuzz2007The King's Man poster6.7The King's Man2021Chocolat poster7.0Chocolat2000The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover poster7.3The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989Quills poster7.2Quills200024 Hour Party People poster7.024 Hour Party People2002The Merchant of Venice poster6.8The Merchant of Venice2004Empire of Light poster6.6Empire of Light2022

Filmography

51 films as actor
  1. 2026Ladies FirstMr. Sachs
  2. 2025The ChoralReverend Woodhead
  3. 2025Sew TornOskar
  4. 2024The CriticHugh Morris
  5. 2022Empire of LightMr. Cooper
  6. 2022Grenfell: Scenes from the InquiryRichard Millett QC
  7. 2021The King's ManArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
  8. 202018% GreyCharlie
  9. 2012Mrs BiggsPeter
  10. 2012Bert & DickieAlbert
  11. 2011National Theatre Live: King LearThe Fool
  12. 2010Time Gentlemen, PleaseThe Good Chap
  13. 2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Clement Smith
  14. 2009The Diary of Anne FrankHermann Van Daan
  15. 2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryLord Charlie Hill
  16. 2007Hot FuzzGeorge Merchant
  17. 2006ConfettiSam's Dad
  18. 2006Land of the BlindDoc
  19. 2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!Peter Eade
  20. 2005On a Clear DayNorman
  21. 2004The Merchant of VeniceOld Gobbo
  22. 2004ThunderbirdsParker
  23. 2003The Other Boleyn GirlThomas Cromwell
  24. 2003Hornblower: DutySteward James Doughty
  25. 2003Hornblower: LoyaltySteward James Doughty
  26. 2002The Hound of the BaskervillesBarrymore
  27. 2002Dead GorgeousHector
  28. 2002Fields of GoldDave McArdle
  29. 200224 Hour Party PeopleDerek
  30. 2001Charlotte GrayMirabel
  31. 2001Lucky BreakPerry
  32. 2000ChocolatAlphonse Marceau
  33. 2000QuillsNapoleon
  34. 2000102 DalmatiansMr. Button
  35. 1999Topsy-TurvyRichard D'Oyly Carte
  36. 1998Let the Good Times RollDrug Dealer
  37. 1996Secrets & LiesStuart
  38. 1994Sharpe's HonourNapoleon Bonaparte
  39. 1991TurbulenceHarry
  40. 1990The Fool
  41. 1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverMews
  42. 1986Day To RememberGraham
  43. 1985Number One'The Wasp'
  44. 1984Scandalous3rd Taxi Driver
  45. 1983The Tragedy of Richard IIIRichard III
  46. 1983Henry VI Part 3Richard, Duke of Gloucester
  47. 1983Henry VI Part 2Richard Plantagenet
  48. 1983Henry VI Part 1Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter
  49. 1982The Merry Wives of WindsorPeter Simple
  50. 1982The Magic Shop
  51. 1976Secrets of a SuperstudTelegram Boy