Ron Cook
Known for acting · Born 1 December 1948 · 77 · South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
99 credits
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
Mr Selfridge
2013
Little Dorrit
2008
Chernobyl
2019
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Doctor Who
2005
Andor
2022
Secrets & Lies
1996
Empire of Light
2022
Sew Torn
2025
The Odyssey
1997
Land of the Blind
2006
The Diary of Anne Frank
2009
Acting (98)
2026Ladies FirstMr. SachsFilm
2025Sew TornOskarFilm
2025The ChoralReverend WoodheadFilm
2025The HackMax Mosley · 7 episodesSeries
2025I Fought the LawFrank Cook MP · 2 episodesSeries
2024The CriticHugh MorrisFilm
2022AndorWilli · 2 episodesSeries
2022Empire of LightMr. CooperFilm
2022Life After LifeDr. Fellowes · 4 episodesSeries
2022Grenfell: Scenes from the InquiryRichard Millett QCFilm
2021The King's ManArchduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaFilm
2020DesDSI Chambers · 3 episodesSeries
202018% GreyCharlieFilm
2019ChernobylOld Maternity Doctor · 2 episodesSeries
2019The WitcherBorch Three JackdawsSeries
2018Les MisérablesHair and Teeth Dealer · 2 episodesSeries
2018The City and the CityCommissar Gadlem · 4 episodesSeries
2014Inside No. 9WilfSeries
2013Mr SelfridgeMr. Crabb · 40 episodesSeries
2012The Mystery of Edwin DroodDurdles · 2 episodesSeries
2012Mrs BiggsPeterFilm
2012Bert & DickieAlbertFilm
2012Mrs BiggsPeter · 2 episodesSeries
2011Death in ParadiseBill CalderSeries
2011VeraBrian GowerSeries
2011National Theatre Live: King LearThe FoolFilm
2010Time Gentlemen, PleaseThe Good ChapFilm
2009The Diary of Anne FrankHermann Van Daan · 5 episodesSeries
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Clement SmithFilm
2009Red RidingSeries
2009Garrow's LawCaptain BaillieSeries
2009Personal AffairsBernie Lerner · 4 episodesSeries
2009The Diary of Anne FrankHermann Van DaanFilm
2008Little DorritChivery · 14 episodesSeries
200810 Days to WarPeterSeries
2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryLord Charlie HillFilm
2007Hot FuzzGeorge MerchantFilm
2006ConfettiSam's DadFilm
2006Land of the BlindDocFilm
2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!Peter EadeFilm
2005Doctor Who, MagpieSeries
2005CasanovaPrisoner · 3 episodesSeries
2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSeries
2005On a Clear DayNormanFilm
2005FunlandHitman · 7 episodesSeries
2004The Merchant of VeniceOld GobboFilm
2004ThunderbirdsParkerFilm
2004He Knew He Was RightMr Bozzle · 4 episodesSeries
2004No Strings Attached: The Making of ThunderbirdsSelfFilm
2003The Other Boleyn GirlThomas CromwellFilm
2003Hornblower: LoyaltySteward James DoughtyFilm
2003Hornblower: DutySteward James DoughtyFilm
2003The Lost PrinceLloyd George · 2 episodesSeries
2003Seven Wonders of the Industrial WorldIsambard Kingdom BrunelSeries
200224 Hour Party PeopleDerekFilm
2002Foyle's WarEddie BakerSeries
2002The Hound of the BaskervillesBarrymoreFilm
2002Dead GorgeousHectorFilm
2002Fields of GoldDave McArdleFilm
2001Charlotte GrayMirabelFilm
2001Waking the DeadDr. Milan Vaspovic · 2 episodesSeries
2001Lucky BreakPerryFilm
2000ChocolatAlphonse MarceauFilm
2000102 DalmatiansMr. ButtonFilm
2000QuillsNapoleonFilm
1999Topsy-TurvyRichard D'Oyly CarteFilm
1998HornblowerDoughty · 2 episodesSeries
1998Let the Good Times RollDrug DealerFilm
1997The OdysseyEurybates · 2 episodesSeries
1997Midsomer MurdersBernard FlackSeries
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingBenjamin Partridge · 5 episodesSeries
1996Secrets & LiesStuartFilm
1995BramwellPercy BanksSeries
1994Sharpe's HonourNapoleon BonaparteFilm
1993SharpeNapoleonSeries
1993The DetectivesBlind BillySeries
1992MaigretSeries
1991TurbulenceHarryFilm
1990The FoolFilm
1990The ChiefJames BaddeleySeries
1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverMewsFilm
1986The Singing DetectiveFirst Mysterious Man · 6 episodesSeries
1986Day To RememberGrahamFilm
1985Girls On TopIanSeries
1985Number One'The Wasp'Film
1984The BillSeries
1984Scandalous3rd Taxi DriverFilm
1983BlackadderSean, the IrishSeries
1983Henry VI Part 1Third Messinger to the King / Countess' PorterFilm
1983Henry VI Part 2Richard PlantagenetFilm
1983Henry VI Part 3Richard, Duke of GloucesterFilm
1983The Tragedy of Richard IIIRichard IIIFilm
1982The Young OnesConvictSeries
1982The Merry Wives of WindsorPeter SimpleFilm
1982The Magic ShopFilm
1981BergeracReggie BettsSeries
1978Will ShakespeareJack Rice · 6 episodesSeries
1976Secrets of a SuperstudTelegram BoyFilm
Crew (1)
2010Time Gentlemen, PleaseThanksFilm