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Full Ron Cook Biography
He has performed in a large number of television productions, including guest roles in episodes of drama series such as The Black Adder where he played "Sean the Irish bastard" (1983), Bergerac (1988), Sharpe (1994) and Doctor Who: "The Idiot's Lantern" (2006). He has also had major roles in more prestigious one-off productions and serials, including several instalments of the BBC's The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1982–83), most 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. 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, and has featured in several costume dramas, including Stephen Poliakoff's The Lost Prince (2002, as David Lloyd George), an adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002, as Barrymore), Anthony Trollope 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). He also played the role of iconic Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the BBC's Great Icons of The Industrial Age.
He has played Napoleon Bonaparte twice, in his 1994 guest appearance in Sharpe and again in the 2000 feature film Quills. Other film roles have included parts in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, as Mews), Secrets & Lies (1996), Chocolat (2000), Charlotte Gray (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002, as Derek Ryder), Thunderbirds (2004, as Parker) and Hot Fuzz (2007, as George Merchant). The trivia track for this film makes repeated references to his highly respected abilities in the fields of drunk acting and pratt falls. Cook also appeared in Feeling Good, a short film written by Dexter Fletcher and directed by Dalia Ibelhauptaite.
Cook has also acted in radio drama. In 2007 he played the part of confidence trickster Captain Wragge in a BBC Radio 4 adaption of the Wilkie Collins novel No Name. In July 2007, he played the part of Ron Cook, the protagonist psychologist on the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Solaris (novel), Stanislaw Lem's novel. |
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