Ron Cook
Acting • Born 1948-12-01
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.
Filmography
98 credits
Chocolat
Movie • 2000
Alphonse Marceau
Confetti
Movie • 2006
Sam's Dad
Empire of Light
Movie • 2022
Mr. Cooper
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Movie • 1989
Mews
Lucky Break
Movie • 2001
Perry
Thunderbirds
Movie • 2004
Parker
The King's Man
Movie • 2021
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
On a Clear Day
Movie • 2005
Norman
Topsy-Turvy
Movie • 1999
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Hornblower: Loyalty
Movie • 2003
Steward James Doughty
Hornblower: Duty
Movie • 2003
Steward James Doughty
Scandalous
Movie • 1984
3rd Taxi Driver
The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie • 2003
Thomas Cromwell
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Movie • 2004
Self
Number One
Movie • 1985
'The Wasp'
Sharpe's Honour
Movie • 1994
Napoleon Bonaparte
Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry
Movie • 2022
Richard Millett QC
Henry VI Part 2
Movie • 1983
Richard Plantagenet
Henry VI Part 3
Movie • 1983
Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Henry VI Part 1
Movie • 1983
Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter
The Tragedy of Richard III
Movie • 1983
Richard III
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie • 2009
Hermann Van Daan
Bert & Dickie
Movie • 2012
Albert
Turbulence
Movie • 1991
Harry
Sew Torn
Movie • 2025
Oskar
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Movie • 2009
Clement Smith
Dead Gorgeous
Movie • 2002
Hector
Time Gentlemen, Please
Movie • 2010
The Good Chap
Day To Remember
Movie • 1986
Graham
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 2004
Old Gobbo
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
George Merchant
The Fool
Movie • 1990
Charlotte Gray
Movie • 2001
Mirabel
Fields of Gold
Movie • 2002
Dave McArdle
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie • 2008
Lord Charlie Hill
24 Hour Party People
Movie • 2002
Derek
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Movie • 2006
Peter Eade
Quills
Movie • 2000
Napoleon
Mrs Biggs
Movie • 2012
Peter
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 2002
Barrymore
Secrets & Lies
Movie • 1996
Stuart
Land of the Blind
Movie • 2006
Doc
The Magic Shop
Movie • 1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie • 1982
Peter Simple
Let the Good Times Roll
Movie • 1998
Drug Dealer
18% Grey
Movie • 2020
Charlie
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Movie • 2011
The Fool
102 Dalmatians
Movie • 2000
Mr. Button
Secrets of a Superstud
Movie • 1976
Telegram Boy
The Critic
Movie • 2024
Hugh Morris
The Choral
Movie • 2025
Reverend Woodhead
The Odyssey
Movie • 1997
Eurybates
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
The Bill
TV • 1984
Girls On Top
TV • 1985
Ian
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV • 1997
Benjamin Partridge
The Young Ones
TV • 1982
Convict
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
TV • 2003
Little Dorrit
TV • 2008
Chivery
Life of Shakespeare
TV • 1978
Jack Rice
Red Riding
TV • 2009
The Diary of Anne Frank
TV • 2009
Hermann Van Daan
Hornblower
TV • 1998
Doughty
Mr Selfridge
TV • 2013
Mr. Crabb
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Maigret
TV • 1992
Vera
TV • 2011
Brian Gower
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Magpie
Garrow's Law
TV • 2009
Captain Baillie
Bramwell
TV • 1995
Percy Banks
The Detectives
TV • 1993
Blind Billy
Blackadder
TV • 1983
Sean, the Irish
The Singing Detective
TV • 1986
First Mysterious Man
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Dr. Milan Vaspovic
The Lost Prince
TV • 2003
Lloyd George
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Reggie Betts
Life After Life
TV • 2022
Dr. Fellowes
The Odyssey
TV • 1997
Eurybates
Casanova
TV • 2005
Prisoner
He Knew He Was Right
TV • 2004
Mr. Bozzle
The City and the City
TV • 2018
Commissar Gadlem
Les Misérables
TV • 2018
Hair and Teeth Dealer
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Bill Calder
10 Days to War
TV • 2008
Peter
Andor
TV • 2022
Willi
Will Shakespeare
TV • 1978
Jack Rice
Chernobyl
TV • 2019
Old Maternity Doctor
The Witcher
TV • 2019
Borch Three Jackdaws
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Bernard Flack
Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Wilf
Des
TV • 2020
DSI Chambers
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
TV • 2012
Durdles
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Eddie Baker
The Chief
TV • 1990
James Baddeley
The Hack
TV • 2025
Max Mosley
I Fought the Law
TV • 2025
Frank Cook MP
Personal Affairs
TV • 2009
Bernie Lerner
Funland
TV • 2005
Hitman