Acting · South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Born December 1, 1948
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.
MovieLadies First
2026
as Mr. Sachs
MovieThe Choral
2025
as Reverend Woodhead
TVThe Hack
2025
as Max Mosley
MovieSew Torn
2025
as Oskar
TVI Fought the Law
2025
as Frank Cook MP
MovieThe Critic
2024
as Hugh Morris
MovieEmpire of Light
2022
as Mr. Cooper
TVAndor
2022
as Willi
MovieGrenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry
2022
as Richard Millett QC
TVLife After Life
2022
as Dr. Fellowes
MovieThe King's Man
2021
as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
TVDes
2020
as DSI Chambers
Movie18% Grey
2020
as Charlie
TVThe Witcher
2019
as Borch Three Jackdaws
TVChernobyl
2019
as Old Maternity Doctor
TVLes Misérables
2018
as Hair and Teeth Dealer
TVThe City and the City
2018
as Commissar Gadlem
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Wilf
TVMr Selfridge
2013
as Mr. Crabb
MovieMrs Biggs
2012
as Peter
TVMrs Biggs
2012
as Peter
MovieBert & Dickie
2012
as Albert
TVThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012
as Durdles
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Bill Calder
TVVera
2011
as Brian Gower
MovieNational Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
as The Fool
MovieTime Gentlemen, Please
2010
as The Good Chap
MovieRed Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
as Clement Smith
TVGarrow's Law
2009
as Captain Baillie
TVPersonal Affairs
2009
as Bernie Lerner
TVRed Riding
2009
TVThe Diary of Anne Frank
2009
as Hermann Van Daan
MovieThe Diary of Anne Frank
2009
as Hermann Van Daan
TVLittle Dorrit
2008
as Chivery
MovieFilth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
as Lord Charlie Hill
TV10 Days to War
2008
as Peter
MovieHot Fuzz
2007
as George Merchant
MovieConfetti
2006
as Sam's Dad
MovieLand of the Blind
2006
as Doc
MovieKenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006
as Peter Eade
TVFunland
2005
as Hitman
MovieOn a Clear Day
2005
as Norman
TVDoctor Who Confidential
2005
TVDoctor Who
2005
TVCasanova
2005
as Prisoner
MovieThe Merchant of Venice
2004
as Old Gobbo
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
as Self
MovieThunderbirds
2004
as Parker
TVHe Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mr Bozzle
TVSeven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
MovieThe Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Thomas Cromwell
TVThe Lost Prince
2003
as Lloyd George
MovieHornblower: Duty
2003
as Steward James Doughty
MovieHornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Steward James Doughty
MovieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
as Barrymore
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Eddie Baker
MovieDead Gorgeous
2002
as Hector
Fields of Gold
2002
as Dave McArdle
Movie24 Hour Party People
2002
as Derek
MovieCharlotte Gray
2001
as Mirabel
MovieLucky Break
2001
as Perry
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Dr. Milan Vaspovic
MovieChocolat
2000
as Alphonse Marceau
MovieQuills
2000
as Napoleon
Movie102 Dalmatians
2000
as Mr. Button
MovieTopsy-Turvy
1999
as Richard D'Oyly Carte
TVHornblower
1998
as Doughty
MovieLet the Good Times Roll
1998
as Drug Dealer
TVThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Benjamin Partridge
TVThe Odyssey
1997
as Eurybates
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Bernard Flack
MovieSecrets & Lies
1996
as Stuart
TVBramwell
1995
as Percy Banks
MovieSharpe's Honour
1994
as Napoleon Bonaparte
TVSharpe
1993
as Napoleon
TVThe Detectives
1993
as Blind Billy
TVMaigret
1992
Turbulence
1991
as Harry
The Fool
1990
TVThe Chief
1990
as James Baddeley
MovieThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Mews
Day To Remember
1986
as Graham
TVThe Singing Detective
1986
as First Mysterious Man
TVGirls On Top
1985
as Ian
MovieNumber One
1985
as 'The Wasp'
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieScandalous
1984
as 3rd Taxi Driver
TVBlackadder
1983
as Sean, the Irish
MovieThe Tragedy of Richard III
1983
as Richard III
MovieHenry VI Part 3
1983
as Richard, Duke of Gloucester
MovieHenry VI Part 2
1983
as Richard Plantagenet
MovieHenry VI Part 1
1983
as Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter
MovieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Peter Simple
TVThe Young Ones
1982
as Convict
MovieThe Magic Shop
1982
TVBergerac
1981
as Reggie Betts
TVLife of Shakespeare
1978
as Jack Rice
TVWill Shakespeare
1978
as Jack Rice
MovieSecrets of a Superstud
1976
as Telegram Boy
