Ron Cook
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Chocolat
2000
Confetti
2006
Empire of Light
2022
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
Lucky Break
2001
Thunderbirds
2004
The King's Man
2021
On a Clear Day
2005
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Hornblower: Duty
2003
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Scandalous
1984
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
Number One
1985
Sharpe's Honour
1994
Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry
2022
Henry VI Part 2
1983
Henry VI Part 1
1983
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
Henry VI Part 3
1983
The Diary of Anne Frank
2009
Bert & Dickie
2012
Turbulence
1991
Sew Torn
2025
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
Dead Gorgeous
2002
Time Gentlemen, Please
2010
Day To Remember
1986
The Merchant of Venice
2004
Hot Fuzz
2007
The Fool
1990
Charlotte Gray
2001
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
Fields of Gold
2002
24 Hour Party People
2002
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006
Quills
2000
Mrs Biggs
2012
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
Secrets & Lies
1996
Land of the Blind
2006
The Magic Shop
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Let the Good Times Roll
1998
18% Grey
2020
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
102 Dalmatians
2000
Secrets of a Superstud
1976
The Critic
2024
The Choral
2025
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
The Bill
1984
Girls On Top
1985
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
The Young Ones
1982
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
Little Dorrit
2008
Life of Shakespeare
1978
Red Riding
2009
The Diary of Anne Frank
2009
Hornblower
1998
Mr Selfridge
2013
Doctor Who
2005
Maigret
1992
Vera
2011
Doctor Who
2005
Garrow's Law
2009
Bramwell
1995
The Detectives
1993
Blackadder
1983
The Singing Detective
1986
Waking the Dead
2001
The Lost Prince
2003
Bergerac
1981
Life After Life
2022
The Odyssey
1997
Casanova
2005
He Knew He Was Right
2004
The City and the City
2018
Les Misérables
2018
Death in Paradise
2011
10 Days to War
2008
Andor
2022
Will Shakespeare
1978
Chernobyl
2019
The Witcher
2019
Midsomer Murders
1997
Inside No. 9
2014
Des
2020
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012
Foyle's War
2002
The Chief
1990
The Hack
2025
I Fought the Law
2025
Personal Affairs
2009
Funland
2005
Mrs Biggs
2012