Ron Cook

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

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Death in Paradise

Vera

The Witcher

Chernobyl

Andor

All Movies (52)

• Ladies First2026 · as Mr. Sachs
• The Choral2025 · as Reverend Woodhead
• Sew Torn2025 · as Oskar
• The Critic2024 · as Hugh Morris
• Empire of Light2022 · as Mr. Cooper
• Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry2022 · as Richard Millett QC
• The King's Man2021 · as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
• 18% Grey2020 · as Charlie
• Mrs Biggs2012 · as Peter
• Bert & Dickie2012 · as Albert
• National Theatre Live: King Lear2011 · as The Fool
• Time Gentlemen, Please2010 · as The Good Chap
• Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19802009 · as Clement Smith
• The Diary of Anne Frank2009 · as Hermann Van Daan
• Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story2008 · as Lord Charlie Hill
• Hot Fuzz2007 · as George Merchant
• Confetti2006 · as Sam's Dad
• Land of the Blind2006 · as Doc
• Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!2006 · as Peter Eade
• On a Clear Day2005 · as Norman
• The Merchant of Venice2004 · as Old Gobbo
• No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds2004 · as Self
• Thunderbirds2004 · as Parker
• The Other Boleyn Girl2003 · as Thomas Cromwell
• Hornblower: Duty2003 · as Steward James Doughty
• Hornblower: Loyalty2003 · as Steward James Doughty
• The Hound of the Baskervilles2002 · as Barrymore
• Dead Gorgeous2002 · as Hector
• Fields of Gold2002 · as Dave McArdle
• 24 Hour Party People2002 · as Derek
• Charlotte Gray2001 · as Mirabel
• Lucky Break2001 · as Perry
• Chocolat2000 · as Alphonse Marceau
• Quills2000 · as Napoleon
• 102 Dalmatians2000 · as Mr. Button
• Topsy-Turvy1999 · as Richard D'Oyly Carte
• Let the Good Times Roll1998 · as Drug Dealer
• Secrets & Lies1996 · as Stuart
• Sharpe's Honour1994 · as Napoleon Bonaparte
• Turbulence1991 · as Harry
• The Fool1990
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989 · as Mews
• Day To Remember1986 · as Graham
• Number One1985 · as 'The Wasp'
• Scandalous1984 · as 3rd Taxi Driver
• The Tragedy of Richard III1983 · as Richard III
• Henry VI Part 31983 · as Richard, Duke of Gloucester
• Henry VI Part 21983 · as Richard Plantagenet
• Henry VI Part 11983 · as Third Messinger to the King / Countess' Porter
• The Merry Wives of Windsor1982 · as Peter Simple
• The Magic Shop1982
• Secrets of a Superstud1976 · as Telegram Boy

All TV Shows (48)

• The Hack2025 · as Max Mosley
• I Fought the Law2025 · as Frank Cook MP
• Andor2022 · as Willi
• Life After Life2022 · as Dr. Fellowes
• Des2020 · as DSI Chambers
• The Witcher2019 · as Borch Three Jackdaws
• Chernobyl2019 · as Old Maternity Doctor
• Les Misérables2018 · as Hair and Teeth Dealer
• The City and the City2018 · as Commissar Gadlem
• Inside No. 92014 · as Wilf
• Mr Selfridge2013 · as Mr. Crabb
• Mrs Biggs2012 · as Peter
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood2012 · as Durdles
• Death in Paradise2011 · as Bill Calder
• Vera2011 · as Brian Gower
• Garrow's Law2009 · as Captain Baillie
• Personal Affairs2009 · as Bernie Lerner
• Red Riding2009
• The Diary of Anne Frank2009 · as Hermann Van Daan
• Little Dorrit2008 · as Chivery
• 10 Days to War2008 · as Peter
• Funland2005 · as Hitman
• Doctor Who Confidential2005
• Doctor Who2005
• Doctor Who2005 · as Magpie
• Casanova2005 · as Prisoner
• He Knew He Was Right2004 · as Mr Bozzle
• Seven Wonders of the Industrial World2003 · as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
• The Lost Prince2003 · as Lloyd George
• Foyle's War2002 · as Eddie Baker
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Dr. Milan Vaspovic
• Hornblower1998 · as Doughty
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling1997 · as Benjamin Partridge
• The Odyssey1997 · as Eurybates
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Bernard Flack
• Bramwell1995 · as Percy Banks
• Sharpe1993 · as Napoleon
• The Detectives1993 · as Blind Billy
• Maigret1992
• The Chief1990 · as James Baddeley
• The Singing Detective1986 · as First Mysterious Man
• Girls On Top1985 · as Ian
• The Bill1984
• Blackadder1983 · as Sean, the Irish
• The Young Ones1982 · as Convict
• Bergerac1981 · as Reggie Betts
• Life of Shakespeare1978 · as Jack Rice
• Will Shakespeare1978 · as Jack Rice