Following a law degree at Kingston Polytechnic and a master's from the University of Warwick, Cooper taught at London South Bank University before training at the Drama Studio London. A Carleton Hobbs Award in 1979 secured his first lead in the radio play The File on Leo Kaplan (1980), and he later appeared in the films The Whistle Blower and The Ruby in the Smoke. He became known for portraying C… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Vikings 2013 Gangs of New York 2002 Doctor Who 2005 Downton Abbey 2010 Series ★ 8.2 Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989
Ed Opalsen Series ★ 8.1 Inside No. 9 2014
George Waterhouse Series ★ 8.1 Vikings 2013
Earl Bjarni Series ★ 8.1 Downton Abbey 2010
Mr. Moore Series ★ 7.9 This Country 2017
Len Clifton Series ★ 7.9 Foyle's War 2002
Curling Series ★ 7.9 Doctor Who 1963
Takis Series ★ 7.7 Spooks 2002
Deery Series ★ 7.7 Our Friends in the North 1996
DCS Dennis Cockburn Series ★ 7.7 Smiley's People 1982
Sergeant Pike Series ★ 7.6 Father Brown 2013
Denny Beaton Series ★ 7.6 Call the Midwife 2012
Sergeant Woolf Series ★ 7.6 Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 2006
Senator Scaevinus Series ★ 7.6 Doctor Who 2005
Friar Tuck Series ★ 7.5 Tess of the D'Urbervilles 2008
Mr Crick Series ★ 7.5 Midsomer Murders 1997
Sean Moorcroft ★ 7.4 Longitude 2000
Roger Wills Series ★ 7.4 Lovejoy 1986
Sergeant Series ★ 7.3 New Tricks 2004
Malcolm Hagley ★ 7.3 Gangs of New York 2002
Man in Tweed's Office (uncredited) Series ★ 7.2 Heartbeat 1992
John Oakes Series ★ 7.1 Partners in Crime 2015
Mr Harrison ★ 7.1 Moonlighting 1982
Hire Shop Man Series ★ 7.1 Minder 1979
Officer Series ★ 7 Drop the Dead Donkey 1990
Bill ★ 7 Drowning by Numbers 1988
Hardy Series ★ 7 Bergerac 1981
Sorel ★ 6.9 The Woman in Black 1989
Farmer ★ 6.8 Somers Town 2008
Angry Resident ★ 6.8 The Emperor's New Clothes 2001
Leaud Series ★ 6.8 The Bill 1984
Series ★ 6.6 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 2022
Coroner ★ 6.6 Happy-Go-Lucky 2008
Patient ★ 6.6 Wuthering Heights 1992
Dr. Kenneth Series ★ 6.5 My Hero 2000
Charles Splink Series ★ 6.4 The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin 2024
Derek ★ 6.4 Crooked House 2017
Cairo Spymaster ★ 6.4 The Ruby in the Smoke 2006
Mr Higgs Series ★ 6.4 Dalziel and Pascoe 1996
Geordie Turnbull Series ★ 6.2 Casualty 1986
Ralph ★ 6 A Quiet Passion 2016
Samuel Bowles ★ 6 Until Death 2007
Walter Curry ★ 5.8 Dear Wendy 2005
Dick's Dad ★ 5.8 Vanity Fair 2004
General Tufto ★ 5.8 Lorna Doone 2001
John Fry ★ 5.8 The Whistle Blower 1986
Insp. Bourne ★ 5.2 Chromophobia 2006
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