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Garry Cooper
Acting · Born 1955-06-02 · Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Hull born Garry Cooper is an actor who came to fame playing Peter, the flash boyfriend of Leslie Ash and rival to Phil Daniels' wannabe mod in cult 1979 hit Quadrophenia. Other film credits include Michael Radford's big screen adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, My Beautiful Launderette, Prick Up Your Ears and Derek Jarman's Caravaggio. TV credits include The Vice, The Bill, Soldier Soldier and Zen.
Known for
House of the Dragon
Ryam Redwyne
Midsomer Murders
James Griss
Casualty
Han Dybendak
Vera
Cliff Cringle
Play for Today
Billy
Heartbeat
Arthur Jacobs
The Sandman
King Hades
Peak Practice
Alan Davis
ITV Playhouse
Red
Playhouse
Orderly
Filmography
- 2025H Is for HawkCharlie
- 2025The Thing with FeathersKeith
- 2025I Fought the LawLord Justice Harry Ognall
- 2023The Pigeon TunnelRonnie Cornwell
- 2023BetterPeter 'Bulgey' Donovan
- 2022House of the DragonRyam Redwyne
- 2022The SandmanKing Hades
- 2021LandscapersLancing's Dad (voice)
- 2020Gangs of LondonJohn Harks
- 2013Henry VI, Part 2: The Houses of York and LancasterHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- 2013Henry VI: Harry The SixthHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- 2011VeraCliff Cringle
- 2011ZenAngelo
- 2010Bibliothèque PascalThe Professor
- 2010Universal Soldier: RegenerationDoctor Porter
- 2009Broadside: Emerging Empires CollideTromp
- 2009Dead Man RunningFaceless Man
- 2006The Harvest
- 2005HiroshimaGroves
- 2003Charles II: The Power and The PassionGeneral Monck
- 2001Murder in MindDI Frank Slater
- 2001In a Land of PlentyStanley
- 2000At Home with the BraithwaitesColin Skidmore
- 1999Always and EveryoneTommy Aherne
- 1999The ViceSupt Jeff Callard
- 1997Hostile WatersGennady
- 1997BreakoutAndy Cresswell
- 1997Midsomer MurdersJames Griss
- 1997The FixSkipper
- 1997Paul: The EmissarySaul / Paul
- 1996The Writing on the WallFred
- 1996Beautiful ThingRonnie Pearce
- 1996Dalziel and PascoeFrostrick
- 1994JacobKanaaniter # 1
- 1993Peak PracticeAlan Davis
- 1992An Ungentlemanly ActColour Sgt. Muir
- 1992HeartbeatArthur Jacobs
- 1991London Kills MeMr. G.
- 1991Soldier SoldierRMP Sergeant
- 1991The Darling Buds of MayGeorge
- 1990Perfect ScoundrelsMarty Hampton
- 1990The ChiefDS Thurlow
- 1990Mountains of the MoonStroyan
- 1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSergeant Holt
- 1987Prick Up Your EarsActor 1 – Mr Sloane
- 1986CasualtyHan Dybendak
- 1986CaravaggioDavide
- 1986LovejoyKevin the Ponce
- 1985My Beautiful LaundretteSquatter
- 1985A Crack in the Ice2nd Guard
- 1985Dempsey and MakepeaceSwabey
- 1984Nineteen Eighty-FourGuard
- 1982P'tang, Yang, KipperbangTommy
- 1981Going GentlyOrderly
- 1980Looking for VickyRed
- 1979QuadropheniaPeter
- 1979Degree of UncertaintyBilly
- 1979Ploughman's ShareYoung Chas
- 1974PlayhouseOrderly
- 1970Play for TodayBilly
- 1967ITV PlayhouseRed
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