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Ralph Brown

Acting · Born 1957-06-18 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Biography

Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio, super-roadie Del Preston in Wayne's World 2, the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Henry Clinton in Turn: Washington's Spies. He won The Samuel Beckett Award for his first play Sanctuary written for Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1987, and the Raindance and Sapporo Film Festival awards for his first screenplay for the British film New Year's Day in 2001.

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Filmography

2024Stand or Fall: The Remarkable Rise of Brighton and Hove AlbionSelf
2024American Sports Story: Aaron HernandezTremaine
2024War GameLieutenant General Roger Simms
2024Sexy BeastRoger Riley
2024Scala!!!Self
2023GenieSorcerer
2021Leverage: RedemptionRamsey
2019Gemini ManDel Patterson
2019Godfather of HarlemPresident Lyndon Johnson
2019An Accidental StudioSelf
2018New AmsterdamSid Chiltern
2018Final ScoreSteed
2017GeniusMax Planck
2016JackieDave Powers
2016RegBob Clay
2015Hard TideGaz
2015Marvel's Agent CarterDr. Ivchenko
2014BabylonDeputy Mayor Grant Delgado
2014LegendsTerrence Graves
2014The Seventeenth KindHerbert
2014Walking with the EnemyGrudez
2014The AssetsWallace Austin
2013All Things To All MenMcDeer
2013The MimicDenholm
2013StokerSheriff Howard
2013Jack the Giant SlayerGeneral Entin
2012The Poison TreeMax Capel
2012ElementaryTim Sherrington
2012Tower BlockNeville
2012Dark TideBrady
2012I, AnnaGeorge Stone
2011Death in ParadiseCharlie Blake
2011Killing BonoLeo
2010Him & HerNiguel
2010HugeNeil
2010SUSKarn
2010The KidGordon Peters
2010Mission LondonDetective Collway
2009The Boat That RockedBob
2008Schrader's ExorcismSelf
2008Caught in the ActJoep Schut
2007FloodNeil
2007MeadowlandsWintersgill
2007The ContractorJeremy Collins
2007StraightheadsJamie
2006PuritanMickey Conway
2006Modern Toss
2006Rich Hall's Cattle Drive
2006Life on MarsFrank Morgan
2005StonedGysin
2005Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistSergeant Major
2005Big DippersDave
2004LawlessPhil Howell
2004Exorcist: The BeginningSergeant Major
2004Nighty NightJacques
2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'Self (archive footage)
2003I'll Be ThereDigger
2002The Final CurtainTimothy
2002Lenny BlueBarry Hindes
2002Lenny BlueBarry Hindes
2002SpooksPaul Seymour
2001Mean MachineBurton
2001New Year's DayMr. Diamond
2001Alien EvolutionSelf / 'Aaron'
2001The AgencyAndrei Kachan
2001Last Run
2001Waking the DeadMike Coleman
2000Lock, Stock...Miami Vice
1999Extremely DangerousJoe Connor
1999Withnail and UsSelf
1999CleopatraGuevarius
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceRic Olié
1999The Last Train
1998A Respectable TradeDr. Hadley
1998Up 'n' UnderPhil
1997AmistadLieutenant Gedney
1997Jonathan CreekRoy Pilgrim
1997LexxDuke
1997The Place of the DeadSgt Bob Mann
1997IvanhoePrince John
1996KaraokePeter Beasley
1996Dalziel and PascoeSam Connon
1994Requiem ApacheMick
1993Wayne's World 2Del Preston
1993Undercover BluesLeamington
1993Peak PracticeStephen Westwood
1992A Touch of FrostCapt. Carlisle
1992The Crying GameDave
1992Alien³Aaron
1991The Pope Must DieDoctor
1991ImpromptuEugene Delacroix
1990Diamond SkullsJack
1990A Curious Suicide
1990ScalaSelf
1990ChillersDI Rollason
19894 PlayArchie Heckle
1989Rules of EngagementMick Rendall
1989ScandalPaul Mann
1988ChristabelLange
1988Coppers
1988BusterRonny Biggs
1988The Black and Blue LampInsp. Drury
1987Withnail & IDanny
1986London's Burning: The MoviePoliceman
1985Black ArrowYardley
1984The HitSecond Man
1982The Merry Wives of WindsorJohn
1972Van der ValkInspector Rep
—Bjorn of the DeadEddie

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