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Ali Cook
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Ali Cook as Sgt. Paul McMellon in Kajaki
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Alistair Cook
Yorkshire, England
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Ali Cook is an English actor and comedian from Yorkshire. He is known for his roles in movies and TV shows, and also for his comedy and magic performances. He has been in many popular TV series and films.
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About Ali Cook's Career
Ali Cook started his career on a TV show called The Jerry@Trick Show on Channel 5. He was noticed by TV producers and went on to write and star in seven of his own comedy and magic series. These shows appeared on Channel 4, Channel 5, and Sky1. His Channel 4 series Dirty Tricks was even nominated for a British Comedy Award.
Ali Cook on Television
Ali Cook has acted in many TV shows. He co-wrote and starred in series like Monkey Magic (UK TV series) and Secret World of Magic. He was also the star of Dirty Tricks, a show nominated for a British Comedy Award.
In 2011, Ali Cook performed a Houdini-style water escape trick on the children's TV show The Slammer on CBBC. He has also appeared in the French TV series Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde. More recently, he has been in shows like Ragdoll for AMC, Mr Selfridge, and played a character in Emmerdale. He also appeared in the BBC's 2018 show The ABC Murders.
| Year | Title | Production Company | Channel/Network |
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| 2002 | The Jerry@trick Show | Ronin Entertainments | Channel 5 |
| 2002 | Monkey Magic | Objective Productions | Channel 5 |
| 2003 | Psychic | Objective Productions | Channel 5 |
| 2003 | Monkey Magic Two | Objective Productions | Channel 5 |
| 2004 | Secret World of Magic | Objective Productions | Sky One |
| 2005 | Dirty Tricks | Objective Productions | Channel 4 |
| 2010 | Talk of the Terrace | - | ESPN |
| 2011 | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | September Films | ITV1 |
| 2011 | The Slammer | - | CBBC |
| 2011 | Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde | - | Magic, France 2 |
| 2013 | Mr Selfridge | - | ITV1 |
| 2016 | Emmerdale | - | ITV1 (multiple episodes) |
| 2018 | The ABC Murders | - | BBC 1 |
| 2021 | Ragdoll | - | AMC |
Ali Cook in Films
Ali Cook played Sgt. Paul "Spud" McMellon in the 2014 film Kajaki. This movie won an award at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards and was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award.
He also starred in the 2018 film How To Fake A War. Other films he has been in include Twist for Sky Cinema, The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica, Muscle, and In the Cloud for Sony Pictures. He also appeared in Once Upon a Time in London and the thriller Isolani.
In 2011, Ali Cook was an executive producer for the movie Dark Tide, which starred Halle Berry.
Feature Films
| Year | Title | Production Company | Director |
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| 2005 | Sahara | Paramount Pictures | Breck Eisner |
| 2012 | Outside Bet | Gateway Films | Sacha Bennett |
| 2013 | Get Lucky | Gateway Films | Sacha Bennett |
| 2014 | Peterman | Control Films | Mark Abraham |
| 2014 | Lost In Karastan | Film and Music Entertainment | Ben Hopkins |
| 2014 | Kajaki | Pukka Films | Paul Katis |
| 2015 | The Messenger | Gateway Films | David Blair |
| 2016 | The Call Up | Stigma Films | Charles Barker |
| 2016 | Isolani | Lola Pictures | Paul Wilson |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in London | Zebra Films | Simon Rumley |
| 2017 | In the Cloud | Sony Pictures | Robert Scott Wildes |
| 2018 | How To Fake A War | Film and Music Entertainment | Rudolph Herzog |
| 2018 | Muscle | Stigma Films | Gerard Johnson |
| 2021 | Twist | Sky Original | - |
| 2021 | The Obscure Life Of The Grand Duke Of Corsica | Camelot Films | - |
| 2022 | Prezidentka, Marlene | Film Productions | - |
Short Films
- 2019 The Cunning Man, Harvest Films
Ali Cook on Stage
Ali Cook has also performed in live theatre shows. He has written and performed three popular solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival: A Touch of Vegas (2008), Pieces of Strange (2010), and Principles and Deceptions (2011).
| Year | Type | Show/Event Name | Production Company | Venue |
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| 2015 | Stage | Impossible: London's Magic Spectacular | Jamie Hendry Productions | Noël Coward Theatre, London |
| 2011 | Stage | One man show, Principles and Deceptions | - | Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh |
| 2010 | Stage | One man show, Pieces of Strange | - | Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh |
| 2008 | Stage | One man show, A Touch of Vegas | - | Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh |
