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Christian Louis Cooke (born 15 September 1987) is an English actor. He is known for playing Freddie Taylor in Cemetery Junction and Len Matthews in the Channel 4 mini series The Promise. Cooke recently played Garry Kasparov in the critically acclaimed mini series Rematch on Disney Plus, and Ron in the movie Plainclothes, which won a Special Jury Award at Sundance 2025.
Other television roles include Magic City (2012–13) and That Dirty Black Bag for AMC, and his other film roles include Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet (2013), Electricity (2014), Love, Rosie (2014) and Drunk Wedding (2015).
Cooke began his acting career at the age of 10 when he appeared in a production of Bedazzled at the Bingley Arts Centre. His first television appearance was in a commercial for Birds Eye beef burgers, shortly followed by his first lead role as Wilmot Tanner in ITV Granada series Wilmot. His career progressed from there.
Cooke also appeared in BBC One's The Chase and played Brae Marrack in the ITV1 soap opera Echo Beach. He guest-starred in the Doctor Who episodes "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky", playing UNIT soldier Ross Jenkins, in 2008.
During 2009, he played the lead roles of Luke Rutherford in ITV1's supernatural drama Demons & Lord Dorian Gaudain in ITV2's eight-part drama Trinity, where he had several rear nude scenes in its first episode, and appeared in Syfy's television film Dark Relic the following year. "Syfy Movies – Dark Relic" Syfy He went on to play the lead role of Freddie Taylor in Cemetery Junction and starred in the critically acclaimed Channel 4 four-part drama The Promise, directed by Peter Kosminsky in 2011. That same year, Cooke made his directorial debut in Chandide, an independent short film based in London written & produced by Trinity co-star Arnab Chanda, who also starred in the lead role, "Chandide" Vimeo before completing Paramount Pictures' romantic comedy Drunk Wedding. Paramount Pictures films movie in Nicaragua Business of Cinema. 3 June 2011 The following year, he featured in 1950s Miami-set drama series, Magic City, Starz series Magic City full cast announced The Hollywood Reporter. 9 June 2011 which came to a close after two seasons in August 2013. Magic City cancelled by Starz tvseriesfinale. 5 August 2013
Cooke's film career has since grown in the form of two collaborations with director Bryn Higgins, titled Unconditional and Electricity, starring alongside Charlie Cox in British independent Hello Carter, playing Mercutio in Carlo Carlei's Romeo and Juliet and starring alongside Lily Collins in British-American romantic comedy Love, Rosie. He also made a return to short films, starring in Nativity-inspired Anomaly "Vimeo Staff Pick – Anomaly" Vimeo before taking the lead in Fare with Maimie McCoy, and has since featured regularly throughout the second season of American television series Witches of East End Witches of East End Season 2 premiere date tvline. 7 May 2014 before Lifetime announced the show's cancellation in November 2014. Witches of East End cancelled by Lifetime insidetv. 4 November 2014
Spring 2015 saw Cooke return to British television in BBC two-part book-adaptation drama Stonemouth, the first adaptation of Iain Banks' work since his death in 2013, opposite Sharon Small, Gary Lewis & Peter Mullan, "Stellar cast announced for BBC adaptation of Iain Banks’ Stonemouth" BBC Television. 21 October 2014 as well as the announcement of Magic Citys movie adaptation starring alongside Bruce Willis & Bill Murray, reprising his role as Danny Evans. "Christian Cooke is one of the UK’s hottest new actors" City AM. 5 March 2015 On top of his return to British television, his role as Stewart Gilmour in Stonemouth marked his return to a lead role, "Waiting for a role like Stonemouth" What's on TV. 4 June 2015 and towards the summer of 2015 came the announcement of a return to directing with Peter Mullan & Michelle Fairley taking the lead roles in short film Edith; "Christian Cooke Soldiers On" The Scotsman. 7 June 2015 news that was followed by the release of Crackle original drama The Art of More, leading alongside Dennis Quaid & Kate Bosworth, where Cooke starred as ex-soldier Graham Connor. "Stonemouth Media Pack" BBC Television. 19 June 2015
The start of 2016 brought in a reunion with Hello Carter director Anthony Wilcox, starring alongside Example, for Instagram-exclusive Shield 5, the first short film to be distributed across this platform. "Shield 5" Instagram A year later, and Cooke's career grows in the form of a role in the premiere theatre production of Experience by Dave Florez at Hampstead Theatre, appearing in Yaël Farber's production of Knives In Hens by David Harrower at the Donmar Warehouse and collaborating with Edith producers Sara Huxley & April Kelley to co-produce comedy series Annie Waits. Mini Productions presents Annie Waits Mini Productions
In April 2018 Cooke played the part of Mickey Argyll in Ordeal by Innocence, a role initially portrayed by Ed Westwick, who was replaced by Cooke amid allegations of sexual assault.
Projects currently under way for Cooke include short film Everything You Didn't Say alongside Magic City co-star Olga Kurylenko, a Netflix adaptation of Point Blank and a feature film adaptation of Knives In Hens, titled Embers.
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