Biography
Ali Cook, also credited as Alistair Cook, is an English actor, comedian, magician and writer from Yorkshire. He began his career in television sketch comedy and magic series before moving into acting roles.
Cook is known for playing Spud McMellon in the 2014 film Kajaki, which won the Producer of the Year Award at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards and received a BAFTA nomination. His other film credits include The Anomaly (2014), The Call Up (2016), Once Upon a Time in London (2019), Twist (2021) and Muscle (2019). On television he has appeared in Mr Selfridge (2013), Emmerdale (2016) and as DCI Terrance Simmons in the series Ragdoll (2021). He wrote and starred in the short film The Cunning Man (2019).
