---
name: "Ali Cook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ali-cook"
fi1m_id: "ali-cook"
imdb_id: "nm1246334"
tmdb_id: 1056072
wikidata_id: "Q4724732"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 April 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T23:09:18.646842+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ali Cook

## Identity

Ali Cook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ali-cook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ali-cook
- **IMDb ID:** nm1246334
- **TMDB ID:** 1056072
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4724732
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Cook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1246334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1056072

Actor. Born 26 April 1975 in Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 April 1975, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Alistair Cook
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Cook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1246334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1056072

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kajaki*](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md) (77)

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## 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).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, alicook.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kajaki* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Spud McMellon — [page](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Falling* (2026), series, as Ben
- *The Pearl Comb* (2025), as Gregory Lutey · Director, Writer
- *Burial* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Madam President* (2022), as Cameron Jones
- *Ragdoll* (2021), series, as DCI Terrance Simmons
- *Twist* (2021), as Porter
- *Muscle* (2020), as Harry
- *How to Fake a War* (2020), as Simon
- *The Cunning Man* (2019), as The Knackerman · Writer, Producer, Director
- *Once Upon a Time in London* (2019), as Odd Legs
- *I Made This For You* (2018), as Karl
- *The Call Up* (2016), as Edward
- *The Messenger* (2015), as Geoff
- *Kajaki* (2014), as Spud McMellon — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md)
- *Lost in Karastan* (2014), as Daniel
- *The Anomaly* (2014), as l'agent Travis
- *The Boy with a Camera for a Face* (2013), as Andrew Saul
- *The Wedding* (2013), as Jonno
- *The Date* (2013), Actor
- *Dark Tide* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Turtle & the Nightingale* (2012), as Harry Snr
- *Confection*, as Robert

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