---
name: "Mackenzie Crook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mackenzie-crook"
fi1m_id: "mackenzie-crook"
imdb_id: "nm0188871"
tmdb_id: 1711
wikidata_id: "Q447614"
roles: ["Actor","Director","Writer"]
born: "29 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-07T16:09:21.696254+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."
---

# Mackenzie Crook

## Identity

Mackenzie Crook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mackenzie-crook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mackenzie-crook
- **IMDb ID:** nm0188871
- **TMDB ID:** 1711
- **Wikidata ID:** Q447614
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Crook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1711

Actor and director. Born 29 September 1971 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director, Writer
- **Born:** 29 September 1971, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Paul Mackenzie Crook 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 14: 11 acting, 3 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Gore Verbinski](https://film.one/person/gore-verbinski.md), [India Brown](https://film.one/person/india-brown.md), [Jack Davenport](https://film.one/person/jack-davenport.md), [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://film.one/person/jerry-bruckheimer.md), [Johnny Depp](https://film.one/person/johnny-depp.md), [Keira Knightley](https://film.one/person/keira-knightley.md), [Orlando Bloom](https://film.one/person/orlando-bloom.md), [Ted Elliott](https://film.one/person/ted-elliott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (6), 2010s 74 (7), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 7 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 6, Fantasy 5, Comedy 4, Drama 4, Action 3, Crime 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,452m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Crook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1711

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md) (81), [*Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md) (63), [*Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md) (55)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Accused*](https://film.one/tv/accused.md) (76), [*Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll*](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md) (65)
- **BritBox:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office.md) (89)
- **Apple TV:** [*Detectorists*](https://film.one/tv/detectorists.md) (87)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Worzel Gummidge*](https://film.one/tv/worzel-gummidge.md) (84)
- **Peacock:** [*The Adventures of Tintin*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Mackenzie Crook

> Mackenzie Crook writes, directs and plays unhurried comedy about friendship, hobbies and the odd bit of English magic, and he is as good at it as anyone working in British television. His one real fault is that he is too kind to his own characters.

Two men sit under a tree in an Essex field, saying nothing, while the camera stays wide and a breeze moves the wheat. Nobody cuts and nobody speaks, and after half a minute you understand that Mackenzie Crook thinks two contented friends are enough to look at. That shot, from the first series of *Detectorists* (2014), is his method in one piece. It moved us more than a comedy about ring-pulls has any right to, and what did it was the stillness: he does not reach for a joke to cover the quiet.

He did not start behind the camera. As Gareth Keenan in *The Office* (2001) he brought enough awkwardness of his own to stop the programme being a simple matter of everyone else being right about David Brent. As Ragetti, beside Lee Arenberg's Pintel in the first three *Pirates of the Caribbean* films (2003–2007), he stood at the edge of enormous scenes and said what we were thinking. Then, from around 2014, he began writing and directing his own material: every episode of *Detectorists* across three series, then *Worzel Gummidge* (2019), then *Small Prophets* (2026). Of the first he has said: "I hate the word gentle, that just sounds like unfunny – I like wistful." He is right about himself.

Friendship is what he does best, written so that neither man says what he means and both know what the other meant, and well cast. Toby Jones does the harder job in *Detectorists*, playing a man who has built his life around a hobby so he never has to look at the rest of it, and is funny without asking for pity. In *Small Prophets*, Pearce Quigley and Lauren Patel make two colleagues simply liking one another into the spine of the series, and Michael Palin keeps the sadness inside the joke rather than stopping the comedy to have it taken seriously. The magic arrives in ordinary places: a scarecrow at dusk explaining that the year has stuck; alchemy and stop-motion homunculi, animated by Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson, in the suburbs. The worry about the land is in the pictures. The words are kept for jokes.

The faults are the same each time, and small. His plots are the weakest thing he writes: rival detectorists, who has permission for which field, a lost find, and now and then he leans on them to reach the end of a half-hour. *Worzel Gummidge* is slight and gives Steve Pemberton and Rosie Cavaliero chores and reaction shots when they deserved a scene of their own. In *Small Prophets* his fondness for nearly everybody makes the eccentricity feel approved in advance, as if being odd were already enough. We wanted a sharper exchange and did not get one. He protects his people so well that nobody gets hurt, and comedy needs someone to get hurt now and then.

A second run of *Small Prophets* is on its way, and he has also directed the second series of *The Change*, someone else's programme, which may do him good. Start with *Detectorists* if you have not seen it, and do not expect anything to be found.

## Biography

Mackenzie Crook, also credited as Paul Mackenzie Crook, is an English actor, writer and director. Born on 29 September 1971 in Maidstone, Kent, he first gained prominence playing Gareth Keenan in the BBC sitcom *The Office* (2001–2003).

He is known for his role as Ragetti in the *Pirates of the Caribbean* film trilogy (2003–2007) and as Orell in *Game of Thrones* (2011). Crook created, wrote, directed and starred in the BBC series *Detectorists* (2014–2022) and wrote, directed and starred in the BBC revival of *Worzel Gummidge* (2019–2022). In 2026 he wrote, directed and appeared as Gordon in the BBC series *Small Prophets*.

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

## On Fi1m (14)

### Performed in (11) — the average rests on these

- *Christopher Robin* (2018), Fi1m 62, as Newspaper Seller — [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), Fi1m 66, as Prado Museum Guard #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Tom / Pirate Flunky #2 (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md)
- *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Lance Corporal Alan Buckley — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* (2010), Fi1m 65, as Russell Hardy — [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), Fi1m 55, as Ragetti — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md)
- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, as John White — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006), Fi1m 63, as Ragetti — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md)
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Fi1m 64, as Mr. Jaspers — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), Fi1m 81, as Ragetti — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md)
- *The Office* (2001), Fi1m 89, as Gareth Keenan — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office.md)

### Directed (3)

- *Small Prophets* (2026), Fi1m 84, as Gordon — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-prophets.md)
- *Worzel Gummidge* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Worzel — [page](https://film.one/tv/worzel-gummidge.md)
- *Detectorists* (2014), Fi1m 87, as Andy Stone — [page](https://film.one/tv/detectorists.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *Small Prophets* (2026), series, as Gordon · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-prophets.md)
- *The Wayfinders* (2025), series, as Goran
- *Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane* (2021), as Worzel Gummidge · Director, Writer
- *Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers* (2021), as Worzel Gummidge · Director, Writer
- *Worzel Gummidge* (2019), series, as Worzel · Writer, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/worzel-gummidge.md)
- *Tales from the Lodge* (2019), as Joe
- *Watership Down* (2018), series, as Hawkbit (voice)
- *Christopher Robin* (2018), as Newspaper Seller — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *Britannia* (2018), series, as Veran
- *Eat Locals* (2017), as Larousse
- *Ordinary Lies* (2015), series, as Pete
- *Funny Valentines* (2015), series, as Fly (voice)
- *The Lady and The Fly* (2015), as Fly (voice)
- *Detectorists* (2014), series, as Andy Stone · Director, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/detectorists.md)
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), as Prado Museum Guard #1 — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *In Secret* (2014), as Grivet
- *Almost Human* (2013), series, as Rudy Lom
- *Yonderland* (2013), series, as Nestor of Maddox
- *Orbit Ever After* (2013), as Dad
- *One Chance* (2013), as Braddon
- *Cheerful Weather for the Wedding* (2012), as David Dakin
- *I Am Tom Moody* (2012), as Tom Moody
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), as Tom / Pirate Flunky #2 (voice) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Orell — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Ironclad* (2011), as Marks
- *Pixar 25 Magic Moments* (2011), as Narrator (voice)
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Lance Corporal Alan Buckley — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Chekhov Comedy Shorts* (2010), series, as Murashkin
- *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* (2010), as Russell Hardy — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md)
- *Solomon Kane* (2009), as Father Michael
- *10 Minute Tales* (2009), series, as Joe
- *Backstage* (2009), series, Actor
- *Taking the Flak* (2009), series, Actor
- *City of Ember* (2008), as Looper
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Cedric
- *Crook and Lee* (2008), Writer
- *Three and Out* (2008), as Paul Callow
- *Abraham's Point* (2008), as Comet Snape
- *World of Wrestling* (2007), as Glorious George
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), as Ragetti — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md)
- *I Could Never Be Your Woman* (2007), as Producer
- *I Want Candy* (2007), as Dulberg
- *Skins* (2007), series, as John White — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Modern Toss* (2006), series, Actor
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006), as Ragetti — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md)
- *Land of the Blind* (2006), as Monteur
- *Love Soup* (2005), series, Actor
- *The Brothers Grimm* (2005), as Hidlick
- *Popetown* (2005), series, Actor
- *The Merchant of Venice* (2004), as Lancelot Gobbo
- *Churchill: The Hollywood Years* (2004), as Jimmy Charoo
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), as Mr. Jaspers — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004), as Car Salesman
- *Blake's Junction 7* (2004), as Servalan
- *Sex Lives of the Potato Men* (2004), as Ferris
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), as Ragetti — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md)
- *Spine Chillers* (2003), series, as Grishnack
- *The Gathering* (2003), as The Gathering
- *The Principles of Lust* (2003), as Dan
- *Ant Muzak* (2002), as Gary Tibbs
- *The Office* (2001), series, as Gareth Keenan — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office.md)
- *Still Crazy* (1998), as Dutch Kid
- *Barking* (1998), series, as Various
- *Gas* (1997), series, as Charlie Cheese
- *Spine chillers 2003 S01E05 Goths*, as Grishnack
- *Like a Virgin*, as Angel Gabriel
- *Dark Ascension*, as Lucius

## Gallery

- ![Mackenzie Crook](https://film.one/media/person/22338/gallery-14abdfe5e466.jpg) Mackenzie Crook — Elyot Boudart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Mackenzie_Crook_at_Series_Mania_2026_for_Small_Prophets.jpg/1280px-Mackenzie_Crook_at_Series_Mania_2026_for_Small_Prophets.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mackenzie Crook at Series Mania 2026 with fans for Small Prophets](https://film.one/media/person/22338/gallery-ee8d6c174a9b.jpg) Mackenzie Crook at Series Mania 2026 with fans for Small Prophets — Elyot Boudart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mackenzie_Crook_at_Series_Mania_2026_with_a_lot_of_fans_for_Small_Prophets.jpg/1280px-Mackenzie_Crook_at_Series_Mania_2026_with_a_lot_of_fans_for_Small_Prophets.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mackenzie Crook at Series Mania 2026 with fans for Small Prophets](https://film.one/media/person/22338/gallery-1b5f0f7f3519.jpg) Mackenzie Crook at Series Mania 2026 with fans for Small Prophets — Elyot Boudart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mackenzie_Crook_at_Series_Mania_2026_with_fans_for_Small_Prophets_01.jpg/1280px-Mackenzie_Crook_at_Series_Mania_2026_with_fans_for_Small_Prophets_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2011: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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