Biography
Paul Mackenzie Crook (born 29 September 1971) is a British actor and comedian. He shot to fame playing Gareth Keenan in the BBC sitcom The Office and went on to play Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. More recently, he has written, directed and starred in the BBC4 sitcom Detectorists and the BBC1 revival of childrens' favourite, Worzel Gummidge.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Mackenzie Crook Remembers... Detectorists
2024
as Self
Mackenzie Crook shares what inspired him to write his hit series Detectorists - a funny and touching series about a group of metal detectorists (not d...

Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane
2021
as Worzel Gummidge
When a travelling fair comes to Scatterbrook, Worzel tells John and Susan the legend of a fair with an enchanted organ that sends humans to sleep so s...

Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane
2021
Director, Writer
When a travelling fair comes to Scatterbrook, Worzel tells John and Susan the legend of a fair with an enchanted organ that sends humans to sleep so s...

Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers
2021
as Worzel Gummidge
Scatterbrook Farm is besieged by birdwatchers when the children spot a group of rare choughs.

Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers
2021
Director, Writer
Scatterbrook Farm is besieged by birdwatchers when the children spot a group of rare choughs.

Tales from the Lodge
2019
as Joe
Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nud...

Christopher Robin
2018
as Newspaper Seller
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and lovea...

Eat Locals
2017
as Larousse
In a quiet countryside farmhouse, Britain's vampires gather for their once-every-fifty-years meeting. Others will be joining them too; Sebastian Crock...

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 b...

Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Prado Museum Guard #1
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his das...

Orbit Ever After
2013
as Dad
Nigel has fallen in love. But when you live in orbit, aboard a ramshackle space hovel with the most risk-averse family imaginable, it isn't easy to fo...

In Secret
2013
as Grivet
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her...

One Chance
2013
as Braddon
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night...

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
as David Dakin
England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances th...
I Am Tom Moody
2012
as Tom Moody
A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.

The Adventures of Tintin
2011
as Tom / Pirate Flunky #2 (voice)
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive s...

Ironclad
2011
as Marks
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that u...

Pixar 25 Magic Moments
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The BBC documentary takes a look into the Pixar studios as they celebrate their 25th birthday and at the creative process involved in creating the ani...

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010
as Russell Hardy
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in ...

Solomon Kane
2009
as Father Michael
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burnin...

Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
as Self
An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.

City of Ember
2008
as Looper
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is fail...

Three and Out
2008
as Paul Callow
A London tube driver considers pursuing a third fatal accident to collect a huge payout.

Abraham's Point
2008
as Comet Snape
A man struggles to get over a family tragedy that has haunted him since childhood.

World of Wrestling
2007
as Glorious George
The heroes and villains from the Golden Age of British wrestling must grapple against the odds to make it home safely from a night out on the tiles on...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Ragetti
Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann join forces with the revived Captain Barbossa to free Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' locker. The group must navigate da...

I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
as Producer
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and singl...

I Want Candy
2007
as Dulberg
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, w...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Ragetti
Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart ...

Land of the Blind
2006
as Monteur
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

The Brothers Grimm
2005
as Hidlick
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and ...

Spider-Plant Man
2005
as Scientist
Spider-Plant Man is a parody of Spider-Man, made for the Comic Relief 2005 appeal and aired on BBC One. It featured Rowan Atkinson as Peter Piper/Spid...

Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Jimmy Charoo
A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I...

The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Lancelot Gobbo
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heir...

Finding Neverland
2004
as Mr. Jaspers
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life ...

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Car Salesman
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge suc...

Blake's Junction 7
2004
as Servalan
Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.

Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
as Ferris
Two lowlifes with active fantasy sex lives deliver potatoes to various restaurants and grocers.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Ragetti
After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann in the process, William Turne...

The Gathering
2003
as The Gathering
Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with partial memory loss. The deeply regretful driver allows her ...

The Principles of Lust
2003
as Dan
Crippled by his writer's block, Paul enters into a new, exciting relationship with risk-taking Billy and super-sexy Juliette. As it becomes increasing...

How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
2002
as Himself
An exclusive documentary containing interviews with the cast and creators of The Office, with behind the scenes footage, original pilot footage and ou...

Ant Muzak
2002
as Gary Tibbs
Even cult 80s popstars need to do the shopping... Documentary-style comedy about Adam & The Ants making a charmingly off-kilter trip to their local 2...

Still Crazy
1998
as Dutch Kid
In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an over...
Like a Virgin
N/A
as Angel Gabriel
A party girl discovers she has been chosen to bear God's child.
Dark Ascension
N/A
as Lucius
The gates of Heaven & Hell have been broken and the afterlife is in ruins. One group of new arrivals must find a way to put things right to prevent an...
Detectorists
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