Biography
Hull born Garry Cooper is an actor who came to fame playing Peter, the flash boyfriend of Leslie Ash and rival to Phil Daniels' wannabe mod in cult 1979 hit Quadrophenia. Other film credits include Michael Radford's big screen adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, My Beautiful Launderette, Prick Up Your Ears and Derek Jarman's Caravaggio. TV credits include The Vice, The Bill, Soldier Soldier and Zen.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Thing with Feathers
2025
as Keith
A young father hold on reality crumbles following his wife’s death as a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartmen...
The Pigeon Tunnel
2023
as Ronnie Cornwell
Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former spy known to the literary world ...
Henry VI, Part 2: The Houses of York and Lancaster
2013
as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
The saintly Henry VI is undermined by his nobles, especially the ambitious Richard, Duke of York, and by the Kentish rebellion, led by the charismatic...
Henry VI: Harry The Sixth
2013
as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Following the death of Henry V, celebrated for having united England and subjugated France, divisions appear at the highest levels – first between tho...
Bibliothèque Pascal
2010
as The Professor
A single mother's struggle to support her child leads her into the surreal netherworld of illegal sexual enterprises, with her finally ending up in th...
Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide
2009
as Tromp
Throughout the 17th century, the Dutch and English fought desperate wars over which country would dominate world trade for the next two centuries. The...
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
2009
as Doctor Porter
When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearm...
Dead Man Running
2009
as Faceless Man
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part...
The Harvest
2006
The future. Bovey, Wilson and Stoichita are the crew of the Akhenaten, a tiny deep space research vessel experimenting with crop growth under alien su...
Hostile Waters
1997
as Gennady
Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total...
Breakout
1997
as Andy Cresswell
A pair of scientists investigate a mysterious death.
The Fix
1997
as Skipper
The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jai...
Paul: The Emissary
1997
as Saul / Paul
Robert Marcarelli - In this impressive drama, starring Gary Cooper, we follow Saul the angry zealot to Paul the servant of Christ, who will pay any pr...
The Writing on the Wall
1996
as Fred
When a bomb explodes in a British RAF base in Germany, MI5 terrorist specialist Bull (Bill Paterson) is called in to investigate. However, the further...
Beautiful Thing
1996
as Ronnie Pearce
Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
Jacob
1994
as Kanaaniter # 1
Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself dece...
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as Colour Sgt. Muir
Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually ...
London Kills Me
1991
as Mr. G.
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barel...
Mountains of the Moon
1990
as Stroyan
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor...
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Actor 1 – Mr Sloane
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they sta...
Caravaggio
1986
as Davide
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous pai...
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
as Squatter
A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a...
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
as Guard
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982
as Tommy
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss...
Going Gently
1981
as Orderly
Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.
Looking for Vicky
1980
as Red
A woman is alone in an isolated house. She receives constant phone calls for Vicky, but she doesn't know who Vicky can be.
Quadrophenia
1979
as Peter
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While af...
Secret Orchards
1979
The true story of successful and respectable Edwardian businessman Roger Ackerley, who managed to conceal the existence of a secret love and the three...
Degree of Uncertainty
1979
as Billy
Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.
Ploughman's Share
1979
as Young Chas
When a farmer's land is wanted for a new town development, a lot of people find their lives put in the melting pot.