Garry Cooper

Known for

Acting

Born

June 2, 1955 (age 71)

Birthplace

Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

Best known work

House of the Dragon

2022

The Sandman

2022

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

Gangs of London

2020

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

2010

Midsomer Murders

1997

Beautiful Thing

1996

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

Quadrophenia

1979

Landscapers

2021

Filmography

2025
H Is for Hawk
as Charlie
2025
The Thing with Feathers
as Keith
2025
I Fought the LawTV
as Lord Justice Harry Ognall (1 episode)
2023
The Pigeon Tunnel
as Ronnie Cornwell
2023
BetterTV
as Peter 'Bulgey' Donovan (5 episodes)
2022
House of the DragonTV
as Ryam Redwyne (1 episode)
2022
The SandmanTV
as King Hades (1 episode)
2021
LandscapersTV
as Lancing's Dad (voice) (1 episode)
2020
Gangs of LondonTV
as John Harks (4 episodes)
2013
Henry VI, Part 2: The Houses of York and Lancaster
as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
2013
Henry VI: Harry The Sixth
as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
2011
VeraTV
as Cliff Cringle (1 episode)
2011
ZenTV
as Angelo (3 episodes)
2010
Bibliothèque Pascal
as The Professor
2010
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
as Doctor Porter
2009
Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide
as Tromp
2009
Dead Man Running
as Faceless Man
2006
The Harvest
2005
Hiroshima
as Groves
2003
Charles II: The Power and The PassionTV
as General Monck (1 episode)
2001
Murder in MindTV
as DI Frank Slater (1 episode)
2001
In a Land of PlentyTV
as Stanley (10 episodes)
2000
At Home with the BraithwaitesTV
as Colin Skidmore (8 episodes)
1999
Always and EveryoneTV
as Tommy Aherne (1 episode)
1999
The ViceTV
as Supt Jeff Callard (6 episodes)