Ali Cook

Ali Cook, also credited as Alistair Cook, works as a comedian and actor from Yorkshire. He began his career on the Channel 5 sketch show The Jerry@Trick Show, and after being spotted at a taping he went on to create and appear in seven of his own magic and comedy programs for Sky1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. He fronted the late night Channel 4 show Dirty Tricks, which drew a British Comedy Award nomination, and co-wrote and starred in Monkey Magic. His television work includes Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Mr Selfridge, Emmerdale and the BBC's 2018 take on Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders. In film he played Sergeant Paul McMellon in Kajaki (2014), and he appeared in The Grand Duke of Corsica (2021) and Outside Bet. He wrote the short film The Cunning Man and acted in it, and he performed three Edinburgh solo shows, among them Principles and Deceptions, Pieces of Strange and A Touch of Vegas.