Christian Cooke

Christian Cooke is an English actor who began performing as a child, appearing at age 10 in a production of Bedazzled and taking the lead part of Wilmot Tanner in Granada's series Wilmot. He played Luke Kirkwall on the ITV drama Where the Heart Is from 2000 to 2006, then had lead roles as Luke Rutherford in the supernatural drama Demons and Lord Dorian Gaudain in the eight-part drama Trinity. His films include Cemetery Junction (2010), the Syfy film Dark Relic (2010), Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet (2013), Electricity (2014), Love, Rosie (2014) and Drunk Wedding (2015). On television he appeared in Magic City from 2012 to 2013, Stonemouth and The Art of More, and he played Garry Kasparov in Rematch. He also directed short films, appeared on stage in Experience at Hampstead Theatre and Knives in Hens at the Donmar Warehouse, and played Ron in Plainclothes (2025), which picked up a Special Jury Award at Sundance.