Mackenzie Crook : biography
Paul Mackenzie Crook (born 29 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Early life
Paul Mackenzie Crook was born in Maidstone, Kent, and grew up in Dartford. His father, Michael Crook, worked for British Airways, and his mother, Sheila, was a hospital manager. He has two sisters. As a child he was put on a course of hormone therapy for three years due to a growth hormone deficiency. In the summers he spent time with his uncle at his tobacco farm in northern Zimbabwe, where he developed his love for painting. He was educated at the Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, where he was the illustrator and cartoonist for the school magazine, Orion. He joined the Orchard Youth Theatre in Dartford when he was about 15 years old.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1996 | The Man who Fell in Love with a Traffic Cone | The Man | short film |
1998 | Still Crazy | Dutch Kid | |
The Eleven O’Clock Show | himself | TV series | |
2001–2003 | The Office | Gareth Keenan | TV series: 14 episodes |
2002 | Ant Muzak | Gary Tibbs | short film |
2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Ragetti | |
The Gathering | The Gathering | ||
2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo | |
Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Ferris | ||
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Car Salesman | ||
Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Jimmy Charoo | ||
Finding Neverland | Mr. Jaspers | ||
Blake’s Junction 7 | Servalan | short film | |
2005 | Spider-Plant Man | Scientist | short film |
Monkey Trousers | various characters | TV series | |
The Brothers Grimm | Hidlick | ||
2006 | Land of the Blind | Editor | |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Ragetti | ||
Popetown | various roles | voice onlyTV seriesalso writer | |
Modern Toss | various roles | voice onlyTV series | |
World of Wrestling | Glorious George | short film | |
2007 | Quest for a Heart (Original title: Röllin sydän) | Rolli | voice only: English language version of Finnish original |
I Could Never Be Your Woman | Producer | ||
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Ragetti | ||
I Want Candy | Dulberg | ||
2008 | Three and Out | Paul Callow | |
City of Ember | Looper | ||
Little Dorrit | Harris | TV series: 1 episode | |
Love Soup | Marty Cady | TV series: 1 episode | |
2009 | Merlin | Cedric | TV series: 1 episode |
Demons | Gladiolus Thrip | TV series: 2 episodes | |
Skins | Johnny White | TV series: 2 episodes | |
Solomon Kane | Father Michael | ||
2010 | Chekhov Comedy Shorts | TV series: 1 episode | |
Accused | Lance Corporal Alan Buckley | TV series: 1 episode | |
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Russell Hardy | ||
2011 | Ironclad | Marks | |
The Adventures of Tintin | Tom | ||
2013 | Game of Thrones | Orell | TV series: 6 episodes |
Almost Human | Rudy Lom | TV series |