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Christian Cooke
Born	Christian Louis Cooke 15 September 1986 (1986-09-15) (age 23) Leeds, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Christian Louis Cooke (born 15 September 1986 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English actor, known for playing Luke Kirkwall in Where the Heart Is, Luke Rutherford in Demons and Dorian Gaudain in Trinity.

Background

Cooke was born in Bradford,West Yorkshire, where he attended St Mary's School, Menston, and Bingley Arts Centre.^[1] He has an older brother, Alex.^[2]

Cooke began his acting career at the age of 10 when he appeared in a production of Bedazzled at the Bingley Arts Centre.^[3] His first television appearance was in a commercial for Birds Eye beef burgers.^[2]

Career

Cooke played the role of Luke Kirkwall from 2000 to 2006 in the ITV drama Where the Heart Is. He has also guest starred in Doctors, The Royal, Casualty and George Gently. He starred in one episode of the BBC's Robin Hood as Will Scarlett's younger brother, Luke Scarlett.

Cooke also appeared in BBC One's The Chase and played Brae Marrack in the ITV1 soap opera Echo Beach. He guest starred in the 2008 Doctor Who episodes "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky", playing UNIT soldier Ross Jenkins, who is killed off in the latter episode.^[4][5] In early 2009, he played the lead role of Luke Rutherford in ITV1 supernatural drama Demons.^[1]

Cooke has recently appeared in ITV2's eight part drama Trinity, where he had several rear nude scenes in the first episode.^[6] He will also play the role of Freddie in the forthcoming Cemetery Junction (2010).^[7]

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

• Christian Cooke at the Internet Movie Database
• Christian Cooke Online