Charlie Cooper (actor)

Charlie Cooper (born 16 June 1989)[1] is an English actor and writer, known for his role as Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe in the BBC Three series This Country, which he co-created and co-wrote alongside his sister, Daisy May Cooper.

Charlie Cooper
Born (1989-06-16) 16 June 1989
Cirencester, England
Occupation
  • Actor
  • writer
  • model
Years active2014–present
RelativesDaisy May Cooper (sister)
Trevor Cooper (uncle)

Career

Cooper began his career in his early 20s as a model, signed to Elite Model Management in London.[2] He grew dissatisfied with modelling shortly afterward and returned home to Cirencester with his parents and worked a series of odd jobs, including a position at retailer Argos and in a sausage factory.[3]

He is an actor and co-writer of the BBC comedy This Country with his sister Daisy May Cooper.[4][5][6]

In 2018, he was nominated for and won three Royal Television Awards for best Scripted Comedy, Comedy Performance and Comedy Writing.[7] He was also nominated for and won best Scripted Comedy at the 2018 BAFTA awards for his work in This Country,[8] as well as winning Breakthrough Talent at the BAFTA Craft Awards.[9][10] In 2020, he co-wrote and produced the teleplay for an episode of Avenue 5, an HBO series that features his sister in a recurring role.

He starred alongside Steve Coogan in a scene in the 2019 film Greed.

Personal life

Brought up in Cirencester, he and his sister used to make films using their mother's camcorder. He dropped out of Exeter University to live with his sister in London who was at RADA and they began writing. They both returned to their childhood home and worked night shifts as cleaners whilst creating scripts for This Country. He is a fan of Fulham F.C., having attended their play-off final in 2018.[11][12]

References
  1. "CHARLIE COOPER LIMITED".
  2. "Charlie Cooper". Elite Model Management. 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. Jones, Alice (8 March 2017). "This Country's Daisy May and Charlie Cooper: 'It's basically our experience of growing up in the Cotswolds'". i. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. "How are the cast of This Country related?". Radio Times. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. "This Country's Daisy May and Charlie Cooper: 'It's basically our experience of growing up in the Cotswolds' – iNews". www.inews.co.uk.
  6. Heritage, Stuart (22 February 2017). "This Country: perfect, horrifying TV for anyone who grew up in a village". The Guardian.
  7. Smith, Neil (21 March 2018). "This Country wins big at RTS awards". BBC News – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. Lane, Ellis (14 May 2018). "How the siblings behind BBC hit This Country stole the BAFTA show". gloucestershirelive.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. "Nominations Announced for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2018". www.bafta.org. 4 April 2018.
  10. "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". www.bafta.org. 22 March 2018.
  11. "Charlie Cooper Exclusive". fulhamfc.com. 24 May 2018.
  12. "Daisy & Charlie Cooper – Writer/Performers". www.bafta.org. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.