Tony Cook

Tony is a young British actor born and raised in South London Tony began his leap from student performances to professional roles during his studies by taken the role of John Proctor in The Crucible a large challenge for a young actor Tonys portrayal of the character led him to high praise From this he then began to leave the stage to enter into film Tony is a recognizable actor within the British Independent Film industry completing many feature films and shorts working with some of the most talented cast and crews ranging from areas such as Britain Hong Kong America Ireland and many more He was first noticed by the talented director Steven Nesbit who took Tony under his wing and aided his growth as an actor which allowed him to work alongside talent such as the DoP Geoff Boyle  Tony has completed photo shoots for publicity where he will be advertised as one of Britains best undiscovered actors Tony has completed work for MTV BASE acting in multiple comedy sketches which led to him being cast in an MTV International Aids awareness short both of which where shown globally Recently he has acted in the feature film Butterflies Bullets Whilst also completing the role of James Barman in Nick Moran Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998 lead actor feature The Kid 2010 where he acted alongside Rupert Friend and David OHara Tony has had press coverage since beginning his break from independent films into mainstream cinematic releases He has been approached to do cinematic films whilst producing his own Welcome to Purgatory 2015 and Superman Requiem 2011 He has been interviewed by multiple newspapers and BBC radio London Tony was called upon by Toby Richards creators of Rise of the Footsoldier 2007andDoghouse 2009 to perform in his short film Fathers Day 2009 which has received critical acclaim on the festival circuit Shot on RED one and starring Toby Richards and Kevin McNally Valkyrie 2008 Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 He has recently attended film festivals promoting Three 2010 and Ari 2010 Three was nominated for best comedy at the Portobello Film Festival After completingYoghurt 2010 Tony is now preparing for Fracture a short film using green screen to portray four different versions of Tonys character Once this is complete Tony will be moving on to film Welcome To Purgatory Tony frequently works alongside Marcus Ako Gene Fallaize and Tony Fordham