Mackenzie Crook
Paul James "Mackenzie" Crook[1] (lahir 29 September 1971) adalah pemeran, penulis, sutradara, dan pelawak tunggal berkebangsaan Inggris. Namanya dikenal melalui perannya sebagai Gareth Keenan dalam The Office, Ragetti dalam Pirates of the Caribbean films, dan Orell dalam drama seri di kanal HBO berjudul Game of Thrones.
Latar belakang
Crook lahir di Maidstone, Kent dan tumbuh besar di Dartford, Kent. Ayahnya, Michael Crook, bekerja di maskapai British Airways, dan ibunya, Sheila, adalah direktur rumah sakit.[2][3] Dia memiliki dua saudara perempuan. Sebagai seorang, dia pernah menjalani kursus terapi hormon selama tiga tahun yang disebabkan oleh keterlambatan perkembangan.[2] Di musim panas, dia menghabiskan waktu di perkebunan tembakau milik pamannya di Zimbabwe,[3] yang akhirnya menumbuhkan kecintaannya terhadap seni lukis.[2] Dia menempuh pendidikannya di Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Dartford,[4] di mana dia pernah menjadi ilustrator dan kartunis di majalah sekolah. Dia bergabung dengan Orchard Youth Theatre di Dartford ketika usianya 15 tahun.
Karena menginginkan menjadi seorang disainer grafis,[5] umur 18 tahun dia mendaftarkan diri di Kent Institute of Art & Design. Di sela waktunya, dia menerima pekerjaan paruh waktu di penerbitan Halford's dan Pizza Hut.
Tahun 1996, Crook tampil kali pertama dalam film pendek The Man who Fell in Love with a Traffic Cone.
Bob Mortimer melihat penampilannya di Edinburgh,[4] termasuk juga Sacha Baron Cohen, mereka kemudian menawari Crook menjadi kontributor sketsa komedi yang ditayangkan oleh Channel 4 bertajuk The Eleven O'Clock Show tahun 1998.[6] Kemudian dia bergabung dalam sketsa komedi di kanal BBC TV to Go tahun 2001.
Akhir 1999 dia menjadi membawakan program siaran langsung di ITV1 Comedy Café. Tahun 2003, nama Crook masuk nominasi di dua kategori dalam BAFTA Awards.
Crook pernah tampil dalam Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) dan Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007);[8] sebagai Ragetti.
Crook menikah dengan Lindsay. Mereka menikah pada April 2001 dan dikaruniai seorang putra, [9] Jude Michael yang lahir 17 Januari 2003 dan puteri, Scout Elizabeth yang lahir 24 Desember 2007.
Filmografi
| Tahun | Film & Televisi | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 only TV series | |
| Modern Toss | various roles | voice only TV series | |
| World of Wrestling | Glorious George | short film | |
| 2007 | Quest for a Heart (fi) (Original title: Röllin sydän) | Rölli | 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: The Secret of the Unicorn | Tom | ||
| 2012 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | David Dakin | Movie |
| I am Tom Moody | Tom Moody | Short Film: Voice | |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones | Orell | TV series: 6 episodes |
| Almost Human | Rudy Lom | TV series | |
| The Cafe | Dave | TV series: 2 episodes | |
| One Chance | |||
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Silent Guard at Prado Museum | |
| Detectorists | Andy | TV series writer & director | |
| 2015 | Caesar | Cassius | pre-production |
| Ordinary Lies | 'Paracetamol' Pete | TV series: 6 episodes |
Referensi
- ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Hot+Potato.-a0113519755
- ^ a b c d Maher, Kevin (17 July 2008).
- ^ a b Booth, Jenny (11 January 2009).
- ^ a b Hardy, Frances (28 December 2007).
- ^ a b c "The amazing Mr Mackenzie Crook: From The Office to Hollywood".
- ^ a b c "Mackenzie Crook".
- ^ Mackenzie Crook – Awards
- ^ Pool, Hannah (19 May 2007).
- ^ Dessau, Bruce (6 July 2009).
Pranala luar
- Mackenzie Crook – official site
- Mackenzie Crook – autobiography
- Mackenzie Crook at the Internet Movie Database