Charlie Cooper (actor)

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Charlie Cooper
Born (1989-06-16) 16 June 1989 (age 34)
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • model
Years active2014–present
Relatives Daisy May Cooper (sister)
Trevor Cooper (uncle)
Mathew Baynton (second cousin)

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 older sister, Daisy May Cooper.

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Career

Cooper began his career in his early 20s as a model while studying sports science at Exeter University for two years. He was 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 positions at retailers Argos and Topshop and in a sausage factory. [3] [4]

In 2014, he and his sister Daisy May, with the support of ITV and NBC, wrote and shot a pilot episode of what would later become This Country titled Kerry. However, the resulting episode was "horrible" and it was quickly dropped. [5] [6] Later he became an actor and co-writer of the BBC comedy This Country with Daisy May, writing the characters Kerry and Kurtan based on their own life experiences living in the Cotswolds. [3] [7] [8]

In 2018, he was nominated for and won three Royal Television Awards for best Scripted Comedy, Comedy Performance and Comedy Writing. [9] He was also nominated for and won best Scripted Comedy at the 2018 BAFTA awards for his work in This Country, [10] as well as winning Breakthrough Talent at the BAFTA Craft Awards. [11] 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 .

In 2021, Cooper took on a role in the third series of Stath Lets Flats, playing Gregory - a rival letting agent. [12] [13]

In September 2022, Cooper played his first "big film role" as Dennis Corrigan in See How They Run. [14]

In November 2023, it was announced by Paramount+ that Cooper would star in a new original drama series Stags , filming on location in Tenerife and due to be released in 2024. [15]

Personal life

Brought up in Cirencester, he and his sister used to make films using their mother's camcorder. [5] They both returned to their childhood home, where they shared a room, and worked night shifts as office cleaners whilst creating scripts for This Country. [4] He is a fan of Fulham F.C., having attended their play-off final in 2018. [16] [17] In August 2022, Cooper welcomed his first child. [18]

Cooper's second cousin Mathew Baynton is also in the acting profession. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "CHARLIE COOPER LIMITED".
  2. ↑ "Charlie Cooper". Elite Model Management . 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 "What happened next? The stars of This Country: 'Success? I wish that showed up on my bloody bank balance'". the Guardian. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Daisy May and Charlie Cooper: 'We had nothing before This Country. We couldn't even afford McDonald's'". The Independent. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Yeates, Cydney (12 August 2020). "This Country's Kerry and Kurtan were 'like Glee characters' in binned pilot". Metro. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "How are the cast of This Country related?". Radio Times . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Heritage, Stuart (22 February 2017). "This Country: perfect, horrifying TV for anyone who grew up in a village". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Smith, Neil (21 March 2018). "This Country wins big at RTS awards". BBC News.
  10. ↑ Lane, Ellis (14 May 2018). "How the siblings behind BBC hit This Country stole the BAFTA show". gloucestershirelive.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Nominations Announced for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2018". www.bafta.org. 4 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Danaher, Caitlin (7 September 2021). "Julia Davis, Charlie Cooper and David Avery to guest star in Stath Lets Flats". Royal Television Society.
  13. ↑ Carr, Flora (3 September 2021). "Stath Lets Flats season 3 casts Julia Davis and This Country's Charlie Cooper". Radio Times.
  14. ↑ Levine, Nick (6 September 2022). "Charlie Cooper: "Daisy saw something in me that no one else would have"". NME. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  15. ↑ "Paramount+ Sets Bachelor Party Gone Wrong Series From 'Sex Education' Producer Eleven" . Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Charlie Cooper Exclusive". fulhamfc.com. 24 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Daisy & Charlie Cooper – Writer/Performers". www.bafta.org. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  18. ↑ Levine, Nick (6 September 2022). "Charlie Cooper: "Daisy saw something in me that no one else would have"". NME. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  19. ↑ Grant, Olly (20 February 2018). "This Country creators Charlie and Daisy May Cooper: 'The best storylines are usually things we've lived through'". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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