Mackenzie Crook, one of British comedy's best-known faces, who collected Star Wars figurines as a child, is now immortalized in plastic as a six-inch-high pirate action figure. He was born Paul Mackenzie Crook on September 29, 1971, in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. His father worked for British Airways. His mother was a hospital manager. He went ...
British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy, British Academy Television Craft Award for Writer - Comedy
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Newcomer
Movies
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, One Chance, The Brothers Grimm, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Merchant of Venice, Three and Out, Solomon Kane, Ironclad, Finding Ne...
TV Shows
The Office, Modern Toss, Taking the Flak, Accused, Almost Human, Detectorists, Popetown, Watership Down, Backstage
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It's the most profound experience of my life, doing this show [The Seagull]. It's the first time I've been entrusted with a role of this nature. Up until now, I get the quirky character, the goofy comedy guy - and this is just so far removed from those parts that I normally get.
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I'd love to play a more serious role in a movie, really...If someone was to trust me with a more serious role in a movie, I would love that. That would be great.
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I'm very neurotic. My mind doesn't switch off. Are you haunted by social faux pas you might have committed in the past? This happens to me 10 times a day. I wish I could be a little bit more cool, just let things go and not worry so much. I spend my whole day cringing.
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I've never actually considered myself a comedian, even though I started off in stand-up and then got the part in The Office, which was obviously a comic role. So I would say it's not a conscious decision to move away from comedy, but just to try different things. And if, in a few years' time, it turns out that people don't accept me in those roles, then I'd be quite happy to go back to being the skinny weirdo in each script.
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I once camped outside Wembley Stadium when I was 15 to see Madonna in concert. I had already bought a ticket, but I wanted to be the first in, to get as close to the stage as possible. In the end I was so exhausted from lack of sleep I just hovered at the back in a daze.
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I can usually keep a straight face while everyone else cracks up around me, which makes me feel quite humorless. Must be my professionalism!
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There are probably more resemblances than I'd like to admit. He's very pedantic. I don't think I'm pedantic in everyday life, but he loves trivia and facts, and that's what I'm into as well. And survival stuff; I'm quite into learning about that. I just have a tendency to get very nerdy about any hobbies I pick up. - about his similarity to his character Gareth from "The Office
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Fact
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Television commercial for M&M's (as his character in Pirates of the Caribbean). [June 2006]
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Starring in the West End production of Jez Butterworth's "Jerusalem" through April [January 2010]
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Playing Konstantin in the Broadway version of the Royal Court Production of "The Seagull" through December 21. [September 2008]
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Playing Konstantin in "The Seagull" at the Royal Court Theatre in London [March 2007]
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Daughter, Scout Elizabeth Crook (born 24 December 2007), with wife Lindsay.
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His mother was a hotel administrator and his father worked in reservations for British Airways.
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Lives in Peter Sellers's old semidetached house in Muswell Hill, North London.
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Before being cast as Gareth in The Office (2001), he used to work at Pizza Hut, in a chicken factory, and at hospitals. He also did stand-up comedy for a decade.
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Has one son, Jude (born 17 January 2003), with his wife Lindsay.
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