Giles Cooper (born 11 August 1982) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Fred Silvester in the 2018 UK Tour of This House[1][2] and food writer Nigel Slater in the 2019 London premiere of Toast.[3]

Giles Cooper
Born (1982-08-11) 11 August 1982 (age 42)
Bath, Somerset, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materCentral School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

Early life

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Giles Cooper was born in Bath, UK. He is the grandson of BBC radio dramatist Giles Cooper.

Career

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Giles Cooper trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He has appeared in numerous stage plays including After the Dance at the Royal National Theatre in 2010, People and Henry V in 2012, The Duchess of Malfi[4] and Knight of the Burning Pestle[5] at Shakespeare's Globe in 2014. He performed in the 2015 London revival of As Is.[6] In 2018, he performed the role of Fred Silvester[7] in the first national UK tour of This House.[8] In 2019, it was announced that he would play food writer Nigel Slater in the stage adaption of Toast.[9][10] In 2020, he reprised the role of Nigel for an audio version of Toast recorded during lockdown.[11][12] The production raised money for the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield.

Cooper's film credits include The Lady in the Van, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus.

Filmography

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Film and television

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Year Film Role Notes
2005 The Nun Harley
2007 Consenting Adults Philip French TV movie
2011 Killing Adam James Short
2012 Hollyoaks Business Man TV series – 1 Episode
2013 Pride Steward
2014 The Duchess of Malfi Silvio BBC Broadcast
2015 The Lady in the Van Passer-by
2017 Oska Bayte Writer Short Film
2017 The Forbidden Door Writer Short Film
2017 Airport Hotel Young Man Music Video

Stage

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Year Production Role Theatre
2003 Rafts and Dreams Alex Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre
2004 Across Oka Nikolai Manchester Royal Theatre Exchange
2004 Twelfth Night Sebastian Bolton Octagon
2004 The Witches Boy Birmingham Rep
2005 The Witches Boy Wyndham's Theatre
2006 Rafts and Dreams Alex Royal Court Theatre
2006 A Touch of the Sun John Salisbury Playhouse
2008 Think Global, F**k Local Pip Royal Court Theatre
2009 Dreams of Violence Carl/Simon Soho Theatre
2010 Little Billee Trilby Finborough Theatre
2010 The Talented Mr Ripley Pip Royal & Derngate Northampton
2011 After the Dance Dr George Banner Royal National Theatre
2011 Great Expectations Herbert Pocket English Touring Theatre
2012 People Nigel Royal National Theatre
2012 Henry V Montjoy/Monsier le Fer/Sir Thomas Grey Shakespeare's Globe
2014 The Knight of the Burning Pestle Michael Shakespeare's Globe
2014 The Duchess of Malfi Silvio Shakespeare's Globe
2015 As Is Chet Trafalgar Studios
2017 A Princess Undone Tristan National Tour
2018 This House Fred Silvester National Tour
2019 Toast Nigel Slater London's West End
2019 Toast Nigel Slater National Tour

References

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  1. ^ Masso, Giverny (2 February 2018). "Production news round-up: Almeida reveals new season and Bake Off's Mel Giedroyc to star in Company".
  2. ^ Davies, Diane (18 April 2018). "This House, Birmingham Rep – review and pictures". shropshirestar.com.
  3. ^ Limited, London Theatre Direct (21 March 2019). "Final casting announced for Nigel Slater's Toast at the Other Palace". londontheatredirect.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "The Duchess of Malfi (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)". WhatsOnStage.com. 16 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Candlelit comedy: The Knight of the Burning Pestle – in pictures". The Guardian. 27 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Review: 'As Is', an impeccably drawn portrayal of the AIDS crisis". Attitude.co.uk. 24 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Casting announced for James Graham's This House". 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ BWW News Desk. "Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with the UK Tour of THIS HOUSE". BroadwayWorld.com.
  9. ^ "Toast – The Other Palace – Theatre in London". Time Out London. 12 April 2019.
  10. ^ Smith, Julia Llewellyn (7 April 2019). "Nigel Slater: I have to hide tomatoes – red is just so angry". The Times. London.
  11. ^ Stanger, Alex (7 July 2020). "Nigel Slater's Toast returns in digital production". BBC.
  12. ^ Dalley, Jan (30 June 2020). "Nigel Slater serves up another slice of Toast". Financial Times. London.