Christian Cooke

Christian Louis Cooke (born 15 September 1987) is an English actor. He is known for playing Luke Kirkwall in Where the Heart Is, Luke Rutherford in Demons, Dorian Gaudain in Trinity, Freddie Taylor in Cemetery Junction and Len Matthews in the Channel 4 mini series The Promise. Cooke's most recent roles include Danny Evans in Magic City and Frederick Beauchamp during Season 2 of the Lifetime series Witches of East End. Background Cooke was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, where he attended St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston and Bingley Arts Centre. He has an older brother, Alexander, and younger sister, Gabrielle. Cooke began his acting career at the age of 10 when he appeared in a production of Bedazzled at the Bingley Arts Centre. His first television appearance was in a commercial for Birds Eye beef burgers. His career has progressed from there. Career Cooke played the role of Luke Kirkwall from 2000 to 2006 in the ITV drama Where the Heart Is. He has also guest starred in Doctors, The Royal, Casualty and George Gently. He starred in one episode of the BBC's Robin Hood as Will Scarlett's younger brother, Luke Scarlett. Cooke also appeared in BBC One's The Chase and played Brae Marrack in the ITV1 soap opera Echo Beach. He guest starred in the 2008 Doctor Who episodes "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky", playing UNIT soldier Ross Jenkins. In early 2009, he played the lead role of Luke Rutherford in ITV1 supernatural drama Demons and, later that year, appeared in ITV2's eight-part drama Trinity, where he had several rear nude scenes in its first episode. He then went on to play the lead role of Freddie Taylor in Cemetery Junction and starred in the critically acclaimed Channel 4 four-part drama The Promise, directed by Peter Kosminsky in 2011. He has also completed a Paramount Pictures romantic comedy, titled Destination Wedding, and featured in 1950s Miami-set drama series, Magic City. The series came to a close after 2 seasons in August 2013. Cooke's film career has also grown in the form of two collaborations with director Bryn Higgins, titled Unconditional and Electricity, starring alongside Charlie Coxin British independent Hello Carter and playing Mercutio in Carlo Carlei's Romeo and Juliet (2013). More recent projects include British-American romantic comedy Love, Rosie, starring alongside Lily Collins and featuring regularly throughout the second season of American television series Witches of East End before Lifetime announced the show's cancellation in November 2014.