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Mackenzie Crook (Real Name: Paul James “Mackenzie” Crook) is a popular English actor, comedian, director, and writer who played Gareth Keenan in The Office, Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Orell in the HBO series Game of Thrones, as well as the title role of Worzel Gummidge.
Besides, Mackenzie is also the creator and star of BBC Four’s Detectorists (2014–2017), for which he received two BAFTA awards. Mackenzie also plays major roles in the TV series Britannia, as the opposite leading druids Veran and Harka. His first jobs included serving at a Pizza Hut restaurant and also at Halfords where he felt he was “waiting for real life to start”.
Mackenzie Crook Age
Mackenzie was born on September 29, 1971, in Maidstone, Kent, England. He is 51 years old. Mackenzie celebrates his birthday on September 29, every year.
Mackenzie Crook Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Mackenzie stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in ( Approx1.78 m).
Mackenzie Crook Family
He was born in Maidstone, Kent, and grew up in Dartford, Kent. Mackenzie is the son of Michael Crook, a British Airways employee, and Sheila Crook, a hospital manager. In the summers, Mackenzie spent time at his uncle’s tobacco farm in northern Zimbabwe, where he developed his love for painting.
Mackenzie Crook Wife
Mackenzie is married to his wife Lindsay Crook a former advertising executive. The pair married in April 2001 and live in Muswell Hill, London. Mackenzie and his wife Lindsay have two children, Jude Michael Crook born in 2003, and Scout Elizabeth Crook born in 2007.
Mackenzie Crook Education
He went to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys.
Mackenzie Crook Actor
One of Mackenzie’s earliest television appearances was in the 1998 Channel 4 sketch show Barking, as a grotesque schoolteacher called Mr. Bagshaw who is said to be based on a variety of obnoxious, overbearing science teachers he was taught by while in school. Mackenzie was offered his first major television role as a comedy sketch contributor on Channel 4’s The Eleven O’Clock Show in 1998, from which he was afterward dropped. He was afterward a member of the main cast of the BBC sketch show TV to Go in 2001.
In late 1999 Mackenzie hosted the short-lived ITV1 show Comedy Café in the guise of his Charlie Cheese character. The show made by Channel X for ITV1 had Charlie Cheese interviewing many celebrities about their latest live tour, book, album or film release. In 2001, Mackenzie auditioned for the role of Gareth Keenan in Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant popular mockumentary The Office. Written originally for a larger, thuggish actor, Mackenzie won the role and by the end of the series in 2003 had earned two BAFTA nominations.
Mackenzie has appeared in adverts as the character for Visa and M&M’s. He has also featured as himself in adverts for MTV, Film Four as well as a voiceover artiste for motor insurance company Green Flag in 2007. In 2010 Mackenzie provided a voice-over in an advertisement for the electrical retailer Currys.
Mackenzie Crook Movies And Tv Shows
Movies
– The Man who Fell in Love with a Traffic Cone (1996) as The Man
– Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) as Ragetti
– The Gathering (2003) as The Gathering
– Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004) as Ferris
– The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) as car Salesman
– Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) as Ragetti
– I Want Candy (2007) as Dulberg
– Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010) as Russell Hardy
– The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) as Tom
– Muppets Most Wanted (2014) as Silent Guard at Prado Museum
Tv Shows
– The Eleven O’Clock Show (1998) as himself
– The Office (2001-2003) as Gareth Keenan
– Spine Chillers (2003) as Grishnack
– Monkey Trousers (2005) as Various characters
– Popetown (2006) as Various characters
– Skins (2009) as Johnny White
– Chekhov Comedy Shorts (2010) as Murashkin
– Game of Thrones (2013) as Orell
– Almost Human (2013) as Rudy Lom
– Worzel Gummidge (2019-2021) as Worzel
Mackenzie Crook Illness
As a child, Mackenzie received a course of hormone therapy for three years to treat a growth hormone deficiency.
Mackenzie Crook The Office
Mackenzie played Gareth Keenan in The Office a British television mockumentary sitcom first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001 to 2003. This series is written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme follows the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg paper company.
Mackenzie Crook Game Of Thrones
He played Orell in the HBO series Game of Thrones a fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. This series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes broadcast over eight seasons.
Mackenzie Crook Pirates Of The Caribbean
He was featured in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006), and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007); as Ragetti, a pirate with a comically ill-fitting wooden false eye, who is teamed with Pintel (Lee Arenberg).
Mackenzie Crook Skins
He played Johnny White a psychotic Bristol gangster, in the series Skins a British teen comedy-drama television series that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of the sixth form.
Is Mackenzie Crook Married
Yes, Mackenzie is married to his wife Lindsay Crook a former advertising executive. The pair married in April 2001 and live in Muswell Hill, London.
Mackenzie Crook Net Worth
Mackenzie gets his wealth from his work as an actor, comedian, director, and writer who played Gareth Keenan in The Office, Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Orell in the HBO series Game of Thrones, as well as the title role of Worzel Gummidge. Therefore, Mackenzie has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Mackenzie’s estimated net worth is $4 million.
How Old Is Mackenzie Crook
Mackenzie is a 51-year-old who was born on September 29, 1971, in Maidstone, Kent, England.
Who Is Mackenzie Crook
Mackenzie is an actor, comedian, director, and writer who played Gareth Keenan in The Office, Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Orell in the HBO series Game of Thrones, as well as the title role of Worzel Gummidge.