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National Theatre. Cooke is a National Theatre Associate Director; he made his directing debut there in November 2011 with Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors which he set in modern-day London. The cast included Lenny Henry and Claudie Blakley and was broadcast worldwide in March 2012 as part of the NT Live programme.
- British
- 1966 (age 56–57), Wimbledon, London, England
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The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke and written by Tom O'Connor. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, and is based on the true story of a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to be a message conduit with Russian spy source Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze) in the 1960s.
- $26 million
- Abel Korzeniowski
Sep 24, 2022 · CP Taylor’s Good, directed by Cooke in a new West End production, depicts a literature professor in 1930s Germany. John Halder (played by Tennant) thinks of himself as a good person — indeed ...
Dominic Cooke. Director: The Courier. Dominic Cooke is known for The Courier (2020), The Hollow Crown (2012) and Follies.
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Mar 17, 2021 · An Extraordinary Bond: Dominic Cooke on The Courier. Nell Minow March 17, 2021. Tweet. In the midst of the Cold War, a top-ranking Soviet officer named Oleg Penkovsky feared that the risk of nuclear war was too great, and decided to share some of the most closely held secrets of the Soviet arsenal with the West.
Jan 31, 2011 · Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre. 'These are frightening, confusing times. There's a desire for stories that address where we are'. G eorge Devine, the founder of London's Royal Court theatre, had ...
Aug 11, 2021 · Based on a true story, director Dominic Cooke retells the remarkable tale in a thriller movie about friendship, and the personal toll of going undercover. Benedict Cumberbatch plays Wynne, a family man for whom the mission almost takes away everything he loves. Opposite him is Merab Ninidze’s Penkovsky, who stands against soviet Russia ...
