Gary Cooke

For the Australian footballer, see Gary Cooke (footballer).

Gary Cooke
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Actor
Comedian
Writer

“ I mean when we did I, Keano! – well that's the sort of subject matter that should be tackled in the Abbey. Seán O'Casey? That's the sort of thing he would have been writing about in his day, because at that time Saipan was the biggest, the most important, thing happening in the country."

Gary Cooke in a 2009 interview about Macbecks: selection of a quote which was included in the quotes of that year by The Irish Times.[1]

Gary Cooke is an Irish actor, satirist and writer who is one of the stars, on screen, of Après Match and, on stage, I, Keano and MacBecks. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of media personality Eamon Dunphy,[2][3][4][5] although he has also mocked Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker and TV3 sports broadcaster Trevor Welch.

Cooke lives in Baldoyle.

  1. ^ "Quotes of the year". The Irish Times. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ John Meagher (3 April 2009). "Trap's the new Charlton for oh-so grumpy Dunphy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ Hilary Fannin (14 February 2009). "Don't cry for me Eamon Dunphy A tsunami of tears to drive the bailiffs away from our doors". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 January 2010. Anyway, as the conversation unfurled, Dunphy wept, like a prematurely wrinkled and indignant three-year-old faced with the prospect of bedtime, unleashing a persona so extravagant that he rivalled his own caricature as rendered by the brilliant Gary Cooke of Après Match.
  4. ^ Paul Nolan (4 July 2003). "Being Eamon Dunphy". Hot Press. Retrieved 31 January 2010. Cooke himself, of course, is perhaps best known for his ingenious interpretation of the Eamon Dunphy persona, which sees the famously belligerent broadcaster reinvented as a pouting, preening – indeed vaguely camp – media tart.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ladbrokes signs Aprés Match star was invoked but never defined (see the help page).