Paul Brooke

Known for Acting

11/22/1944(Age 81)

London, England, UK

Biography

Paul Brooke is a retired English actor. He made his film debut in 1972 in the Hammer film Straight on till Morning, followed by performances in For Your Eyes Only (1981), Return of the Jedi (1983), Scandal (1989), Saving Grace (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Alfie (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and Oliver Twist (2005). Brooke is the father of actor Tom Brooke. – Wikipedia

Known For (87 credits)

6.8

Movie

Einstein and Eddington

2008

A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.

6.2

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The Edge of Love

2008

When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.

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A Class Apart

2007

An outspoken single mum is determined her son will go to the school of her choice, and he ends up at a private school. Only then does she discover the headmaster offered a place merely to win a bet.

6.7

Movie

Oliver Twist

2005

An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

7.7

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.

7.2

Movie

The Phantom of the Opera

2004

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

5.8

Movie

Alfie

2004

A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.

7.6

Hustle

2004

A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.

6.5

The Alan Clark Diaries

2004

Dramatisation of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP.

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

6.4

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Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

2003

Doctor Bamford has had enough of village life and is desperate for some distance from inquisitive Cornish neighbours. When the local estate agent shows him Tregunnt Farm # derelict and miles from anywhere # it's love at first sight. But the Bowden family from London also have their eye on the property with a view to developing the surrounding land into ugly holiday cottages. After being gazumped, the Doc decides to try and spook the family into leaving by pretending to be the Beast of Bodmin.

7.6

The Royal

2003

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

7.9

Foyle's War

2002

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.