Risteárd Cooper
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| Nationality | Irish  |
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| Occupation | Actor, comedian, mimic and writer. |
Risteárd Cooper is an Irish actor, comedian, mimic and writer famous as one of the stars of Après Match. He also starred, alongside Hector Ó hEochagáin, in Chasing The Lions, a programme about the 2005 Lions tour in New Zealand and "Chasing the Blues" which followed Ireland's progress in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Having trained at Trinity College as an actor he has appeared many times at the Gate and Abbey Theatre in plays such as An Ideal Husband, See You Next Tuesday, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Observe The Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness, Betrayal by Harold Pinter and The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan.
Other theatre work includes I Keano at the Olympia Theatre and Mojo at the famous Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago which was founded by (among others) John Malkovich.
A satirical programme written by Risteárd Cooper (along with Gerard Stembridge) called "The State of Us" is a four-part series focusing on the now daily clash between politicians and the media. The program began airing on RTÉ television Sunday 29 April 2007.
He recently started writing for The Irish Times newspaper.
[edit] Appearances
- Après Match (1996-present)
- The Closer You Get (2000)
- This Is Ireland (2004)
- Chasing The Lions (2005)
- I, Keano (2005)
- Batman Begins (2006)
- The State of Us (2007)[1]
"Bittersweet"
