{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
'''Ed Cooper Clarke''' is a British writer, actor and teacher from London, England
==Education== Clarke studied Drama at Birmingham University and then graduated with a master's degree in Classical European Acting from The Drama Centre London, Class of 2008/2009.<ref name="grad">{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/drama-centre-london/graduating-student-and-alumni-profiles/by-course/ma-acting/previous-students-/ |title=Drama Centre London – Previous students |publisher=arts.ac.uk |date=2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416032823/http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/drama-centre-london/graduating-student-and-alumni-profiles/by-course/ma-acting/previous-students-/ |archive-date=16 April 2016 }}</ref>
==Career== Clarke appeared as Jeremy Fry, best man to Antony Armstrong-Jones who married Princess Margaret in season 2 of ''The Crown'',
He was also seen in ITV's ''Downton Abbey'', playing the Honourable Timothy Grey, the second son of Lord Merton.
Other roles on screen have included *Robert Malmort in episode 5.2 "The Labyrinth of the Minotaur" of BBC's ''Father Brown'' *Mark Hooper, an unhinged cryptozoologist, in ITV's ''Whitechapel'' (series 4, episode 5).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cny826/whitechapel--series-4---episode-5 |title=Radio Times |work=Radio Times|accessdate=2013-10-04}}</ref> *Admiral Intelligence Officer in Matthew Vaughan's The King's Man *Thomas Neuman-Hansen in the Europena cinema trilogy Intrigo: Death of an Author with Ben Kingsley
Theatre work has included: *Captain Fitzroy in the Theatre Royal Bath production of ''The Madness of George III'', which ran in London's West End in early 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/241884/the-madness-of-george-iii |title=Time Out review – The Madness of George III |publisher=Time Out London |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref> having toured the UK during 2011, *David Hoylake-Johnston in the 2011 UK tour of ''The Reluctant Debutante'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/8924493.The_Reluctant_Debutante__The_Everyman_Theatre__Cheltenham/ |title=Oxford Times review – The Reluctant Debutante |publisher=oxfordtimes.co.uk |accessdate=2012-11-02 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Silva Vacarro in Tennessee Williams' ''Tiger Tail'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/southeast/E8831349262121/Tiger+Tail+(Southampton).html |title=WhatsOnStage.com review – Tiger Tail |publisher=WhatsOnStage.com |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref> *Phillips in Alan Bennett's ''Single Spies'' at the Watermill Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.watermill.org.uk/single_spies.html |title=Watermill Theatre – Single Spies |publisher=Watermill Theatre |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref>
He has produced *''Lewis in Wonderland''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/aug/08/theatre.edinburghfestival20034|title = Lewis in Wonderland, Underbelly, Edinburgh|date = 8 August 2003}}</ref> (a biographical play about Lewis Carroll performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.) *''Drowning'' (a short film) *''Pudding Bowl''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUJWZYOxMEg |title=Pudding Bowl |via=YouTube |accessdate=2012-11-04}}</ref>(a short film)
Clarke works as Head of Drama at Sussex House School, Chelsea.
==Personal life== Clarke is married to Northern Ireland-born actress Valene Kane.<ref>{{cite web|title=Valene Kane: ‘The Fall changed everything and it put Northern Ireland on the map’|first=Shilpa|last=Ganatra|date=2023-11-19|accessdate=2025-11-15|website=Image|url=https://www.image.ie/living/valene-kane-the-fall-changed-everything-and-it-put-northern-ireland-on-the-map-614783}}</ref>
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2010 | ''Spooks'' | British Scientist | 1 episode |- | 2013 | ''Whitechapel'' | Mark Hooper | 1 episode |- | 2014 | ''Downton Abbey'' | Tim Grey | 1 episode |- | rowspan=2|2017 | ''Father Brown'' | Robert Malmort | Episode: ''The Labyrinth of the Minotaur'' |- | ''The Crown'' | Jeremy Fry | 2 episodes |- | 2018 | ''Intrigo: Death of an Author'' | Thomas Neumann-Hansen | |- | rowspan=2|2019 | ''Doctors'' | Steve Bingham | Episode: ''The Lottery'' |- | ''Intrigo: Dear Agnes'' | Thomas Neuman-Hansen | |- | 2021 | ''The King's Man'' | Admiralty Military Intel Officer | |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|2726989}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110402063621/http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-reluctant-debutante-richmond-theatre/ Mentioned in review of ''The Reluctant Debutante'']}}
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