Risteárd Cooper

Theatre
National: Juno and the Paycock
Other theatre includes: Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Doldrum Bay, Moses Rock, The Bird Sanctuary, Arcadia, An Ideal Husband, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Blithe Spirit, Betrayal, The Deep Blue Sea, The Yalta Game, Auntie and Me, I Keano, A Little Like Drowning

He has also worked at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Irish Rep in New York, and at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where he played Mickey in the American premiere of Jez Butterworth’s award-winning play Mojo.

He is one third of comedy team Aprés Match, which first appeared on RTÉ in 1998 and has since performed sell-out shows throughout Ireland and produced several DVDs.

Film and TV
The State of Us (which he co-wrote with Gerard Stembridge), Batman Begins,The Closer You Get, This is Ireland, Chasing the Lions, Bittersweet, An Crisis (Best Actor nomination at the 2010 Monte Carlo Television Awards)

Published September 2011

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