Mackenzie Crook Biography
British actor Mackenzie Crook rose to fame at the hands of U.K. comedy giants Ricky_Gervais and Stephen_Merchant, when the pair cast him as Gareth Keenan, the snide, obnoxious, and mirthless servant of office manager David Brent (Gervais) on the immensely popular BBC sitcom The_Office (2001-2004). Crook then moved into films, where his unusual manner and appearance -- gaunt and wide-eyed, with stark features and a thick Cockney accent -- were put to excellent use in a variety of roles, often farcically. Among other accomplishments, Crook played Ragetti, a washed-up, bug-eyed member of a zany two-person pirate team (used for comic relief and as a deus ex machina) in Jerry_Bruckheimer's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise; evoked a bit of Shakespearean drollery as Launcelot Gobbo in the Michael_Radford-directed Merchant of Venice (2004); and landed a small supporting role in the British sex farce I_Want_Candy (2007). Crook also signed for a supporting role in Michael_J._Bassett's period adventure Solomon_Kane. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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