Risteárd Cooper (/ˈrɪʃtÉ'Ë rd/; born February 1967) is an Irish
actor, comedian, singer and writer and is one third of comedy trio
Après Match.Cooper attended St Michael's College, Ballsbridge. He
joined the National Youth Theatre aged 16. Cooper graduated from the
acting program at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College. He lived
in New York for several years where he worked at the Ensemble Studio
Theatre, the Irish Rep and Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company
(founded by, amongst others, John Malkovich) playing Mickey in the
American premiere of Jez Butterworth's Olivier award-winning play,
Mojo directed by Ian Rickson.He has played lead roles in the major
theatres in Ireland including Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching
Towards the Somme at the Abbey Theatre, Auntie and Me at the Gaiety
Theatre, I Keano at the Olympia Theatre, and in numerous productions
at the Gate Theatre such as Arcadia, An Ideal Husband, See You Next
Tuesday, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Betrayal (Pinter Festival)
and The Deep Blue Sea.In 2009, he played the role of Dmitri in Brian
Friel's play The Yalta Game, directed by Patrick Mason for the Gate
Theatre at the 2009 Sydney and Edinburgh International Festivals.
actor, comedian, singer and writer and is one third of comedy trio
Après Match.Cooper attended St Michael's College, Ballsbridge. He
joined the National Youth Theatre aged 16. Cooper graduated from the
acting program at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College. He lived
in New York for several years where he worked at the Ensemble Studio
Theatre, the Irish Rep and Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company
(founded by, amongst others, John Malkovich) playing Mickey in the
American premiere of Jez Butterworth's Olivier award-winning play,
Mojo directed by Ian Rickson.He has played lead roles in the major
theatres in Ireland including Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching
Towards the Somme at the Abbey Theatre, Auntie and Me at the Gaiety
Theatre, I Keano at the Olympia Theatre, and in numerous productions
at the Gate Theatre such as Arcadia, An Ideal Husband, See You Next
Tuesday, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Betrayal (Pinter Festival)
and The Deep Blue Sea.In 2009, he played the role of Dmitri in Brian
Friel's play The Yalta Game, directed by Patrick Mason for the Gate
Theatre at the 2009 Sydney and Edinburgh International Festivals.
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