Harry Cook

Harry Cook (born 12 June 1991) is a British-Australian actor and writer.

Early life Born in Croydon, South London, Cook moved to Australia with his family in 2001 when he was ten years old. After leaving school he completed his Year 10 school certificate at TAFE.

Acting career Cook is best known for his roles in early 2000s films such as Accidents Happen (2009), Caught Inside (2010), Panic at Rock Island (2010), Drown (2015) and I Love You Both (2015). His role in Drown earned him a Best Supporting Actor Award at FilmOut San Diego in 2015.

On television, he has appeared in minor roles on My Place (2009), Old School (2014), Mr Inbetween (2018), Diary of an Uber Driver (2019), Bump (2021) and Home and Away (2025).

Writing In September 2018, Cook's debut memoir, Pink Ink, was released to largely positive reviews. His debut young adult novel, Fin & Rye & Fireflies, was released in August 2020 through Black and White Publishing's imprint Ink Road Books. It won the Scottish Book Trust's Teenage Book Prize in 2022. In 2021, Cook released his second YA novel, Felix Silver, Teaspoons & Witches, via Duet/Interlude Press, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, to mixed reviews. Kirkus Reviews wrote that "the cobweb-thin plot is less than enchanting", "the characters are not deeply developed" and "all main characters are coded as white". Publishers Weekly described the plot as "thinly developed" and "hurtling toward a familiar conclusion", but complimented Cook's "accessible" prose.

Political activism Cook was active in the campaign for marriage equality in Australia, particularly in the lead-up to the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey in 2017. In 2016, he was nominated as LGBTQ Celebrity of the Year at the inaugural Australian LGBTQ Awards held at the Sydney Opera House for his work as an openly gay activist and actor. He was nominated again the following year, and was nominated for the LGBTI Local Icon Award at the 2019 Australian LGBTI Awards.

Since the October 7 attacks in 2023 and the outbreak of the Gaza war, Cook has been a vocal critic of Israel and of the Jewish community. Some of his commentary has attracted public controversy, including his claims that the 2025 Bondi Beach massacre, the 2001 September 11 attacks and the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy were "false flag" attacks organised by Israel, and his calls to boycott Jewish-owned businesses in Australia. He has described Jews as "demons" and the Talmud as their "spell book", and has shared eugenicist and Neo-Nazi claims that Ashkenazi Jews have an "incestuous" "gene pool".

Personal life Cook came out as gay in 2013. He married Liam Davis in November 2015 in Carmel, California. They announced their separation in 2019.

Cook has described himself as sober and has discussed his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. He has been an ambassador for the Hello Sunday Morning sobriety program. Until 2026, Cook was an ambassador for the Geena Davis Institute. In May 2026, the Institute publicly distanced itself from Cook's political commentary and removed his profile from its website.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Accidents Happen Larry Conway 2010 Caught Inside Archie Cox 2010 Panic at Rock Island Chook TV movie 2010 The Fall Vincent Short 2015 Drown Meat 2016 I Love You Both Drew Johnston

TV series

Theatre Year Title Role 2001 Oliver! The Artful Dodger 2001 Bugsy Malone Bugsy Malone 2008 Macbeth Banquo 2009 Citizenship Tom 2012 Russetts (International Playwright Competition Cambridge, UK) Duncan 2016 RENT Mark Cohen 2018 Bushfire Simon Crncevic 2018 Spindrift Snowy 2019 Preserving Jars Tim/Policeman 2019 Promiscuous Cities Richard/Jack/M1

Books Year Title 2018 Pink Ink 2020 Fin & Rye & Fireflies 2021Felix Silver, Teaspoons & Witches