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Ali Cook

A touch of vegas!

About Me

Ali has written and starred in eight television series for ITV, Ch4, Five and Sky One. He is best known for his comedy shows: Dirty Tricks on Ch 4, Monkey Magic on five. (Both nominated for the golden rose of Montreaux and The British Comedy Awards).

Recently as well as maintaining a presence on the London comedy circuit he has starred in a number of short films notably Stephen Frears' and Andrew Saunder’s Striklem.

He’s also just completed producing and writing his own Comedy drama short “The Enchanter” directed by Adrian Vitoria.

As a magician he has been flown around the world performing at private parties for the rich and famous including: Damian Hirst, The Crown Prince of Malaysia, Basement Jaxx, Phillip Green, JK Rowling to name a few.
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Here are a few sketches from my short film The Enchanter: The Crime Fighting Magician:

In this scene he tries to find out the name of the corpse who died suspiciously in his show.
His side kick is a female Knight Rider that gets jealous:
Finally The Enchanter seducing the femme fatale:

A bit of stand up.
Ali beheads a dove!

My Interests

Magic, stand up, comedy drama, mixing on my decks.

I'd like to meet:

David Lynch

Music:

Daft Punk, The Doors, The Chemical Brothers, David Bowie, Public Enemy, Street Sounds Electro Two. Ultimate breaks and beats, EPMD, Jungle Brothers. 2 Many DJs.

Movies:

The Two Towers. The Empire Strikes Back, Anchorman, The Last Temptation of Christ, Best in Show. Deer hunter.

Television:

The Office Phoenix nights Peep Show The Storyteller Garth Merenghi A Bit Of Fry And Laurie

Books:

The Five Points in Magic, Juan Tamariz. Principles And Deceptions, Arthur Buckley The Vernon Chronicles: The further Lost Inner Secrets Vol1, Stephen Minch

Heroes:

Steve Martin.

My Blog

TV: The Secret World of Magic

'The Secret World of Magic' was one of my favourite shows to work on. After a successful run in 2005, it is being repeated on Sky One on the following dates:Tuesday 10th October 2006Wednesday 11th Oct...
Posted by Ali Cook on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:11:00 PST