Paul Mackenzie Crook (born 29 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian. He is best-known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Crook was born in Maidstone, Kent, England, and grew up in Dartford. His father, Michael Jim Crook, worked for British Airways and his mother, Sheila Singh, was a hospital manager, teacher and antiquarian. He has two sisters, Zoe and Stephanie, and one step-brot...
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Paul Mackenzie Crook (born 29 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian. He is best-known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Crook was born in Maidstone, Kent, England, and grew up in Dartford. His father, Michael Jim Crook, worked for British Airways and his mother, Sheila Singh, was a hospital manager, teacher and antiquarian. He has two sisters, Zoe and Stephanie, and one step-brother, Frank. As a child he collected stamps, Toby jugs and Star Wars figurines and would venture to ponds and lakes collecting amphibians and vegetation which he would often take home, store in his room, and paint. He would then release the animals back into the wild, and replant whatever he had picked, so as not to be reprimanded by his strict grandmother, Ethel. One of his schoolteachers once described him as "A small, caring child with a great interest in the natural world. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up running his own zoo, as he...
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