Career
He is the father of actor Tom Brooke. He played British Conservative politician Ian Gow in the 2004 British Broadcasting Corporation series The Alan Clark Diaries. In 2006, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure Year of the Pig as well as the 1990 Mr.
Bean sketch "The Library".
He also played Mr. Fitzherbert in the 2001 film Bridget Jones"s Diary. Other appearances in television dramas and comedies featuring Brooke include Bertie and Elizabeth, the British Broadcasting Corporation adaptation of Blott on the Landscape, Lovejoy, Foyle"s War, Rab C. Nesbitt, Kavanagh Queen's Counsel, Sharpe"s Revenge, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Covington Cross, The Kit Curran Radio Show, Between the Lincolnshire and Mornin" Sarge.
He also appeared in the miniseries Nostromo (1997). Notably, he also played Grima Wormtongue in the landmark 1981 British Broadcasting Corporation radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
He, Linal Haft, and Frank Mills are the only actors to appear in both the Classic and New series of Minder, but starring in different roles in each.