Ed Cooper Clarke is a British writer, actor and teacher from London, England.
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Education
Clarke studied drama at Birmingham University and then graduated with a master's degree in Classical European Acting from The Drama Centre London, Class of 2008/2009.
Career
Clarke appeared as Jeremy Fry, best man to Antony Armstrong-Jones who married Princess Margaret in season 2 of The Crown,
He was also seen in ITV's Downton Abbey, playing the Honourable Timothy Grey, the second son of Lord Merton.
Other roles on screen have included
Robert Malmort in episode 5.2 "The Labyrinth of the Minotaur" of BBC's Father Brown
Mark Hooper, an unhinged cryptozoologist, in ITV's Whitechapel (series 4, episode 5).
Admiral Intelligence Officer in Matthew Vaughan's The King's Man
Thomas Neuman-Hansen in the Europena cinema trilogy Intrigo: Death of an Author with Ben Kingsley
Theatre work has included:
Captain Fitzroy in the Theatre Royal Bath production of The Madness of George III, which ran in London's West End in early 2012, having toured the UK during 2011,
David Hoylake-Johnston in the 2011 UK tour of The Reluctant Debutante,
Silva Vacarro in Tennessee Williams' Tiger Tail,
Phillips in Alan Bennett's Single Spies at the Watermill Theatre.
He has produced
Lewis in Wonderland (a biographical play about Lewis Carroll performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
Drowning (a short film)
Pudding Bowl.(a short film)
Clarke works as Head of Drama at Sussex House School, Chelsea.
Personal life
Clarke is married to Northern Ireland-born actress Valene Kane.