Christian Cooke
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant reunite this week for a new project Cemetery Junction, that highlights plenty of UK acting talent.
And Christian Cooke is one such talent as he takes on the leading role of Freddie in what is his feature length debut.
Like so many British actors the twenty two year old kicked off his career in TV in 1999 when he appearing in Wilmot as Wilmot Tanner.
But his TV break came a year later when he landed the role of Luke Kirkwall in ITV's drama series Where The Heart Is, a role he stayed with from 2000 to 2006.
In that time he also appeared in the likes of Casualty, Doctors and Barking. After leaving Where The Heart Is the TV roles came thick and fast as he appeared in Inspector George Gently, The Royal and robin Hood.
He appeared in nine episodes of The Chase before moving onto comedy/drama Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper.
Echo Beach was a short lived soap opera that was set in the fictional town of Polnarren The series was linked with Moving Wallpaper, which was set in the fictional production offices of Echo Beach.
Echo Beach ran for just a single series while Moving Wallpaper ran for two, however Cook only appeared in series one.
In 2008 Cooke joined the long list of actors who have cameoed in Doctor Who since the series re-launch back in 2005 as he battled Sontaran's alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
Last year the actor took on the central role of Luke Rutherford in ITV's new supernatural show Demons, which also starred Philip Glenister.
The series followed Luke, who has discovered that he is the last descendant of Van Helsing, as he battles dark forces with his godfather Rupert Galvin, Glenister.
The series received mix reviews throughout it's six week run and saw audience figures plunge week after week. There will not be a second series.
Cooke the moved onto trinity, in which he played Dorian Gaudain, set in the fictional Trinity College of Bridgeford University.
But this week sees him take his first steps onto the big screen with Cemetery Junction alongside the other new faces of Jack Dooland and Tom Hughes.
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie (Cooke) wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce (Hughes) and lovable loser Snork (Doolan) are happy with life the way it is.
When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie (Jones), the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
With the movie looking set to be a success for everyone involved keep and eye out for Cooke as he is sure to move onto bigger and better things.
Cemetery Junction is out now.
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw