Risteárd Cooper has been acting on stage and screen for over 20 years and is probably the most versatile performer currently working in Ireland. A highly respected actor, a gifted mimic a superb comedy writer and a classically trained singer, he’s also a renowned newspaper columnist.
Having appeared in such diverse movies as The Closer You Get and Batman Begins, Risteárd starred with Hector O’Heochagáin in the hit TV shows Chasing The Lions which subsequently topped the Irish dvd charts. As a stage actor he has made countless appearances all over the world and at home, most recently playing in the critically acclaimed The Yalta Game as part of the award-winning Gate/Friel season at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival.
“Risteárd Cooper is superbly theatrical, absolutely in tune with the romantic-comedy lightness of touch” THE SCOTSMAN
As one third of the legendary Apres Match team, Risteárd has performed in hundreds of sketches creating comic personae for such diverse types as Pat Kenny and Padraig Harrington to Colm Murray and Eddie O’Sullivan.
“The writing is superb and savagely funny” EVENING HERALD
A singing-scholarship recipient to The College of Music he recently performed in the National Concert Hall with Apres Match and the RTE Concert Orchestra.
While his TV satire The State of Us attracted huge audiences, he played over 24 characters including Joan Burton and Miriam O’Callaghan. For the role of Michael in the RTE drama Bitter Sweet, he was nominated alongside Kevin Spacey as Best Actor at the 2009 Monte Carlo Television Awards, while in 2010 he’s been nominated again as Best Actor, this time in a comedy series, for his portrayal of Setanta de Paor in the TG4 sit-com An Crisis.
“laugh out loud funny… Risteárd Cooper in hilarious form” THE IRISH TIMES
Risteárd has huge experience in after-dinner speaking and has hosted many corporate events and awards ceromonies, consistently delivering topical, funny and intelligent material for an ever-growing list of corporate clients.
The following is a list of some of his favourite corporate work.
2010 Green Awards(host)
2010 Keith Wood’s Six Nation’s Review Dinner (after dinner)
2009 London Irish Rugby Club Chritmas Dinner (after dinner)
2009 Eircom Golden Spiders Awards (host)
2009 Eircom League PFAI Awards (after dinner)
2009 Life Insurance Brokers of Ireland Chritmas Lunch (after lunch)
2009 An Post Marketing Awards (host)
2008 B.O’Driscoll & L. Dallaglio’s Six Nations Dinner (after dinner)
2008 Ulster Bank Golf Day at Druid’s Glen (after dinner)
2007 & 2010 Beacon Clinic G.P’s Annual Dinner (after dinner)
2008 & 2010 R&S Alliance Business Conference (after dinner)
2006 Kinsale Sharks International Advertising Awards (host)
2005 & 2006 Irish Times Theatre Awards (host)