Cast & creator
Ralph Brown
Best known for The Blacklist, Coronation Street, Death in Paradise
Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio, super-roadie Del Preston in Wayne's World 2, the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Henry Clinton in Turn: Washington's Spies. He won The Samuel Beckett Award for his first play Sanctuary written for Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1987, and the Raindance and Sapporo Film Festival awards for his first screenplay for the British film New Year's Day in 2001.
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film credits
62
television credits
129
1960–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (130)
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The Blacklist
Roger Hobbs
2013
Coronation Street
Barney
1960
Death in Paradise
Charlie Blake
2011
Elementary
Tim Sherrington
2012
Peak Practice
Stephen Westwood
1993
The Bill
P.C. Muswell
1984
New Amsterdam
Sid Chiltern
2018
Spooks
Paul Seymour
2002
Waking the Dead
Mike Coleman
2001
New Tricks
Edward Monroe
2004
A Touch of Frost
Capt. Carlisle
1992
Godfather of Harlem
President Lyndon Johnson
2019
Genius
Max Planck
2017
Dalziel and Pascoe
Sam Connon
1996
Leverage: Redemption
Ramsey
2021
Marvel's Agent Carter
Dr. Ivchenko
2015
Lexx
Duke
1997
The Agency
Andrei Kachan
2001
ScreenPlay
Insp. Drury
1986
Law & Order: UK
DS Darren Grady
2009
Jonathan Creek
Roy Pilgrim
1997
TURN: Washington's Spies
General Henry Clinton
2014
Inspector George Gently
Melvyn Rattigan
2008
Legends
Terrence Graves
2014
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Ric Olié
1999
Van der Valk
Inspector Rep
1972
Between the Lines
D.A.C. John Convey
1992
Dallas
Justice of the Peace
2012
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
Tremaine
2024
Jack the Giant Slayer
General Entin
2013
Gemini Man
Del Patterson
2019
Alien³
Aaron
1992
Life on Mars
Frank Morgan
2006
Chillers
DI Rollason
1990
Final Score
Steed
2018
Babylon
Deputy Mayor Grant Delgado
2014
Sexy Beast
Roger Riley
2024
Cleopatra
Guevarius
1999
The Boat That Rocked
Bob
2009
Nighty Night
Jacques
2004
Wayne's World 2
Del Preston
1993
Jack Taylor
Sutton
2010
The Mimic
Denholm
2013The Mimic
Neil's Dad
2013
Lenny Blue
Barry Hindes
2002
The Assets
Wallace Austin
2014
The Contractor
Jeremy Collins
2007
Meadowlands
Wintersgill
2007
Stoker
Sheriff Howard
2013
The Crying Game
Dave
1992
Him & Her
Nigel
2010
Karaoke
Peter Beasley
1996
The Grimleys
Frankie Fate
1999
Jackie
Dave Powers
2016
Lock, Stock...
Miami Vice
2000
Exorcist: The Beginning
Sergeant Major
20044 Play
Archie Heckle
1989
Cold Lazarus
Peter Beasley
1996
Ivanhoe
Prince John
1997
Mean Machine
Burton
2001
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Sergeant Major
2005
Cold Blood
Bob Massum
2005
Pramface
Terry
2012
Withnail & I
Danny
1987
Modern Toss
Various
2006
Flood
Neil
2007
Walking with the Enemy
Grudez
2014Christabel
Lange
1988
Julius Caesar
Xanthus
2002
Undercover Blues
Leamington
1993
A Respectable Trade
Dr. Hadley
1998
Genie
Sorcerer
2023
Impromptu
Eugene Delacroix
1991
Scandal
Paul Mann
1989
Dark Tide
Brady
2012
The Last Train
Jonathan Geddes
1999
Extremely Dangerous
Joe Connor
1999
I, Anna
George Stone
2012
Straightheads
Jamie
2007
All Things To All Men
McDeer
2013
Rules of Engagement
Mick Rendall
1989
The Pope Must Die
Doctor
1991
I'll Be There
Digger
2003
NCS: Manhunt
Ray du Barriatte
2002
The Poison Tree
Max Capel
2012
The Final Curtain
Timothy
2002
The Hit
Second Man
1984
Caught in the Act
Joep Schut
2008
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
2003Nearly Famous
Dominic Soloman
2007
Last Run
Simon
2001
Tower Block
Neville
2012
Lawless
Phil Howell
2004
Diamond Skulls
Jack
1990
Huge
Neil
2010
Buster
Ronny Biggs
1988
Scala!!!
Self
2024
The Kid
Gordon Peters
2010
Killing Bono
Leo
2011
Black Arrow
Yardley
1985
The Merry Wives of Windsor
John
1982
Rich Hall's Cattle Drive
Truesdale
2006A Tribute to the Likely Lads
Gary
2002
Stoned
Gysin
2005
An Accidental Studio
Self
2019
The Place of the Dead
Sgt Bob Mann
1997Bjorn of the Dead
Eddie
London's Burning: The Movie
Policeman
1986
New Year's Day
Mr. Diamond
2001New Year's Day
Writer
2001
Mission London
Detective Collway
2010
The Black and Blue Lamp
Insp. Drury
1988
War Game
Lieutenant General Roger Simms
2024
Requiem Apache
Mick
1994
Up 'n' Under
Phil
1998
Withnail and Us
Self
1999
Amistad
Lieutenant Gedney
1997
Coppers
Keating
1988
Stand or Fall: The Remarkable Rise of Brighton and Hove Albion
Self
2024
Reg
Bob Clay
2016A Curious Suicide
Detective Inspector Rollason
1990
Alien Evolution
Self / 'Aaron'
2001
Schrader's Exorcism
Self
2008
The Seventeenth Kind
Herbert
2014
Scala
Self
1990Don't Get Me Started
Larry Swift
1994
SUS
D.S. Karn
2010
Big Dippers
Dave
2005
Hard Tide
Gaz
2015Puritan
Mickey Conway
2006