Ralph Brown
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
The Crying Game
as Dave
1992
Amistad
as Lieutenant Gedney
1997
Alien³
as Aaron
1992
Buster
as Ronny Biggs
1988
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
as Sergeant Major
2005
Mean Machine
as Burton
2001
Withnail & I
as Danny
1987
The Contractor
as Jeremy Collins
2007
I'll Be There
as Digger
2003
Stoned
as Gysin
2005
The Boat That Rocked
as Bob
2009
Mission London
as Detective Collway
2010
Puritan
as Mickey Conway
2006
Jack the Giant Slayer
as General Entin
2013
SUS
as Karn
2010
Killing Bono
as Leo
2011
Stoker
as Sheriff Howard
2013
Dark Tide
as Brady
2012
Diamond Skulls
as Jack
1990
Schrader's Exorcism
as Self
2008
TV Appearances
The Last Train
1999
Jonathan Creek
as Roy Pilgrim
1997
A Touch of Frost
as Capt. Carlisle
1992
Dalziel & Pascoe
as Sam Connon
1996
Life on Mars
as Frank Morgan
2006
Spooks
as Paul Seymour
2002
Meadowlands
as Wintersgill
2007
Rich Hall's Cattle Drive
2006
Modern Toss
2006
Waking the Dead
as Mike Coleman
2001
Van der Valk
as Inspector Rep
1972
Lawless
as Phil Howell
2004