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.
Known For
Jackie
(2016)
Dave Powers
Gemini Man
(2019)
Del Patterson
Alien³
(1992)
Aaron
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Ric Olié
Jack the Giant Slayer
(2013)
General Entin
Final Score
(2018)
Steed
The Contractor
(2007)
Jeremy Collins
Mean Machine
(2001)
Burton
Flood
(2007)
Mel's Dad Neil
Genie
(2023)
Sorcerer
Stoker
(2013)
Sheriff Howard
Exorcist: The Beginning
(2004)
Sergeant Major
Dark Tide
(2012)
Brady
The Crying Game
(1992)
Dave
The Boat That Rocked
(2009)
Bob
Undercover Blues
(1993)
Leamington
Full Filmography
Acting
The Merry Wives of Windsor
(1982)
John
The Hit
(1984)
Second Man
Black Arrow
(1985)
Yardley
London's Burning: The Movie
(1986)
Policeman
Withnail & I
(1987)
Danny
Buster
(1988)
Ronny Biggs
Coppers
(1988)
The Black and Blue Lamp
(1988)
Scandal
(1989)
Paul Mann
A Curious Suicide
(1990)
Dark Obsession
(1990)
Jack
Scala
(1990)
Self
Impromptu
(1991)
Eugene Delacroix
The Pope Must Die
(1991)
Doctor
The Crying Game
(1992)
Dave
Alien³
(1992)
Aaron
Wayne's World 2
(1993)
Del Preston
Undercover Blues
(1993)
Leamington
Requiem Apache
(1994)
Mick
Amistad
(1997)
Lieutenant Gedney
The Place of the Dead
(1997)
Sgt Bob Mann
Up 'n' Under
(1998)
Phil
Withnail and Us
(1999)
Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Ric Olié
New Year's Day
(2000)
Mr. Diamond
Mean Machine
(2001)
Burton
Alien Evolution
(2001)
Self / 'Aaron'
Last Run
(2001)
Lenny Blue
(2002)
Barry Hindes
The Final Curtain
(2002)
Timothy
I'll Be There
(2003)
Digger
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Exorcist: The Beginning
(2004)
Sergeant Major
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
(2005)
Sergeant Major
Stoned
(2005)
Gysin
Big Dippers
(2005)
Dave
Puritan
(2006)
Mickey Conway
The Contractor
(2007)
Jeremy Collins
Straightheads
(2007)
Jamie
Flood
(2007)
Mel's Dad Neil
Schrader's Exorcism
(2008)
Himself
Caught in the Act
(2008)
Joep Schut
The Boat That Rocked
(2009)
Bob
Mission London
(2010)
Detective Collway
SUS
(2010)
Karn
Huge
(2010)
Neil
The Kid
(2010)
Gordon Peters
Killing Bono
(2011)
Leo
Dark Tide
(2012)
Brady
Tower Block
(2012)
Neville
I, Anna
(2012)
George Stone
Jack the Giant Slayer
(2013)
General Entin
Stoker
(2013)
Sheriff Howard
All Things To All Men
(2013)
McDeer
The Seventeenth Kind
(2014)
Herbert
Hard Tide
(2015)
Gaz
Reg
(2016)
Bob Clay
Jackie
(2016)
Dave Powers
Final Score
(2018)
Steed
An Accidental Studio
(2019)
Self
Gemini Man
(2019)
Del Patterson
Genie
(2023)
Sorcerer
Scala!!!
(2024)
Self
Writing