Roger Cook is an art historian. In the mid-1980s, he found himself unexpectedly recruited into the fashion industry as a male model. As a result Derek Jarman invited him to perform as a featured extra (Jesus Christ) in his film The Garden (1990). He has contributed to public events and publications on contemporary art and culture, including co-editing the volume Indeterminate Bodies (Macmillan, 2003). He is currently undertaking research into dandyism as a visiting fellow at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London.