Complex sentence: Cooper is played by James Nesbitt, himself a Protestant from Northern Ireland, and a number of the military characters were played by ex-members of the British army, including Simon Mann who notoriously took part in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt.
Split into simpler sentences: Cooper is played by James Nesbitt, himself a Protestant from Northern Ireland. A number of the military characters were played by ex-members of the British army, including Simon Mann who took part in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt.