| Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
| Honorific-Suffix: | LVO |
| Office: | British Ambassador to South Korea |
| Primeminister: | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
| Term Start: | March 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Simon Smith |
| Office2: | British Ambassador to North Korea |
| Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
| Primeminister2: | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Term Start2: | December 2018 |
| Term End2: | December 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Alastair Morgan |
| Successor2: | David Ellis |
| Birth Date: | 1969 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Dungannon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Alma Mater: | University of Cambridge |
| Spouse: | Young-kee Crooks |
| Children: | 2 |
Colin James Crooks LVO (born 18 February 1969) is a British diplomat serving as the British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since 2022.
Previously he served as British Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from December 2018 to December 2021.[1]
Prior to serving as the Ambassador to the DPRK, Crooks served in various other positions in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and was the Minister Counsellor at the British Embassy Beijing from 2015 to 2018 and the Chargé d'Affairs to the British Embassy in Pyongyang in 2008.[1]
In May 2020, Crooks announced via Twitter that the Pyongyang embassy had been evacuated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]