Chuck Cooper
Acting
Biography
Won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his portrayal of Memphis in The Life. His other Broadway credits include: Chicago, Passion, Someone to Watch Over Me, Rumors, Amen Corner, Getting Away With Murder, and Badfoot in St. Louis Woman, in City Centers acclaimed Encore series. National tours: The Tap Dance Kid, Eubie and Whistle Down the Wind. Off-Broadway: Thunder Knocking On The door, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, Jawbone, Avenue X, Police Boys and Colored People's Time. Regional Theatre: Paul Robeson in Paul Robeson at the Passage Theatre, Thunder Knocking On The Door at Trinity Repertory, The Doctor is Out, Othello in Othello at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Brutus in Julius Caesar at the Philadelphia Drama Guild, Tullus Aufidius in Coriolanus at the Old Globe Theatre and Caliban in The Tempest at the Alliance Theatre Company. Television credits include Law & Order, Oz, Strangers with Candy, NYPD Blue, Cosby, The Cosby Mysteries, New York Undercover, I'll Fly Away, The Bold and the Beautiful and as Charlie the Bridge Man in the A&E series 100 Centre Street. His most recent film credits are _3 Days of Rain (2000)_, Our Song (2000), Gloria (1999), The Peacemaker (1997), The Juror (1996) and The Hurricane (1999).
Born: November 8, 1954
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Deuteronomy
as Martin Luther King Sr.
as "Sunday" Legend #1
as Larry
as Reverend Macedon
as Percy
as Leonato
as Lawyer
as Larry
as Leon Hargrow
as General Phillips
as Judge Elmendorf
as Wally / Charles Gilpin / Max Siegel / Langston Hughes
as Mitch Sarno
as Lord Capulet
as Chauncey Eskridge
as Barney Hull
as Parole Officer
as Gerard Gallo
as Judge Gibson
as Private Doctor
as Horace Rogers
as Ray
as Cabbie
as Will
as James Washington
as Sergeant Williams
as Hayden
as Barry's Ex-Boss
as Charlie the Bridgeman
as Arnon Morris
as Benjamin
as Lieutenant Kyle
as Mr. Tassler
as Earl Martin
as Sack Race Referee
as Male Guard
as NYPD Cop
as Stockbroker
as Sawyer
as Umpire
as Bus Driver
as Customer
as Walters' Attorney
as Art Samuels
as Lester Poole
as Rolando August
as Drew MacDaniel
as Judge Whitney
as Cop
as Papa Mizner