Chuck Cooper

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-11-08 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Chuck Cooper

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 th...

Acting

2006

A Crime

as Will

2006

Find Me Guilty

as James Washington

1987

2021

tick, tick... BOOM!

as "Sunday" Legend #1

2007

Noise

as Judge Gibson

2004

Downtown: A Street Tale

as Sergeant Williams

2000

The Opportunists

as Arnon Morris

1992

Malcolm X

as Customer

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Road Show

as Papa Mizner

1999

The Hurricane

as Earl Martin

1994

North

as Umpire

2007

American Gangster

as Private Doctor

2014

Romeo and Juliet

as Lord Capulet

2000

Our Song

as Benjamin

2019

A Vigilante

as Lawyer

1999

Gloria

as Male Guard

2007

Evening

as Ray

1990

Criminal Justice

as Judge Whitney

1996

The Juror

as Stockbroker

2015

Act One: Live from Lincoln Center

as Wally / Charles Gilpin / Max Siegel / Langston Hughes

1997

The Peacemaker

as NYPD Cop

2007

Chapter 27

as Cabbie

2021

2013

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as Chauncey Eskridge

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