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Chuck Cooper

Chuck Cooper

Known for: Acting

Born 08/11/1954
Place of birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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).

Filmography

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Series ★ 7,9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Mr. Tassler

1999

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Walters' Attorney

1990

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Art Samuels

1990

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Lester Poole

1990

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Rolando August

1990

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Drew MacDaniel

1990

The Good Wife Series ★ 7,6

The Good Wife

Gerard Gallo

2009

Without a Trace Series ★ 7,3

Without a Trace

Barry's Ex-Boss

2002

Gossip Girl Series ★ 8,2

Gossip Girl

Horace Rogers

2007

White Collar Series ★ 8,2

White Collar

Parole Officer

2009

NYPD Blue Series ★ 7,1

NYPD Blue

Bus Driver

1993

Third Watch Series ★ 7,9

Third Watch

Lieutenant Kyle

1999

New Amsterdam Series ★ 8,3

New Amsterdam

Leon Hargrow

2018

House of Cards Series ★ 8,0

House of Cards

Barney Hull

2013

Bull Series ★ 7,0

Bull

Judge Elmendorf

2016

Madam Secretary Series ★ 7,0

Madam Secretary

Mitch Sarno

2014

Nurse Jackie Series ★ 7,1

Nurse Jackie

Intestine Man

2009

Poker Face Series ★ 7,5

Poker Face

Deuteronomy

2023

New York Undercover Series ★ 7,3

New York Undercover

Sawyer

1994

Power Book II: Ghost Series ★ 8,2

Power Book II: Ghost

Reverend Macedon

2020

Hack Series ★ 7,9

Hack

Hayden

2002

God Friended Me Series ★ 7,7

God Friended Me

Larry

2018

Strangers with Candy Series ★ 7,6

Strangers with Candy

Sack Race Referee

1999

100 Centre Street Series ★ 8,2

100 Centre Street

Charlie the Bridgeman

2001

American Gangster Film ★ 7,6

American Gangster

Private Doctor

2007

The Blacklist: Redemption Series ★ 6,6

The Blacklist: Redemption

General Phillips

2017

The First Lady Series ★ 5,8

The First Lady

Martin Luther King Sr.

2022

Malcolm X Film ★ 7,6

Malcolm X

Customer

1992

Little Voice Series ★ 7,3

Little Voice

Percy

2020

The Peacemaker Film ★ 6,1

The Peacemaker

NYPD Cop

1997

The Hurricane Film ★ 7,4

The Hurricane

Earl Martin

1999

Vacation Friends Film ★ 7,0

Vacation Friends

Larry

2021

The Juror Film ★ 5,7

The Juror

Stockbroker

1996

North Film ★ 5,1

North

Umpire

1994

tick, tick... BOOM! Film ★ 7,6

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #1

2021

A Vigilante Film ★ 5,4

A Vigilante

Lawyer

2019

Gloria Film ★ 5,8

Gloria

Male Guard

1999

Evening Film ★ 5,8

Evening

Ray

2007

A Crime Film ★ 5,5

A Crime

Will

2006

Find Me Guilty Film ★ 6,6

Find Me Guilty

James Washington

2006

Chapter 27 Film ★ 5,4

Chapter 27

Cabbie

2007

Romeo and Juliet Film ★ 6,0

Romeo and Juliet

Lord Capulet

2014

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Film ★ 6,4

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Chauncey Eskridge

2013

Our Song Film ★ 7,1

Our Song

Benjamin

2000

Sweet Nothing Film ★ 6,4

Sweet Nothing

Mark the Cop

1995

The Opportunists Film ★ 5,8

The Opportunists

Arnon Morris

2000

Action Family Film ★ 7,0

Action Family

Cop

1987

Noise Film ★ 5,8

Noise

Judge Gibson

2007

Criminal Justice Film ★ 6,0

Criminal Justice

Judge Whitney

1990

Road Show Film

Road Show

Papa Mizner

2019

Act One: Live from Lincoln Center Film

Act One: Live from Lincoln Center

Wally / Charles Gilpin / Max Siegel / Langston Hughes

2015

Downtown: A Street Tale Film ★ 5,5

Downtown: A Street Tale

Sergeant Williams

2004

The Public's Much Ado About Nothing Film ★ 7,5

The Public's Much Ado About Nothing

Leonato

2019

Film

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