Chuck Cooper

Chuck Cooper

71 · Born: Nov 8, 1954

Personal Details

BornNov 8, 1954 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Spouse
  • Deborah Suzanne Brevoort

    ( May 30, 2009 to Dec 2, 2025 )
  • Tisa C. Farley

Biography

Notable performer with a storied career in the entertainment industry. He won the esteemed 1996 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his captivating portrayal of Memphis in The Life. His impressive Broadway resume boasts a wide range of productions, including Chicago, Passion, Someone to Watch Over Me, Rumors, Amen Corner, Getting Away With Murder, and Badfoot in St. Louis Woman, as part of City Center's acclaimed Encore series.

He has also had the privilege of being a part of several national tours, including The Tap Dance Kid, Eubie, and Whistle Down the Wind. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in notable productions such as Thunder Knocking On The Door, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, Jawbone, Avenue X, Police Boys, and Colored People's Time.

His extensive regional theatre credits include starring roles in Paul Robeson at the Passage Theatre, Thunder Knocking On The Door at Trinity Repertory, The Doctor is Out, 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.

In television, he has made appearances on 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 the A&E series 100 Centre Street. His recent film credits include _3 Days of Rain (2000)_, Our Song (2000),Gloria (1999),The Peacemaker (1997),The Juror (1996),and The Hurricane (1999).

Career

2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
tick, tick... BOOM! as "Sunday" Legend #1
2020
2019
A Vigilante
A Vigilante as Lawyer
2014
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet
2013
2010
Boy Wonder
Boy Wonder as Bill Baldwin
2007
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 as Cabbie
Noise
Noise as Judge Gibson
Evening
Evening as Ray
American Gangster
American Gangster as Private Doctor
2006
A Crime
A Crime as Will
Find Me Guilty
Find Me Guilty as James Washington
2004
Downtown: A Street Tale
Downtown: A Street Tale as Sergeant Williams
2000
Our Song
Our Song as Benjamin
The Opportunists
The Opportunists as Arnon Morris
1999
Gloria
Gloria as Male Guard
The Hurricane
The Hurricane as Earl Martin
1997
The Peacemaker
The Peacemaker as NYPD Cop
1996
The Juror
The Juror as Stockbroker
1994
North
North as Umpire
1992
Malcolm X
Malcolm X as Customer
1990
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice as Judge Whitney
1987