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Chuck Cooper

Chuck Cooper

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).

Known for

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2021 • "Sunday" Legend #1
Vacation Friends
Vacation Friends
2021 • Larry
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
2019 • Leonato
Road Show
Road Show
2019 • Papa Mizner
A Vigilante
A Vigilante
2019 • Lawyer
Act One: Live from Lincoln Center
Act One: Live from Lincoln Center
2015 • Wally / Charles Gilpin / Max Siegel / Langston Hughes
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
2014 • Lord Capulet
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 • Chauncey Eskridge

Full filmography

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2021 • "Sunday" Legend #1
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Road Show
Road Show
2019 • Papa Mizner
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A Vigilante
A Vigilante
2019 • Lawyer
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Act One: Live from Lincoln Center
Act One: Live from Lincoln Center
2015 • Wally / Charles Gilpin / Max Siegel / Langston Hughes
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
2014 • Lord Capulet
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 • Chauncey Eskridge
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Noise
Noise
2007 • Judge Gibson
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American Gangster
American Gangster
2007 • Private Doctor
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Evening
Evening
2007 • Ray
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Chapter 27
Chapter 27
2007 • Cabbie
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A Crime
A Crime
2006 • Will
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Find Me Guilty
Find Me Guilty
2006 • James Washington
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Downtown: A Street Tale
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004 • Sergeant Williams
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The Opportunists
The Opportunists
2000 • Arnon Morris
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Our Song
Our Song
2000 • Benjamin
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The Hurricane
The Hurricane
1999 • Earl Martin
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Gloria
Gloria
1999 • Male Guard
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The Peacemaker
The Peacemaker
1997 • NYPD Cop
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The Juror
The Juror
1996 • Stockbroker
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Sweet Nothing
Sweet Nothing
1995 • Mark the Cop
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North
North
1994 • Umpire
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X
1992 • Customer
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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
1990 • Judge Whitney
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Chuck Cooper – Biography, Known For & Filmography