Chuck Cooper
Born: 1954-11-08 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For: 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).
Filmography
2023
- Poker Face as Deuteronomy
2022
- The First Lady as Martin Luther King Sr.
2021
- Vacation Friends as Larry
- tick, tick... BOOM! as "Sunday" Legend #1
2020
- Power Book II: Ghost as Reverend Macedon
- Little Voice as Percy
2019
- A Vigilante as Lawyer
- The Public's Much Ado About Nothing as Leonato
2018
- New Amsterdam as Leon Hargrow
- God Friended Me as Larry
2017
- The Blacklist: Redemption as General Phillips
2016
- Bull as Judge Elmendorf
2015
- Act One: Live from Lincoln Center as Wally / Charles Gilpin / Max Siegel / Langston Hughes
2014
- Madam Secretary as Mitch Sarno
- Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet
2013
- House of Cards as Barney Hull
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Chauncey Eskridge
2009
- The Good Wife as Gerard Gallo
- White Collar as Parole Officer
2007
- Gossip Girl as Horace Rogers
- American Gangster as Private Doctor
- Evening as Ray
- Noise as Judge Gibson
- Chapter 27 as Cabbie
2006
- A Crime as Will
- Find Me Guilty as James Washington
2004
- Downtown: A Street Tale as Sergeant Williams
2002
- Without a Trace as Barry's Ex-Boss
- Hack as Hayden
2001
- 100 Centre Street as Charlie the Bridgeman
2000
- The Opportunists as Arnon Morris
- Our Song as Benjamin
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mr. Tassler
- Third Watch as Lieutenant Kyle
- Strangers with Candy as Sack Race Referee
- The Hurricane as Earl Martin
- Gloria as Male Guard
1997
- The Peacemaker as NYPD Cop
1996
- The Juror as Stockbroker
1994
- New York Undercover as Sawyer
- North as Umpire
1993
- NYPD Blue as Bus Driver
1992
- Malcolm X as Customer
1990
- Law & Order as Walters' Attorney
- Criminal Justice as Judge Whitney
1987
- Action Family as Cop