Cheo Hodari Coker

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Cheo Hodari Coker
Born (1972-12-12) December 12, 1972 (age 49)
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
OccupationWriter, television producer, journalist

Cheo Hodari Coker (born December 12, 1972) is an American former music journalist turned television writer and producer known for such television series as Luke Cage , NCIS: Los Angeles , Southland and Ray Donovan . Coker also wrote the screenplay for the 2009 biographical film Notorious , based on the life and death of The Notorious B.I.G. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Filmography

Television

Year(s)TitleCredit
2011 Southland Writer, Co-Producer, Supervising Producer
2012–2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Writer, Supervising Producer
2013–2014 Almost Human Writer, Co-Executive Producer
2014–2020 Ray Donovan Writer, Co-Executive Producer
2016–2018 Luke Cage Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, Showrunner

Film

Year(s)TitleCredit
2009 Notorious Co-writer
2018 Creed II Story writer
TBA Nightwatch Screenwriter

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