Josh Cooke

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Josh Cooke
Josh Cooke at TCA 2010.jpg
Cooke in 2010
Born (1979-11-22) November 22, 1979 (age 44)
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Eleisha Eagle
(m. 2011)

Josh Cooke (born November 22, [1] 1979) is an American actor.

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Early life

Cooke attended Harriton High School, a small public high school in suburban Rosemont. He was a member of Harriton Theater Company and directed a show his senior year. He has received acting awards including the James Pendleton Foundation Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Performance and the Judith & Milton R. Stark Scholarship. Cooke graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004, where he majored in theater.[ citation needed ]

Career

Television

He played the lead role of Nate Solomon in NBC's 2005 sitcom Committed . He appeared in guest roles on Without a Trace , Century City, Once and Again , 10-8 , and Dragnet .

In 2006, he starred in Four Kings , and Big Day , neither of which was renewed. He appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm . [2] In 2009, Cooke appeared in the Joss Whedon show Dollhouse as Leo Carpenter. [3]

He played Dan Stonewater on the final episode of Scrubs and Rabbi Feldman on the final episode of The King of Queens . In 2009, Cooke played Auggie Harris in Season 6 Episode 7 on Numbers . Cooke played Ben Coles on Better with You , a sitcom which began in 2010 and was cancelled after 22 episodes.

Cooke voiced various characters in Seth Green's Robot Chicken and made an appearance in the Showtime series Dexter as Louis Greene. [4]

Cooke played Joel Stevens, boyfriend of Rachel Bilson's character Zoe Hart, in CW's Hart of Dixie (season 3) and appears as Sue Heck's college professor on whom she has a strong crush in the seventh season of The Middle.

In 2018, he guest starred as Greg in Younger as Caitlin's older boyfriend and as Barry, father to Sheldon's perceived rival, in Young Sheldon . He played Mallory Hanson's boyfriend, Daniel Penbraith for a while in Grace and Frankie . He portrayed Reeves in Castle Rock . He also guest starred as Mason in episode 9 of season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel .

In 2020, appeared as journalist Loudon Wainwright Jr. in the Disney Plus series The Right Stuff .

Film

In 2006, Cooke co-starred in the film Wasted as Dixon, alongside Eddie Kaye Thomas and Kip Pardue. Cooke also played Christina Milian's love interest, Eddie, in Snowglobe . He played Eric in Young People Fucking (2007). He appeared in the 2010 film A Fork in the Road. He had a small role in I Love You, Man as Alan, a straight married man in a relationship with Robbie Klaven (played by Andy Samberg). [5] Cooke was one of the lead roles in the 2011 horror film Quarantine 2: Terminal . [6]

Cooke starred as Andy in the 2010 comedy Group Sex , alongside Greg Grunberg and Odette Yustman. Cooke played the lead role as Ron in the 2008 direct-to-DVD film Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation .

Theatre

In 2016, Cooke was cast in the La Jolla Playhouse premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Ayad Akhtar's Junk: The Golden Age of Debt as "Robert Merkin." It will be directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes and premiere on July 26, 2016. [7] [8] [9]

Music

On November 10, 2015, Cooke released his debut album ' under the stage name "fō". [10] It was executively produced by Cooke and Erik Kertes.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Cooke has been married to Eleisha Eagle since April 2011. [11] [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Partner(s)Tom
2006WastedDixon
2007 Young People Fucking Eric
2008 Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation RonDirect-to-video
2008 My Sassy Girl YuppieDirect-to-video
2009 I Love You, Man Alan (bench press guy)
2010A Fork in the RoadWill Carson
2010 Group Sex AndyDirect-to-video
2011 Quarantine 2: Terminal Henry
2012 16-Love Dr. Jim
2013 Miss Dial Soup caller
2013Finding JoyKyle
2014 The Opposite Sex Kendrick
2016 Hail, Caesar! Box Breakfast A.D.
2018The Middle of XCasey Foster

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Once and Again EngineerEpisode: "Experience Is the Teacher"
2003 L.A. Dragnet Brad LeeEpisode: "The Brass Ring"
2003 10-8: Officers on Duty EMTEpisode: "The Wild Bunch"
2004 Without a Trace Justin PettitEpisode: "Risen"
2005 Committed Nate SolomonMain role
2005 Unscripted Actor at cafeEpisode 6
2005 Curb Your Enthusiasm DanEpisode: "The Bowtie"
2006 Four Kings Ben WolfMain role
2006–2007 Big Day Danny GarfinkleMain role
2006, 2008 Robot Chicken Various voices2 episodes
2007 The King of Queens Rabbi FeldmanEpisode: "China Syndrome"
2007 Snowglobe EddieTelevision film
2008 Notes from the Underbelly Ian3 episodes
2008 Saving Grace ZekeEpisode: "A Little Hometown Love"
2009 Dollhouse Leo CarpenterEpisode: "Echoes"
2009 Scrubs Dan2 episodes
2009 Numbers Augie HarrisEpisode: "Shadow Markets"
2009 The Closer Detective RanskiEpisode: "The Life"
2010 In Plain Sight Henry Doer / Henry RossEpisode: "When Mary Met Marshall"
2010–2011 Better with You Ben ColesMain role
2011 Svetlana DonorEpisode: "Bringing Up Baby"
2011–2012 Dexter Louis Greene11 episodes
2013 Royal Pains BenEpisode: "Chock Full O' Nuts"
2013–2014 Hart of Dixie Joel Stephens17 episodes
2015 Proof Liam / TommyEpisode: "Showdown"
2015–2016 Longmire Eamonn O'Neill6 episodes
2016 The Middle Professor Grant2 episodes
2016 Elementary Phil BalsamEpisode: "Murder Ex Machina"
2017 Gone GregEpisode: "Crystal"
2017 Chicago Justice Ted ReynoldsEpisode: "AQD"
2018 Blindspot Andy TaylorEpisode: "Hot Burning Flames"
2018 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ethan GoodmanEpisode: "Kimmy Meets an Old Friend!"
2018 Castle Rock Reeves3 episodes
2018 Younger GregEpisode: "Girls on the Side"
2018 Young Sheldon Barry2 episodes
2018 S.W.A.T. Connor ReevesEpisode: "S.O.S."
2018 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Mason WhiteEpisode: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy"
2019–2022 Grace and Frankie Dan Penbraith4 episodes
2019 Bull Kevin WeeksEpisode: "Prior Bad Acts"
2020 The Right Stuff Loudon Wainwright Jr. 8 episodes
2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Agent Harrison ClayEpisode: "I Thought You Were on My Side"

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