Josh Cooke | |
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Born | November 22, 1979 |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Spouse | Eleisha Eagle (m. 2011) |
Josh Cooke (born November 22, [1] 1979) is an American actor.
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 ]
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 .
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 .
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]
On November 10, 2015, Cooke released his debut album 'fō under the stage name "fō". [10] It was executively produced by Cooke and Erik Kertes.[ citation needed ]
Cooke has been married to Eleisha Eagle since April 2011. [11] [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Partner(s) | Tom | |
2006 | Wasted | Dixon | |
2007 | Young People Fucking | Eric | |
2008 | Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation | Ron | Direct-to-video |
2008 | My Sassy Girl | Yuppie | Direct-to-video |
2009 | I Love You, Man | Alan (bench press guy) | |
2010 | A Fork in the Road | Will Carson | |
2010 | Group Sex | Andy | Direct-to-video |
2011 | Quarantine 2: Terminal | Henry | |
2012 | 16-Love | Dr. Jim | |
2013 | Miss Dial | Soup caller | |
2013 | Finding Joy | Kyle | |
2014 | The Opposite Sex | Kendrick | |
2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Box Breakfast A.D. | |
2018 | The Middle of X | Casey Foster |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Once and Again | Engineer | Episode: "Experience Is the Teacher" |
2003 | L.A. Dragnet | Brad Lee | Episode: "The Brass Ring" |
2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | EMT | Episode: "The Wild Bunch" |
2004 | Without a Trace | Justin Pettit | Episode: "Risen" |
2005 | Committed | Nate Solomon | Main role |
2005 | Unscripted | Actor at cafe | Episode 6 |
2005 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dan | Episode: "The Bowtie" |
2006 | Four Kings | Ben Wolf | Main role |
2006–2007 | Big Day | Danny Garfinkle | Main role |
2006, 2008 | Robot Chicken | Various voices | 2 episodes |
2007 | The King of Queens | Rabbi Feldman | Episode: "China Syndrome" |
2007 | Snowglobe | Eddie | Television film |
2008 | Notes from the Underbelly | Ian | 3 episodes |
2008 | Saving Grace | Zeke | Episode: "A Little Hometown Love" |
2009 | Dollhouse | Leo Carpenter | Episode: "Echoes" |
2009 | Scrubs | Dan | 2 episodes |
2009 | Numbers | Augie Harris | Episode: "Shadow Markets" |
2009 | The Closer | Detective Ranski | Episode: "The Life" |
2010 | In Plain Sight | Henry Doer / Henry Ross | Episode: "When Mary Met Marshall" |
2010–2011 | Better with You | Ben Coles | Main role |
2011 | Svetlana | Donor | Episode: "Bringing Up Baby" |
2011–2012 | Dexter | Louis Greene | 11 episodes |
2013 | Royal Pains | Ben | Episode: "Chock Full O' Nuts" |
2013–2014 | Hart of Dixie | Joel Stephens | 17 episodes |
2015 | Proof | Liam / Tommy | Episode: "Showdown" |
2015–2016 | Longmire | Eamonn O'Neill | 6 episodes |
2016 | The Middle | Professor Grant | 2 episodes |
2016 | Elementary | Phil Balsam | Episode: "Murder Ex Machina" |
2017 | Gone | Greg | Episode: "Crystal" |
2017 | Chicago Justice | Ted Reynolds | Episode: "AQD" |
2018 | Blindspot | Andy Taylor | Episode: "Hot Burning Flames" |
2018 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Ethan Goodman | Episode: "Kimmy Meets an Old Friend!" |
2018 | Castle Rock | Reeves | 3 episodes |
2018 | Younger | Greg | Episode: "Girls on the Side" |
2018 | Young Sheldon | Barry | 2 episodes |
2018 | S.W.A.T. | Connor Reeves | Episode: "S.O.S." |
2018 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Mason White | Episode: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy" |
2019–2022 | Grace and Frankie | Dan Penbraith | 4 episodes |
2019 | Bull | Kevin Weeks | Episode: "Prior Bad Acts" |
2020 | The Right Stuff | Loudon Wainwright Jr. | 8 episodes |
2021 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Agent Harrison Clay | Episode: "I Thought You Were on My Side" |
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