Josh Cooke

Josh Cooke is an American actor.

For the English footballer, see Josh Cooke (footballer).
Josh Cooke
Cooke in 2010
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Eleisha Eagle
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(m. 2011)​

Early life

Cooke was born in Philadelphia and 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.

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.[1] In 2009, Cooke appeared in the Joss Whedon show Dollhouse as Leo Carpenter.[2]

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 hit Showtime series Dexter as Louis Greene.[3]

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).[4] Cooke was one of the lead roles in the 2011 horror film Quarantine 2: Terminal.[5]

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.[6][7][8]

Music

On November 10, 2015, Cooke released his debut album 'fō under the stage name "fō".[9] It was executively produced by Cooke and Erik Kertes.

Personal life

Cooke has been married to Eleisha Eagle since April 2011.[10][11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
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

Television
Year Title Role Notes
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"

References
  1. "What Are They Up To? Big Day's Josh Cooke", buddytv.com; accessed April 7, 2016.
  2. "Two More Actors See Terror in the Oculus - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. Dexter, seriable.com; accessed April 7, 2016.
  4. "Sunday Morning Man: Josh Cooke!". greginhollywood.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. We've Got the First Ever Casting for 'Quarantine 2'!, bloody-disgusting.com; accessed April 7, 2016.
  6. "Info Loker". Info Loker. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  7. "La Jolla Playhouse". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  8. "La Jolla Playhouse". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  9. "'fō, by 'fō". 'fō. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  10. "Josh Cooke Theatre Credits". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  11. "NOTABLE ALUMNI ACTORS". UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
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