Chuck Cooper (actor)

Chuck Cooper (born November 8, 1954 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American actor , musical artist and singer.

Life and accomplishments

Chuck Cooper made his debut as a child in a minor supporting role in the Western Run Home Slow from 1965. He played his first theater role in 1983. He only received other film and television roles since the mid-1980s. He played a judge in the television drama Criminal Justice (1990) starring Forest Whitaker and Anthony LaPaglia . In the crime comedy His last coup (2000) he appeared on the side of Christopher Walken , Vera Farmiga and Cyndi Lauper . In the comedy Noise! (2007) he starred alongside Tim Robbins . As a theater actor, he won the 1997 Tony Award . His daughter Lilli Cooper is also an actress.

Filmography (selection)

• 1965: Run Home Slow
• 1990: Criminal Justice
• 1992: Malcolm X
• 1994: North
• 1996: Not Guilty (The Juror)
• 1997: Project: Peacemaker (The Peacemaker)
• 1999: Gloria
• 1999: Hurricane (The Hurricane)
• 2000: Our Song
• 2000: His last coup (The Opportunists)
• 2001–2002: 100 Center Street (TV series)
• 2003: Three Days of Rain
• 2006: Find Me Guilty
• 2006: A Crime
• 2007: Traces of a Life (Evening)
• 2007: American Gangster
• 2007: Noise! (Noise)
• 2017–2020: Power (TV series)
• 2020: Her Voice (TV series)

Web links

• Chuck Cooper in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry in the IBDb, accessed on May 9, 2008
2. ^ Biography in the IMDb , accessed on May 9, 2008