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Curtiss Cook Jr.

Curtiss Cook Jr.

History

Curtiss Cook Jr is a Harlem school of the arts graduate, who starred in Sundance hit Gook, Ryan Koo's Amateur and Jay Dockendorf's Naz & Maalik among several others. His role in Chris Morris' The Day Shall Come is one of his proudest to date. In addition to his film accomplishments, A versatile actor, he gained his regional theater debut in Brownsville Song (b-side for tray) for The Long Wharf Theater and The Philadelphia Theater Company. Following this success, Curtiss made his Off-Broadway debut in the Classic Stage Company's production of Mother Courage and Her Children, and Parable of The Sower which gave him his debut at NY's Public Theatre. On television, his credits include Power, Bull, The Path, Orange is the New Black and a powerful role in NBC's Manifest. His upcoming role in Stephen King's The Stand miniseries for CBS is surely not to be missed. He is represented by Take 3 Talent Agency & Connecting Talent Company, along with Ingber & Associates for commercial rep.

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Curtiss Cook Jr.

Movies

An Occurrence at Arverne

An Occurrence at Arverne

Marcus

A man arrives at an unknown home with an unknown agenda.

The Day Shall Come

The Day Shall Come

Evangeliste

An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an FBI agent, who plans to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.

Brown With Blue

Brown With Blue

Copper

A handyman and his webcam vixen girlfriend struggle with an addiction to cope with their past mistakes.

Lavar

When a Dominican teenager attends a fundraising gala for her youth mentorship program it forces her to face some uncomfortable truths about her place in the world.

Keith

Eli and Daniel, two Korean American brothers who own a struggling women's shoe store, have an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old Kamilla. On the first day of the 1992 L.A. riots, the trio must defend their store—and contemplate the meaning of family, their personal dreams and the future.

Pete

A talented musician, about to trade his dreams for a safe career in his girlfriend's family business, finds his voice, but loses the girl, when a mysterious record label owner introduced him to a group of Brooklyn beatboxers.

Maalik

Two closeted Muslim teens hawk goods across Brooklyn and struggle to come clean about their sexuality, as their secretive behavior leads them unknowingly into the cross-hairs of the War on Terror.

Anton

A basketball recruiter employs under-the-table methods to convince a high-school star to transfer schools.