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American actor
Chuck Cooper
(born November 8, 1954) is an American actor. He won the 1997
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
for his performance as the pimp Memphis in
The Life
.
Career
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Cooper made his
Broadway
debut in 1983 in the musical
Amen Corner
, playing the role of Brother Boxer.
[1]
[2]
He was an understudy in the original Broadway casts of his next three shows:
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
(he eventually took over the role of Adam),
Passion
, and
Getting Away with Murder.
Cooper won the
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
for his performance as the pimp Memphis in the 1997 Broadway production of the musical
The Life
.
Cooper has also appeared in
Chicago
as Billy Flynn,
Caroline, or Change
as the dual role of The Bus and The Dryer, and
Finian's Rainbow
as Bill Rawkins, as well as
benefit
performances of
Hair
and
A Wonderful Life
. In February 2010 he was the narrator in the U.S. premiere of
Seven Scenes from Hamlet
, by the Spanish composer
Benet Casablancas
, at the
Miller Theatre
in Manhattan.
[3]
In 2015, Cooper appeared on Broadway as the slave Thomas in the new musical
Amazing Grace
, at the
Nederlander Theatre
.
[4]
The musical is about
John Newton
, the redeemed slave-trader who wrote the hymn "
Amazing Grace
". In 2021, he returned for the Broadway debut production of
Alice Childress
's 1955 play
Trouble in Mind
, at
Roundabout Theatre Company
's
American Airlines Theatre
.
[5]
For this performance, he has been nominated for the
Tony Award
for
Best Featured Actor in a Play
.
Personal life
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Cooper has three children?Eddie, Alex, and
Lilli
?from his first marriage.
[6]
His son Eddie and daughter Lilli have performed on television and on stage.
[7]
In May 2009, Cooper and playwright
Deborah Brevoort
were married in
Carmel, New York
, after almost ten years of dating.
[8]
Their initial meeting and eventual engagement were covered in a
New York Times
website video.
[9]
Stage credits
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References
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- ^
"Chuck Cooper Bio & Resume"
. Archived from
the original
on May 9, 2008
. Retrieved
August 1,
2008
.
- ^
"Playbill News: Chuck Cooper Appears in Free Opera in Eden Concert Jan. 7"
.
www.playbill.com
. Archived from
the original
on January 10, 2008.
- ^
"Miller Theatre at Columbia University"
. July 14, 2011. Archived from
the original
on July 14, 2011.
- ^
Amazing Grace
on the
Internet Broadway Database
- ^
Green, Jesse (November 19, 2021).
"Review: 'Trouble in Mind,' 66 Years Late and Still On Time"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
January 11,
2022
.
- ^
"It's an Actor's Life for Broadway Papa Chuck Cooper and His Kids Eddie and Lilli | TheaterMania"
.
www.theatermania.com
.
- ^
"Eddie Cooper Replaces His Dad Chuck Cooper in Little Shop of Horrors, Starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Ellen Greene"
.
Broadway.com
.
- ^
"Deborah Brevoort and Chuck Cooper"
.
The New York Times
. May 30, 2009.
- ^
Monteleone, Michele (May 31, 2009).
"Vows: Chuck and Deborah - Video Library - The New York Times"
.
The New York Times
.
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