Person
Shaka Cook
Acting
Biography
Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), 2012. Theatre: Wangarra in The Secret River (2016) and Ngalamalum in The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company, 2017 and 2019); Fingerbone Bill in Storm Boy (Sydney Theatre Company); Jasper Jones in Jasper Jones (Queensland Theatre Company); The Wind in the Willows (La Boite); Black Diggers (Queensland Theatre Company). Television: Sam in Operation Buffalo (ABC); Tom in Black Comedy (ABC); Luke in The Broken Shore (Essential Media); Warrior in Cleverman (ABC). Film: Waru in The Flood (Wagtail Films); Officer Braydon in Top End Wedding (Goalpost Pictures). This is Shaka’s professional musical theatre debut. Shaka is a proud member of MEAA since 2020.
Known for
The Leftovers
Indigenous Officer #1
Operation Buffalo
Sam
While the Men are Away
Murray
Kid Snow
Armless
Top End Wedding
Officer Braydon
The Flood
Waru Banganha
Filmography
- 2024Kid SnowArmless
- 2023While the Men are AwayMurray
- 2020The FloodWaru Banganha
- 2020Operation BuffaloSam
- 2019Top End WeddingOfficer Braydon
- 2014The LeftoversIndigenous Officer #1
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