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1979-11-22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Male

26 series in the catalog

Josh Cooke (born November 22, 1979) is an American actor.

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. In 2009, Cooke appeared in the Joss Whedon show Dollhouse as Leo Carpenter.

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 several appearances in the Showtime series Dexter as Louis Greene.

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

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.

Music

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

Personal life

Cooke has been married to Eleisha Eagle since April 2011.