MICHAEL LEIGH COOK
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
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as Cynical Immigrant (Performance Video) Quicktime
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Dramatic Speed Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
1) as FBI agent John Langen 2) as German SS-officer (Sofie Award-Nominee)
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Deadly Sins (Docu-Drama) (Performance Video) Quicktime
as Ernest Scherer III., the poker player, who killed both of his parents.
Résumé Print Résumé
Film | ||
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Parlor Game (2023) * |
Lead, Walter Benjamin |
Yunah Hong, Women Make Movies |
Waking Life (Short film) |
Supporting |
Valerie Finkel /Imagicon L.A. |
All You Can Eat |
Supporting |
Rob Margolies, Different Duck, |
If The Trees Could Talk |
Supporting Lead |
Michael Weinstein,Runaway Prod |
Black Sun |
Lead (FBI agent) |
Caputo Productions |
Television | ||
Brinkmann & König (2024) |
Talk Show (Special Guest) |
Ewald König / TV Berlin |
Mansions & Murders |
Guest Star (Claus von Bülow) |
Chris Faber / Bray Ent. |
Deadly Sins - Sloth |
Guest Star |
Randy Martin /Dick Clark Prod. |
Mysteries at the Castle |
Guest Star (Colonel v. Stauffenberg) |
Jeremiah Crowell / Optomen |
Inside the American Mob |
Co-Star (FBI agent De Vecchio) |
Ryan Miller / Left Right TV |
Fully Engaged |
Co-Star |
Rob Margolies, Different Duck |
K3 |
Guest Star |
Andy Thiel, Studio Hamburg |
The Precinct |
Guest Star |
Saemann, Endemol/Netherlands |
Medicopter 117 |
Co-Star |
Thomas Nikel / MR Film, Vienna |
Derrick |
Co-Star |
H.Ashley. Telenova Munich |
Theater USA (Off-Broadway) | ||
The Night of the Iguana (2023/24) |
Herr Fahrenkopf |
Emily Mann (Signature Theatre) |
Terezin (2017) |
Karl Rahm (Lead) |
Peter Jay Sharp, NYC |
Regional | ||
The Diary of Anne Frank (2015) |
Mr. Kraler |
Shakespeare Theater of NJ |
Theater Europe | ||
It Runs in the Family |
Leslie Tate |
Comedy Frankfurt |
Paradise for Three |
Dr. Scheinpflug (Lead) |
Hansa-Theatre Berlin |
Mr. Ornifle |
Fabrice Simieuse |
Euro Studio (European Tour) |
Romeo and Juliet |
Romeo Capulet |
Theater Factory, Berlin |
The Glass Mengerie |
Tom Wingfield |
Theater Factory, Berlin |
Screenwriting | ||
Courage (2021-2022) |
Historical Drama |
completed |
Kept Secrets (2022) |
Historical Drama |
completed |
Bad Luck (2023) |
Thriller |
in progress |
Training | ||
Scene Study - Master Class |
HB Studio, NYC |
Mercedes Ruehl |
Shakespeare - Macbeth |
HB Studio, NYC |
Jonathan Lynn |
Stage Combat |
HB Studio, NYC |
Christian Kelly-Sordelet |
Producing |
HB Studio, NYC |
Fran Kirmser |
Nominations & Awards | ||
Best Supporting Actor |
If The Trees Could Talk |
Nominee (SOFIE Award) |
Best Narrative Short |
Black Sun |
Won (Orson Welles Award) |
Local Hire: Madison (NJ) , Los Angeles (CA) | ||
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 6' |
Weight: 170 lbs |
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Producing, Screenwriting, Webdesign, Basketball, Billiards/Pool Player, Combat - Stage, Fencing, Shooting - Revolver/Automatic, Shooting - Rifle, Soccer, Swimming - ability - general, Tennis, Comedian, Dance Ballroom, Diving, Improvisation, Stunts, Vocal Range: Baritone, Voiceover, Eastern European Accent, French Accent, German Accent, Irish Accent
** THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA at The Signature Theatre NY, directed by Tony Award Winner Emily Mann with Tim Daly, Lea DeLaria, Daphne Rubin-Vega * Michael has portrayed several historical characters such as: Walter Benjamin, Mr. Kraler (Victor Kugler), Claus von Bülow, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, FBI agent Roy DeVecchio