Shaka Cook

Shaka Cook

Personal Details

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.

Career

2024
Kid Snow
Kid Snow as Armless
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2023
While the Men are Away
While the Men are Away as Murray
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2020
The Flood
The Flood as Waru Banganha
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Operation Buffalo
Operation Buffalo as Sam
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