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Shaka Cook

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.

Movies

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Kid Snow
72 %|Sep 12, 2024
Drama, Action
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The Flood
44 %|Sep 19, 2020
Drama, Thriller, History
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Top End Wedding
59 %|May 2, 2019
Comedy

Series

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While the Men are Away
47 %|Sep 27, 2023
Drama
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Operation Buffalo
63 %|May 31, 2020
Drama
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The Leftovers
76 %|Jun 29, 2014
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama