Shaka Cook
Actor
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2024 | Kid Snow · as Armless |
| 2023 | While the Men are Away · as Murray |
| 2021 | The Legend of Molly Johnson · as Stockman #2En Plex |
| 2020 | The Flood · as Waru BanganhaEn Plex |
| 2020 | Operation Buffalo · as Sam |
| 2019 | Top End Wedding · as Officer BraydonEn Plex |
| 2016 | Cleverman · as Aboriginal Warrior |
| 2014 | Black Comedy · as Guest Cast |
| 2014 | The Leftovers · as Indigenous Officer #1 |
| 2013 | The Broken Shore · as Luke WalsheEn Plex |
| 2009 | My Place · as Aboriginal Young Man |