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Chuck Cooper
Born	November 8, 1954 (age 55); Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Occupation	Actor
	Official website

This article is about the African-American actor. For the late former pioneering African-American NBA basketball player, see Chuck Cooper (basketball).

Chuck Cooper (born November 8, 1954) is an American actor.

Cooper made his Broadway debut in 1983 in the musical Amen Corner, playing the role of "Brother Boxer".^[1]^[2] He was an understudy in the original Broadway casts of his next three shows: Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (he eventually took over the role of "Adam"), Passion and Getting Away with Murder. In 1997, his next show The Life opened on Broadway. Cooper won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role of the pimp "Memphis".

Cooper has also appeared in Chicago as "Billy Flynn" and Caroline, or Change as the dual role of "The Bus" and "The Dryer", as well as benefit performances of Hair and A Wonderful Life.

Cooper's daughter, Lilli, is also an actress. She recently made her Broadway debut in the musical Spring Awakening.

Deborah Brevoort, a playwright, married Cooper, on Saturday, May 30, 2009 in Carmel, N.Y., at the home of Alice and Dave Walsh, friends of the bride.^[3] Their initial meeting and eventual engagement was covered in a New York Times web-site video.^[4]

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[0] ttp://www.chuckcooper.net/Resume.htm

[1] ttp://www.playbill.com/news/article/114009.html

[2] ttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/fashion/weddings/31BREVOORT.html?pagewanted=print

[3] ttp://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/05/30/fashion/weddings/1194840588050/vows-chuck-and-deborah.html

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