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.
The Flood
as Waru BanganhaWhen Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal...
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Top End Wedding
as Officer BraydonLauren and Ned are engaged, they are in love, and they have just ten days to find Lauren’s...
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Kid Snow
as ArmlessA washed-up Irish boxer named Kid Snow is finally faced with a chance to redeem himself when he...
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The Leftovers
as Indigenous Officer #1When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles...
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Operation Buffalo
as SamA captivating drama set in Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War. At a...
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While the Men are Away
as MurrayWhile the men are away fighting in WWII, two Women’s Land Army recruits join an Italian...
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