Cooper Andrews

Andrew Lawrence Cooper (born March 10, 1985), known professionally as Cooper Andrews, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Jerry on The Walking Dead. In 2019, he was cast as Víctor Vásquez in Shazam! (2019) and returned for its sequel (2023) in the DC Extended Universe.

Cooper Andrews
Andrews at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2020
Born	Andrew Lawrence Cooper[1] (1985-03-10) March 10, 1985 (age 40) Smithtown, Long Island, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Abin Shim ​ (m. 2019)​

Early life

Andrews was born in Smithtown, New York on Long Island. His father is Samoan and his mother is of Hungarian Jewish descent.^[2] He grew up with his mother, and was raised Jewish.^[3] Andrews lived in Atlanta for many years and is a graduate of Dunwoody High School.^[4]

Career

Andrews played the recurring character Yo-Yo Engberk in the first three seasons in AMC's Halt and Catch Fire.^[2] He went on to be cast as Jerry in The Walking Dead and in Shazam! as Victor Vásquez, a role which he reprised in its 2023 sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods.^[5] Andrews has also worked behind the camera as boom operator, stunt coordinator and assistant director.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2006	Death of Seasons	Guy
2008	Golgotha	Evil Guard
	Faceless	Catwalk BodyGuard	Short film
2009	Mandie and the Secret Tunnel	Brother Cooper
2014	Ruins and Reckoning	Kavick	Short film
2015	Assassinmas XVII	Buckets
2016	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	Grateful / Anxious American		[6]
2018	Den of Thieves	Mack		[6]
2019	Shazam!	Víctor Vásquez		[6]
	Going Up	Roger Branch	Short film
	Darlin'	Nurse Tony		[6]
2023	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	Víctor Vásquez		[6]
	The Last Butterflies	Dad	Also producer Short film	[7][8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2014–2016	Halt and Catch Fire	Yo-Yo Engberk	17 episodes	[6]
2015	The Red Road	Rowtag	2 episodes
	Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell	Modok	Episode: "New-cronomicon"
	Limitless	Kenny Sumida	Episode: "Arm-aggedon"
2016	Hawaii Five-0	Vance Pekelo	Episode: "Kanaka Hahai"	[6]
2016–2022	The Walking Dead	Jerry	49 episodes	[6]
2017	Thin Ice	Small Paul	Television film
	S.W.A.T.	Reggie Lee	Episode: "Radical"	[6]
2019	NCIS: Los Angeles	Matt Saplou	Episode: "Decoy"	[6]
2021	Aquaman: King of Atlantis	Aquaman	3 episodes Voice	[6][9]
2023	Hailey's On It!	Kai Banks	14 episodes Recurring Voice	[9]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2020	Madden 21	Fetu Valtal
2023	Justice League: Cosmic Chaos	Aquaman		[9][10]