Curtiss Cook

Curtiss Cook (born October 2, 1968) is an American character actor known for his roles in House of Cards, Manifest, Mayans M.C., Luke Cage, Narcos, and others.

Early life and education

Cook was born in Dayton, Ohio on October 2, 1968. He studied at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.^[1] As a teenager, he danced with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.^[2]

Career

After college, Cook moved to New York, and appeared on Broadway in The Lion King and Miss Saigon.^[1] He also appeared in the films The Interpreter (2005) and Arbitrage (2012), and the television series House of Cards, Manifest, Mayans M.C., Luke Cage, Narcos and The Chi, among others. He plays Abe in the Steven Spielberg film adaptation of West Side Story.^[1][2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Virgin	Security Guard	Uncredited
2003	Second Born	Bike Messenger
2005	The Interpreter	Ajene Xola
2005	Confess	Security Guard	Uncredited
2007	The Girl in the Park	Park Cop
2008	Seemless	Trenton La'Chance
2009	City Island	Matt Cruniff
2009	Breaking Point	Byron Young
2010	Shutter Island	Trey Washington
2012	Arbitrage	Det. Mills
2013	All Is Bright	Kevin
2016	Bear with Us	Stanley Carter
2016	Destined	Mr. Davis
2017	Roxanne Roxanne	Dave
2018	Madeline's Madeline	George
2019	Remember Amnesia	Mr. Marks
2019	Inside Game	U.S. Attorney
2021	West Side Story	Abe
2022	The Devil You Know	Anthony Cowans
2024	Carry-On	Lionel Williams

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Various roles	1 episode
2002	The Job	Uniformed Cop	2 episodes
2002	The Sopranos	Credenso Curtis	Episode: "Whitecaps"
2002–2009	Law & Order	Lucien Blair / Darnell Marbury	2 episodes
2004	Rescue Me	Project Resident	Episode: "Guts"
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Detective Kwame Blakely	Episode: "41 Shots"
2007–2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Garvin / Ron Robbins	3 episodes
2008	Canterbury's Law	Detective Polone	Episode: "Trade-Off"
2008	New Amsterdam	Ray de la Cruz	Episode: "Love Hurts"
2009	The Good Wife	Clarence Wilcox	Episode: "Conjugal"
2009	Cop House	Donnie Sneed	Television film
2010	How to Make It in America	Alex	2 episodes
2010	Person of Interest	Terrence King	Episode: "Legacy"
2013	Golden Boy	Lyle Creasmen	Episode: "Just Say No"
2013	Blue Bloods	Detective Jones	Episode: "This Way Out"
2013–2017	House of Cards	Terry Womack	18 episodes
2014	The Leftovers	Patrick Johansen	Episode: "Guest"
2014–2015	A Black Man Acting	Various roles	12 episodes
2016	Elementary	Detective Sybert	Episode: "Render, and Then Seize Her"
2016–2018	Luke Cage	'Pistol Pete' Stokes	2 episodes
2017	Bull	Dean Poole	Episode: "E.J."
2017	Narcos	Gilbert Mills	Episode: "Follow the Money"
2018	Mayans M.C.	Bowen	5 episodes
2018–2020	The Bold Type	Marcus Edison	2 episodes
2018–2023	Manifest	Radd Campbell	4 episodes
2019–2024	The Chi	Otis 'Douda' Perry	48 episodes
2020	Tommy	Deputy Chief Castro	Episode: "19 Hour Day"
2020	Rita	Spencer	Television film
2021	Pose	Thomas	Episode: "Intervention"
2021–2022	Chicago Med	Lieutenant Reginald Scott	4 episodes

Videogames

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Warriors	Virgil
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Street preacher	Uncredited
2009	Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned	Street preacher	Dialogue reused from the original game
2009	Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony	Street preacher	Dialogue reused from the original game
2009	Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars	Street preacher	Dialogue reused from the original game