Cooper Andrews

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Cooper Andrews
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Andrews at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2020
Born
Andrew Lawrence Cooper

(1985-03-10) March 10, 1985 (age 36)
Smithtown, Long Island, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Spouse(s)
Abin Shim
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(m. 2019)​

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 in The Walking Dead.

Early life[]

Andrews was born in Smithtown, New York on Long Island. His father is Samoan and his mother is of Hungarian Jewish descent.[1] He grew up with his mother, and was raised Jewish.[2] Andrews lived in Atlanta for many years and is a graduate of Dunwoody High School.[3]

Career[]

Andrews played the recurring character Yo-Yo Engberk in the first three seasons in AMC's Halt and Catch Fire.[1] He went on to be cast as Jerry in The Walking Dead and Víctor Vásquez in Shazam!.[4] Andrews has also worked behind the camera as boom operator, stunt coordinator and assistant director.[1]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
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
2018 Den of Thieves Mack
2019 Shazam! Víctor Vásquez
2019 Going Up Roger Branch Short film, post-production
2019 Darlin' Nurse Tony
2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods Víctor Vásquez Filming

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2014–2016 Halt and Catch Fire Yo-Yo Engberk 17 episodes
2015 The Red Road Rowtag 2 episodes
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Modok 1 episode
Limitless Kenny Sumida
2016 Hawaii Five-0 Vance Pekelo
2016–present The Walking Dead Jerry 39 episodes
2017 Thin Ice Small Paul Television film
2017 S.W.A.T. Reggie Lee episode: "Radical"

Video Games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Madden 21 Fetu Valtal

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Miller, Victoria Leigh (October 12, 2017). "The Walking Dead: 5 things you didn't know about Cooper Andrews". Yahoo. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Davis, Brandon (September 6, 2017). "The Walking Dead: Cooper Andrews Reveals How He Got The Part Of Jerry". ComicBook. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Ho, Rodney (November 13, 2017). "Cooper Andrews relishes role as Jerry on 'The Walking Dead'". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  4. ^ Anderson, Jenna (December 19, 2017). "The Walking Dead's Cooper Andrews Joins Shazam!". ComicBook. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

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