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| caption = Andrews at [[GalaxyCon]] Richmond in 2020
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| birth_place = [[Smithtown, New York|Smithtown]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
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'''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 (The Walking Dead)|Jerry]] on ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''. In 2019, he was cast as Víctor Vásquez in ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]'' (2019) and returned for its [[Shazam! Fury of the Gods|sequel]] (2023) in the [[DC Extended Universe]].
'''Cooper Andrews''' (born March 10, 1985) is an American actor.


==Early life==
Andrews was born in Smithtown, on Long Island. His father is [[Samoans|Samoan]] and his mother is of Hungarian Jewish descent.<ref>http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/12/19/shazam-movie-2019-cast-cooper-andrews-the-walking-dead/</ref><ref>https://ca.news.yahoo.com/walking-dead-5-things-didnt-know-cooper-andrews-140053967.html</ref> He grew up with his mother, and was raised Jewish.<ref>https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2016/11/06/the-walking-dead-cooper-andrews-reveals-how-he-got-the-part-of-j/</ref> Andrews lived in [[Atlanta]] for many years and is a graduate of [[Dunwoody High School]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Cooper Andrews relishes role as Jerry on 'The Walking Dead' |author=Ho, Rodney | date=November 13, 2017 | newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] | access-date=April 6, 2019 | url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/cooper-andrews-relishes-role-jerry-the-walking-dead/9I9CjDIppZ6diEFN34V0fM/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406144604/https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/cooper-andrews-relishes-role-jerry-the-walking-dead/9I9CjDIppZ6diEFN34V0fM/ | archive-date=April 6, 2019 }}</ref> Andrews played the recurring character Yo-Yo Engberk in the first three seasons in [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s ''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]''. He currently plays [[Jerry (The Walking Dead)|Jerry]] in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''.
Andrews was born in [[Smithtown, New York]] on [[Long Island]]. His father is [[Samoans|Samoan]] and his mother is of [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungarian Jewish]] descent.<ref name="5 things">{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Victoria Leigh |title=The Walking Dead: 5 things you didn't know about Cooper Andrews |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/walking-dead-5-things-didnt-know-cooper-andrews-140053967.html |publisher=Yahoo |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=12 October 2017}}</ref> He grew up with his mother, and was raised [[Judaism|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Brandon |title=The Walking Dead: Cooper Andrews Reveals How He Got The Part Of Jerry |url=https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/news/the-walking-dead-cooper-andrews-reveals-how-he-got-the-part-of-j/ |publisher=ComicBook |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=6 September 2017}}</ref> Andrews lived in [[Atlanta]] for many years and is a graduate of [[Dunwoody High School]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Cooper Andrews relishes role as Jerry on 'The Walking Dead' |author=Ho, Rodney | date=November 13, 2017 | newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] | access-date=April 6, 2019 | url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/cooper-andrews-relishes-role-jerry-the-walking-dead/9I9CjDIppZ6diEFN34V0fM/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406144604/https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/cooper-andrews-relishes-role-jerry-the-walking-dead/9I9CjDIppZ6diEFN34V0fM/ | archive-date=April 6, 2019 }}</ref>


==Career==
Andrews has also worked behind the camera as boom operator, stunt coordinator and assistant director.
Andrews played the recurring character Yo-Yo Engberk in the first three seasons in [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s ''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]''.<ref name="5 things" /> He went on to be cast as [[Jerry (The Walking Dead)|Jerry]] in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' and in ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]'' as Victor Vásquez, a role which he reprised in its 2023 sequel ''[[Shazam! Fury of the Gods]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Jenna |title=The Walking Dead's Cooper Andrews Joins Shazam! |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/shazam-movie-2019-cast-cooper-andrews-the-walking-dead/ |publisher=ComicBook |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=19 December 2017}}</ref> Andrews has also worked behind the camera as boom operator, stunt coordinator and assistant director.<ref name="5 things" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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! Role
! Role
! Notes
! Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Reference(s)
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|rowspan=1|2006 || ''[[Death of Seasons]]'' || Guy ||
| rowspan="1"| 2006
| ''Death of Seasons''
| Guy
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2008 || ''[[Golgotha (film)|Golgotha]]'' || Evil Guard ||
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''Golgotha''
| Evil Guard
|
|
|-
|-
|''Faceless'' || Catwalk BodyGuard || Short film
| ''Faceless''
| Catwalk BodyGuard
| Short film
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2009 || ''[[Mandie and the Secret Tunnel]]'' || Brother Cooper ||
| rowspan="1"|2009
| ''[[Mandie and the Secret Tunnel]]''
| Brother Cooper
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2014 || ''Ruins and Reckoning'' || Kavick ||rowspan=2| Short film
| rowspan="1"| 2014
| ''Ruins and Reckoning''
| Kavick
| rowspan="2"| Short film
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2015 || ''Assassinmas XVII'' || Buckets
| rowspan="1"| 2015
| ''Assassinmas XVII''
| Buckets
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2016 || ''[[Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)|Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk]]'' || Grateful / Anxious American ||
| rowspan="1"| 2016
| ''[[Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)|Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk]]''
| Grateful / Anxious American
|
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cooper-andrews/credits/3030120929/|title=Cooper Andrews List of Movies and TV Shows|website=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=September 14, 2024|archive-date=September 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914211645/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cooper-andrews/credits/3030120929/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2018 || ''[[Den of Thieves (film)|Den of Thieves]]'' || Mack ||
| rowspan="1"| 2018
| ''[[Den of Thieves (film)|Den of Thieves]]''
| Mack
|
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2019
|rowspan=1|2019 || ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]'' || Victor Vasquez ||
| ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]''
| Víctor Vásquez
|
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
|-
| ''Going Up ''
|rowspan=1|2019 || ''Going Up '' || Roger Branch || Short film, post-production
| Roger Branch
| Short film
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2019 || ''[[Darlin' (2019 film)|Darlin']] '' || Nurse Tony ||
| ''[[Darlin' (2019 film)|Darlin']]''
| Nurse Tony
|
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| ''[[Shazam! Fury of the Gods]]''
| Víctor Vásquez
|
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
| ''[[The Last Butterflies]]''
| Dad
| Also producer<br>Short film
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackie |first=Michael |date=2022-11-16 |title=Apocalypse Wow: Walking Dead fan favorite Cooper Andrews films in the metro |url=https://www.thepitchkc.com/apocalypse-wow-walking-dead-fan-favorite-cooper-andrews-films-in-the-metro/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=[[The Pitch (newspaper)|The Pitch]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}
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! Role
! Role
! Notes
! Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Reference(s)
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2014–2016 || ''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]'' || Yo-Yo Engberk || 17 episodes
| rowspan="1"| 2014–2016
| ''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]''
| Yo-Yo Engberk
| 17 episodes
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|2015 || ''[[The Red Road (TV series)|The Red Road]]'' || Rowtag || 2 episodes
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| ''[[The Red Road (TV series)|The Red Road]]''
| Rowtag
| 2 episodes
|
|-
|-
|''[[Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell]]'' || Modok ||rowspan=3| 1 episode
| ''[[Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell]]''
| Modok
| Episode: "New-cronomicon"
|
|-
|-
|''[[Limitless (TV series)|Limitless]]'' || Kenny Sumida
| ''[[Limitless (TV series)|Limitless]]''
| Kenny Sumida
| Episode: "Arm-aggedon"
|
|-
|-
| 2016
|rowspan=1|2016 || ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'' || Vance Pekelo
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''
| Vance Pekelo
| Episode: "Kanaka Hahai"
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
|-
| 2016–2022
|rowspan=1|2016–present || ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' || [[Jerry (The Walking Dead)|Jerry]] || 37 episodes
| ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''
| [[Jerry (The Walking Dead)|Jerry]]
| 49 episodes
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2017 || ''Thin Ice'' || Small Paul || Television film
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| ''Thin Ice''
| Small Paul
| Television film
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=1|2017 || ''[[S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series)|S.W.A.T.]]'' || Reggie Lee || episode: "Radical"
| ''[[S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series)|S.W.A.T.]]''
| Reggie Lee
| Episode: "Radical"
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
|-
| 2019
| ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''
| Matt Saplou
| Episode: "Decoy"
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" />
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Aquaman: King of Atlantis]]''
| [[Aquaman]]
| 3 episodes<br>Voice
| <ref name="TV Guide Credits" /><ref name="BtVA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Cooper-Andrews/|title=Cooper Andrews (visual voices guide)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=September 14, 2024|archive-date=September 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914213045/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Cooper-Andrews/|postscript=.A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Hailey's On It!]]''
| Kai Banks
| 14 episodes<br>Recurring<br>Voice
| <ref name="BtVA" />
|}
|}


===Video Games===
===Video games===
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! Year !! Title !!Role!!Notes
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Reference(s)
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| 2020 || ''[[Madden 21]]'' || Fetu Valtal ||
| 2020
| ''[[Madden 21]]''
| Fetu Valtal
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|-
| 2023
| ''[[Justice League: Cosmic Chaos]]''
| Aquaman
|
| <ref name="BtVA" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/games/trailers/1269987-justice-league-cosmic-chaos-star-studded-voice-cast-revealed|title=Justice League: Cosmic Chaos Gameplay Trailer Spotlights Voice Cast|website=ComingSoon|first=Spencer|last=Legacy|date=February 24, 2023|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref>
|}
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 22 October 2024

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

(1985-03-10) March 10, 1985 (age 39)
Smithtown, Long Island, New York, U.S.
NationalitySamoan
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Spouse
Abin Shim
​
(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 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.

Early life

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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

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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 in Shazam! as Victor Vásquez, a role which he reprised in its 2023 sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods.[4] Andrews has also worked behind the camera as boom operator, stunt coordinator and assistant director.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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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 [5]
2018 Den of Thieves Mack [5]
2019 Shazam! Víctor Vásquez [5]
Going Up Roger Branch Short film
Darlin' Nurse Tony [5]
2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods Víctor Vásquez [5]
The Last Butterflies Dad Also producer
Short film 		[6]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Reference(s)
2014–2016 Halt and Catch Fire Yo-Yo Engberk 17 episodes [5]
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" [5]
2016–2022 The Walking Dead Jerry 49 episodes [5]
2017 Thin Ice Small Paul Television film
S.W.A.T. Reggie Lee Episode: "Radical" [5]
2019 NCIS: Los Angeles Matt Saplou Episode: "Decoy" [5]
2021 Aquaman: King of Atlantis Aquaman 3 episodes
Voice 		[5][7]
2023 Hailey's On It! Kai Banks 14 episodes
Recurring
Voice 		[7]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes Reference(s)
2020 Madden 21 Fetu Valtal
2023 Justice League: Cosmic Chaos Aquaman [7][8]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Cooper Andrews List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Archived from the original on September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Mackie, Michael (November 16, 2022). "Apocalypse Wow: Walking Dead fan favorite Cooper Andrews films in the metro". The Pitch. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Cooper Andrews (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ Legacy, Spencer (February 24, 2023). "Justice League: Cosmic Chaos Gameplay Trailer Spotlights Voice Cast". ComingSoon. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
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