Cooper Andrews

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Cooper Andrews
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Andrews at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2020
Born
Andrew Lawrence Cooper[1]

(1985-03-10) March 10, 1985 (age 41)
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.[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

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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

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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 [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

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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
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2023 Hailey's On It! Kai Banks 14 episodes
Recurring
Voice
[9]

Video games

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

References

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