Actor
Ben Cook
Born December 11, 1997 in Eden, North Carolina, USA7 films
Benjamin Tyler Cook (born December 11, 1997) is an American actor, singer and dancer, known for his work across stage and screen. Cook has appeared on the Broadway stage in Ragtime, Billy Elliot the Musical (for which he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award), Tuck Everlasting, Mean Girls, West Side Story, and Illinoise. He has also performed in two Broadway national tours, Billy Elliot the Musical and Newsies the Musical, and appeared on television in episodes of 30 Rock, House of Cards, Veep, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and in the HBO film Paterno. He most recently appeared as a Jet in the 2021 film version of West Side Story and as Henry in the HBO Max horror series Pretty Little Liars (2022–2024), a reboot of the original 2010s series.
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First watchNewsies20178.0as RaceA week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their…View filmEssential films
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7 films as actor- TBABlack Egg
- 2026Three ThanksgivingsMickey
- 2025Rocky'sLiam
- 2023Happiness for BeginnersBeckett
- 2021West Side StoryMouthpiece
- 2018PaternoAaron Fisher
- 2017NewsiesRace