Shaka Cook
Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), 2012.
Theatre: Wangarra in The Secret River (2016) and Ngalamalum in The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company, 2017 and 2019); Fingerbone Bill in Storm Boy (Sydney Theatre Company); Jasper Jones in Jasper Jones (Queensland Theatre Company); The Wind in the Willows (La Boite); Black Diggers (Queensland Theatre Company). Television: Sam in Operation Buffalo (ABC); Tom in Black Comedy (ABC); Luke in The Broken Shore (Essential Media); Warrior in Cleverman (ABC). Film: Waru in The Flood (Wagtail Films); Officer Braydon in Top End Wedding (Goalpost Pictures). This is Shaka’s professional musical theatre debut. Shaka is a proud member of MEAA since 2020.
Known For





Credits
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Kid Snow 2024Armless★ 6.2
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Murray★ 4.7
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The Flood 2020Waru Banganha★ 4.4
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Operation Buffalo 2020Sam★ 6.3
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Top End Wedding 2019Officer Braydon★ 5.9
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The Leftovers 2014Indigenous Officer #1★ 7.6