Josh Cooke

Josh Cooke (born November 22, 1979) is an American actor.

Career Television He played the lead role of Nate Solomon in NBC's 2005 sitcom Committed. He appeared in guest roles on Without a Trace, Century City, Once and Again, 10-8, and Dragnet.

In 2006, he starred in Four Kings, and Big Day, neither of which was renewed. He appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2009, Cooke appeared in the Joss Whedon show Dollhouse as Leo Carpenter.

He played Dan Stonewater on the final episode of Scrubs and Rabbi Feldman on the final episode of The King of Queens. In 2009, Cooke played Auggie Harris in Season 6 Episode 7 on Numbers. Cooke played Ben Coles on Better with You, a sitcom which began in 2010 and was cancelled after 22 episodes.

Cooke voiced various characters in Seth Green's Robot Chicken and made several appearances in the Showtime series Dexter as Louis Greene.

Cooke played Joel Stevens, boyfriend of Rachel Bilson's character Zoe Hart, in CW's Hart of Dixie (season 3) and appears as Sue Heck's college professor on whom she has a strong crush in the seventh season of The Middle.

In 2018, he guest starred as Greg in Younger as Caitlin's older boyfriend and as Barry, father to Sheldon's perceived rival, in Young Sheldon. He played Mallory Hanson's boyfriend, Daniel Penbraith for a while in Grace and Frankie. He portrayed Reeves in Castle Rock. He also guest starred as Mason in episode 9 of season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

In 2020, appeared as journalist Loudon Wainwright Jr. in the Disney Plus series The Right Stuff.

Film

In 2006, Cooke co-starred in the film Wasted as Dixon, alongside Eddie Kaye Thomas and Kip Pardue. Cooke also played Christina Milian's love interest, Eddie, in Snowglobe. He played Eric in Young People Fucking (2007). He appeared in the 2010 film A Fork in the Road. He had a small role in I Love You, Man as Alan, a straight married man in a relationship with Robbie Klaven (played by Andy Samberg). Cooke was one of the lead roles in the 2011 horror film Quarantine 2: Terminal.

Cooke starred as Andy in the 2010 comedy Group Sex, alongside Greg Grunberg and Odette Yustman. Cooke played the lead role as Ron in the 2008 direct-to-DVD film Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation.

Theatre In 2016, Cooke was cast in the La Jolla Playhouse premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Ayad Akhtar's Junk: The Golden Age of Debt as "Robert Merkin." It will be directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes and premiere on July 26, 2016.

Music On November 10, 2015, Cooke released his debut album fō under the stage name "fō". It was executively produced by Cooke and Erik Kertes.

Personal life Cooke has been married to Eleisha Eagle since April 2011.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Once and Again Engineer Episode: "Experience Is the Teacher" 2003 L.A. Dragnet Brad Lee Episode: "The Brass Ring" 10-8: Officers on Duty EMT Episode: "The Wild Bunch" 2004 Without a Trace Justin Pettit Episode: "Risen" 2005 Committed Nate Solomon Main role; 13 episodes Unscripted Actor at cafe Episode 6 Curb Your Enthusiasm Dan Episode: "The Bowtie" 2006 Four Kings Ben Wolf Main role; 13 episodes 2006–2007 Big Day Danny Garfinkle Main role; 13 episodes 2006; 2008 Robot Chicken Various voices 2 episodes 2007 Rabbi Feldman Episode: "China Syndrome" Snowglobe Eddie Television film 2008 Notes from the Underbelly Ian 3 episodes Saving Grace Zeke Episode: "A Little Hometown Love" 2009 Dollhouse Leo Carpenter Episode: "Echoes" Scrubs Dan 2 episodes Numbers Augie Harris Episode: "Shadow Markets" Detective Ranski Episode: "The Life" 2010 In Plain Sight Henry Doer / Henry Ross Episode: "When Mary Met Marshall" 2010–2011 Better with You Ben Coles Main role; 22 episodes 2011 Svetlana Donor Episode: "Bringing Up Baby" 2011–2012 Dexter Louis Greene Recurring role; 11 episodes 2013 Royal Pains Ben Episode: "Chock Full O' Nuts" 2013–2014 Hart of Dixie Joel Stephens Recurring role; 17 episodes 2015 Proof Liam / Tommy Episode: "Showdown" 2015–2016 Longmire Eamonn O'Neill 6 episodes 2016 Professor Grant 2 episodes Elementary Phil Balsam Episode: "Murder Ex Machina" 2017 Gone Greg Episode: "Crystal" Chicago Justice Ted Reynolds Episode: "AQD" 2018 Blindspot Andy Taylor Episode: "Hot Burning Flames" Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ethan Goodman Episode: "Kimmy Meets an Old Friend!" Castle Rock Reeves 3 episodes Younger Greg Episode: "Girls on the Side" Young Sheldon Barry 2 episodes S.W.A.T. Connor Reeves Episode: "S.O.S." Mason White Episode: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy" 2019–2022 Grace and Frankie Dan Penbraith 4 episodes 2019 Bull Kevin Weeks Episode: "Prior Bad Acts" 2020 Loudon Wainwright Jr. 8 episodes 2021–2024 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Agent Harrison Clay 3 episodes2022The BlacklistWalker BurgosEpisode: "Dr. Razmik Maier"The EqualizerBert SingerEpisode: "Somewhere Over the Hudson"2023Saint XEthan / Mr. Dolphin ShortsRecurring role; 5 episodes2025LeanneRandyEpisode: "Oh, Knoxville"2026R. J. DeckerAgent Jason KoopEpisode: “The Needle and the Damage Done”