Benjamin Tyler Cook (born December , ) is an American actor, singer,
and dancer. He has appeared on Broadway in Ragtime, Billy Elliot the
Musical (for which he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award), Tuck
Everlasting, Mean Girls and West Side Story. He has also performed in
two Broadway national tours, Billy Elliot the Musical and Newsies the
Musical, and appeared on television in episodes of Rock, House of
Cards, Veep, Law & Order: SVU, and in the HBO film Paterno. He is set
to appear in the film version of West Side Story.Cook was born in
Eden, North Carolina, and grew up in New York City and Lorton,
Virginia. He is the youngest child of Jill and Glenn Cook. His mother
is an assistant director of the American School Counsellor
Association. His father is a photographer, blogger, and publishing
consultant.At the age of seven, Cook began studying dance at the
Metropolitan School of the Arts in northern Virginia. He attended the
Professional Performing Arts School in New York City for middle school
and during high school.
and dancer. He has appeared on Broadway in Ragtime, Billy Elliot the
Musical (for which he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award), Tuck
Everlasting, Mean Girls and West Side Story. He has also performed in
two Broadway national tours, Billy Elliot the Musical and Newsies the
Musical, and appeared on television in episodes of Rock, House of
Cards, Veep, Law & Order: SVU, and in the HBO film Paterno. He is set
to appear in the film version of West Side Story.Cook was born in
Eden, North Carolina, and grew up in New York City and Lorton,
Virginia. He is the youngest child of Jill and Glenn Cook. His mother
is an assistant director of the American School Counsellor
Association. His father is a photographer, blogger, and publishing
consultant.At the age of seven, Cook began studying dance at the
Metropolitan School of the Arts in northern Virginia. He attended the
Professional Performing Arts School in New York City for middle school
and during high school.
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