Jeff Coopwood (born June , ) is an American actor, singer, broadcaster
and educator.Coopwood was born in Chicago, Illinois to Louise Riley
and Jesse Coopwood. His mother was a former gospel radio broadcaster,
and talk show hostess in markets from Chicago and Texas, to Miami,
Florida. She had also been an actress, who understudied Eartha Kitt in
"Mrs. Patterson" on Broadway and a model, charm school owner, and
successful newspaper and magazine editor and publisher. For decades,
his father, Jesse Coopwood, was a legendary jazz and talk radio
broadcaster in Gary, Indiana.Although born in Chicago, he grew up in
Miami, Florida, where he attended Archbishop Curley High School and
graduated from Miami High School. His senior year, he was named "Best
Actor" in the State of Florida by the International Thespian Society.
He was also a three-time state speech and debate champion and two-time
national speech and debate finalist.Coopwood graduated from the
University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida,
with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre. While obtaining a
B.F.A., he also sang for four seasons with the Greater Miami Opera,
now the Florida Grand Opera, where he performed with such
international artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Vickers, Cesare Siepi,
James Morris, Dominic Cossa, Joanna Simon, Judith Blegen, Tatiana
Troyanos, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, and Plácido Domingo, among
many others.
and educator.Coopwood was born in Chicago, Illinois to Louise Riley
and Jesse Coopwood. His mother was a former gospel radio broadcaster,
and talk show hostess in markets from Chicago and Texas, to Miami,
Florida. She had also been an actress, who understudied Eartha Kitt in
"Mrs. Patterson" on Broadway and a model, charm school owner, and
successful newspaper and magazine editor and publisher. For decades,
his father, Jesse Coopwood, was a legendary jazz and talk radio
broadcaster in Gary, Indiana.Although born in Chicago, he grew up in
Miami, Florida, where he attended Archbishop Curley High School and
graduated from Miami High School. His senior year, he was named "Best
Actor" in the State of Florida by the International Thespian Society.
He was also a three-time state speech and debate champion and two-time
national speech and debate finalist.Coopwood graduated from the
University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida,
with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre. While obtaining a
B.F.A., he also sang for four seasons with the Greater Miami Opera,
now the Florida Grand Opera, where he performed with such
international artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Vickers, Cesare Siepi,
James Morris, Dominic Cossa, Joanna Simon, Judith Blegen, Tatiana
Troyanos, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, and Plácido Domingo, among
many others.
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