{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/2290461/shaka-cook",
  "name": "Shaka Cook",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/2290461/shaka-cook",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), 2012.\n\nTheatre: 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.",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/doy3IQZ4YmexUM3yBtPSKKG7JWV.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3878865"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 54344,
      "title": "The Leftovers",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "as Indigenous Officer #1",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/NKJdryIFHr245Umq6gXsf7oULW.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/54344/the-leftovers-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 99940,
      "title": "Operation Buffalo",
      "year": "2020",
      "role": "as Sam",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tL3YiXGRK8b0ylhrDaoYyIqrQHY.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/99940/operation-buffalo-2020"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 499573,
      "title": "Top End Wedding",
      "year": "2019",
      "role": "as Officer Braydon",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.878,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/41tMKQSGAsjbhMfXk4Ygf2bpgTX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/499573/top-end-wedding-2019"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 978582,
      "title": "Kid Snow",
      "year": "2024",
      "role": "as Armless",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gM901CxVYkryy14Y4t5ED03KYFh.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/978582/kid-snow-2024"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 726897,
      "title": "The Flood",
      "year": "2020",
      "role": "as Waru Banganha",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.4,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nXR3ryKBEZl8vKZB9WZW1dmvYkw.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/726897/the-flood-2020"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 236024,
      "title": "While the Men are Away",
      "year": "2023",
      "role": "as Murray",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/mJq9N5fYXllTj3PXQHyE4kS5mz7.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/236024/while-the-men-are-away-2023"
    }
  ]
}