Career
Cooper made his Broadway debut in 1983 in the musical Amen Corner, playing the role of Brother Boxer. He was an understudy in the original Broadway casts of his next three shows: Someone Who"ll Watch Over Maine (he eventually took over the role of Adam), Passion, and Getting Away with Murder. Cooper has also appeared in Chicago as Billy Flynn, Caroline, or Change as the dual role of The Business and The Dryer, and Finian"s Rainbow as Bill Rawkins, as well as benefit performances of Hair and A Wonderful Life.
In February 2010 he was the narrator in the United States. premiere of Seven Scenes from Hamlet, by the Spanish composer Benet Casablancas, at the Miller Theatre in Manhattan.
In 2015, Cooper appeared on Broadway as the slave Thomas in the new musical Amazing Grace, at the Nederlander Theatre. The musical is about John Newton, the redeemed slave-trader who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace".
