Career
After attending South Tyneside College in South Shields, Cook joined the merchant navy. In started a career in stand-up comedy in 2005 when he became part of a sketch group called Soups. Then, with Lee Fenwick, he appeared in Die Clatterschenkfieternmaus.
The act was styled as Germany"s most pretentious and confrontational synth-popular duo.
In his show the following year, titled Joy, Cook talked about his father"s diagnosis with pancreatic cancer and his subsequent death. In 2011, he created, co-wrote, and appeared in Hebburn, a sitcom based in his hometown, of the same name, in Tyne and Wear.
A pilot was performed live as part of the unbroadcast Salford Sitcom Showcase at MediaCityUK in October 2011. A series was commissioned, and was first broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Two in October 2012.
A second series was broadcast in 2013.
He is working on a radio series and a new solo stand-up show for 2013. He is scheduled to appear on John Bishop"s new stand-up series. Cook is also the face of a Jacob"s advert.
