Curtiss Cook is an American character actor from

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, Ohio. He studied at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.Sandoval, Lapacazo
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'' Los Angeles Sentinel'', June 18, 2020 As a teenager, he danced with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.Porter, Sierra
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''The Atlanta Voice'', May 23, 2019 After college, Cook moved to New York, and appeared on Broadway in ''

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''. He has appeared in the films '' The Interpreter'' (2005) and '' Arbitrage'' (2012), and the television series '' House of Cards'', ''

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'', '' Narcos'' and '' The Chi'', among others. He plays Abe in the

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film adaptation of '' West Side Story''.

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