Benjamin Tyler Cook (born December 11, 1997) is an American actor, singer and dancer.

Biographie

Cook was born in Eden, North Carolina. He grew up in New York, New York, Bethesda, Maryland and Lorton, Virginia.

He is best known for his musical theatre roles in Billy Elliot the Musical, including "Tall Boy" on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre and "Michael" and "Billy" in the National Tour of the production. He also appeared on Broadway in Ragtime and has performed at Ford's Theatre and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

On television, he has appeared as "Young Jack" to Alec Baldwin's "Jack Donaghy", on the NBC sitcom, 30 Rock; in the episode entitled, "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish", as well as appearances, as Walt, in the episode of the HBO series Veep, entitled "The Choice"; and "Chapter 27", as Heather Dunbar's son, in House of Cards.

In 2012, he received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for his work in the role of "Billy" in Billy Elliot the Musical.

His current work is in the role of "Race" and as the "Crutchie" understudy in the First National tour of Newsies the Musical.