Stu Cookson
- Actor
Stu (Stuart to his mother) Cookson was born in New Jersey to Dale
Cookson, a Coast Guardsman and Susan Cookson (ne'e Stuart) in Cape May,
New Jersey in October, 1989. His family soon moved to Mobile, Alabama
where his parents divorced in 1991 and he grew up. After Graduating
from Mary G. Montgomery High School in 2008, Stu spent the next few
years in and out of college. Stu joined the Alabama Army National Guard
as a medic in 2007 and was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq from 2009-2010 and
Kabul, Afghanistan from 2011-2012. Soon after returning, he took odd
jobs as a telephone operator, toy store sales person and strip club DJ.
Using the time and incidents from his various jobs, he started doing
stand-up in Mobile, AL in 2013. This is also the time he bean acting,
getting cast as a henchman in the David A. Prior directed Deadliest
Prey, which was filmed in Mobile. Later in the year he helped the
NBC/Sony Television Productions series The Night Shift as a military
consultant, bringing his experiences as an Army combat medic to the
military inspired medical drama.
Stu now resides in Auburn, AL where he performs comedy regularly and is
actively auditioning for more film and TV roles.
Cookson, a Coast Guardsman and Susan Cookson (ne'e Stuart) in Cape May,
New Jersey in October, 1989. His family soon moved to Mobile, Alabama
where his parents divorced in 1991 and he grew up. After Graduating
from Mary G. Montgomery High School in 2008, Stu spent the next few
years in and out of college. Stu joined the Alabama Army National Guard
as a medic in 2007 and was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq from 2009-2010 and
Kabul, Afghanistan from 2011-2012. Soon after returning, he took odd
jobs as a telephone operator, toy store sales person and strip club DJ.
Using the time and incidents from his various jobs, he started doing
stand-up in Mobile, AL in 2013. This is also the time he bean acting,
getting cast as a henchman in the David A. Prior directed Deadliest
Prey, which was filmed in Mobile. Later in the year he helped the
NBC/Sony Television Productions series The Night Shift as a military
consultant, bringing his experiences as an Army combat medic to the
military inspired medical drama.
Stu now resides in Auburn, AL where he performs comedy regularly and is
actively auditioning for more film and TV roles.