His career includes popular projects like “Terminator 2,” “Diff’rent Strokes,” “Dave the Barbarian,” and “Xiaolin Showdown.” Meet live and in person, actor / singer Danny Cooksey.
Video Content: Danny Cooksey (2019)
From Silicon Valley Comic Con, host Lori Rosales and Richard R. Lee interview actor / singer Danny Cooksey about his early country music career, working on TV’s “Diff’rent Strokes” and film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” his voice acting, and his family life.
Mini-Biography:
Born in Moore, Oklahoma, Danny Cooksey is known for being as Tim in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and as Sam McKinney on the final three seasons of “Diff’rent Strokes.” He was also in comedy “The Cavanaughs” and Nickelodeon’s “Salute Your Shorts.” Cooksey may be better known for his voice as a voice actor in many popular film / TV projects, including “The Lorax,” “Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie,” “Tiny Toon Adventures,” “Pepper Ann,” “Xiaolin Showdown,” “Dave the Barbarian, “Static Shock,” ” Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil,” “Little Clowns of Happytown,” animated TV series versions of “The Little Mermaid” and “101 Dalmatians,” and many others. Some of his live-action film credits are “Mom and Dad Save The World” and “Mac and Me.” While he started out as a country singer as age 5, Cooksey continued to play music in bands, such as Bad4Good, Lucy’s Milk, Arbuckle, Sheriff, and Shelter Dogs.
Interview Credits:
Recorded: August 17, 2019
Hosts / Producers: Lori Rosales and Richard R. Lee
Associate Producer: Rebeca Zuniga Lee
Videographers: Hector Botello, J.P. Langston, Rebeca Zuniga Lee, Muriel Botello
Special Thanks To: Silicon Valley Comic Con, Sony Pictures, Sony Television