Murray Cook

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: June 30, 1960
From: Cowra, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Murray James Cook AM (born 30 June 1960 in Cowra, New South Wales) is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the children's band The Wiggles. Cook is also a regular guest on the Australian TV show Spicks and Specks, with his good friend, host Adam Hills. As a member of the Wiggles, Cook wears a red shirt and serves as an instrumentalist and vocalist. He is considered the intellectual and analytical member of the group (something referred to in several episodes of their TV show), so he acts as mediator for their group decisions. When The Wiggles received honorary degrees from the Australian Catholic University, Cook gave the commencement speech to the graduates. Cook played the guitar in the late '80s bands Transistor and Finger Guns before joining the Sydney-based band Bang Shang a Lang. (He continued to play for this band in Sydney, when not on tour with The Wiggles.) When things did not work out in the music field for him, he returned to college and studied early childhood education at Macquarie University, where he met Anthony Field and Greg Page and formed The Wiggles in 1991. Cook's schtick in The Wiggles is an obsession with playing the guitar. He was conscious that he was probably the first guitarist children would see, and said, "I always think that if it inspires kids to play guitar later on that would be great. I think it would be really nice if in 15 years I read that somebody got into guitar playing because of the Wiggles. I know that would be fantastic." When asked what his favorite Wiggles song was, he stated, "'Play your guitar with Murray,' of course. When we play that song live I get to play like a rock 'n roll star." Cook's major musical influences are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Eric Clapton. In 2008, Cook was named "the sixth best guitarist in Australia". Cook owns a collection of thirty vintage guitars. Onstage, he uses the Australian made Maton Mastersound 500 guitar. He also plays a '53 Gibson Les Paul gold top, '64 Fender Strat, James Burton Fender Telecaster, Maton Mastersound 500 and a more recent Les Paul at home or in the studio. The amplifiers he uses are the Marshall Head and Box Combo, the Fender Twin and a Bad Cat, which he bought while in the U.S. and said had a "great sound." Cook, whose nickname is "Muzz", or "Muzza", came up with The Wiggles' signature index finger-wagging move after watching professional bowlers do the move on television. Cook was made a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2010 for service to the arts, particularly children's entertainment, and to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a range of charities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Murray Cook,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

70 films

The Wiggles: Big Red Car

19955.2

The Wiggles: Here Comes The Big Red Car

20065.2

The Wiggles: The Wiggly Big Show

19995.0

Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade

200210.0

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

20238.1

The Wiggles: Top of the Tots

20047.7

The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow

20064.8

The Wiggles: Live: Hot Potatoes!

20054.5

Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World

20066.5

ABC For Kids: Live In Concert

1993

The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

19948.0

The Wiggles: Wiggle Time!

19986.8

The Wiggles Live At Disneyland

1998

The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video

1999

The Wiggles: Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas

19975.1

The Wiggles: Toot Toot

19985.8

The Wiggles: Big Red Car

1995

The Wiggles: Wiggle Time!

1993

The Wiggles - Wiggledancing Live in Concert

20075.2

Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!

2011

The Wiggles: Wiggle Mania

2003

The Wiggles: Wiggle Treats

2011

The Wiggles: Let's Eat

20115.2

The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat

20066.2

The Wiggles: Celebration!

20125.2

The Wiggles: Hot Poppin' Popcorn

20095.2

The Wiggles: Wiggly TV

20055.2

The Wiggles: Go Bananas

20096.0

Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The Wiggles

2013

The Wiggles - Big, Big Show!

20095.2

The Wiggles: Space Dancing

20034.8

The Wiggles: Wiggledance!

199710.0

The Wiggles: Wiggles 15th Birthday

20065.2

The Wiggles Movie

19976.0

The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat

2006

Da Kath & Kim Code

20056.9

The Wiggles : Surfer Jeff

20125.2

The Wiggles Take on The World

200610.0

The Wiggles Big Birthday!

20115.2

The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

19985.6

The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari

20027.0

The Wiggles - Pumpkin Face

20135.2

The Wiggles: Ukulele Baby!

20115.2

The Wiggles: Pop Go the Wiggles!

20075.8

The Wiggles: Sailing Around the World

20055.0

The Wiggles: Yule Be Wiggling

20014.8

The Wiggles: Santa's Rockin'!

20046.8

The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's A Wiggly Party!

20015.8

The Wiggles: Cold Spaghetti Western

20045.7

The Wiggles: Wake Up Jeff!

19964.8

The Wiggles: Sing a Song of Wiggles

20085.2

The Wiggles: Getting Strong!

20075.0

The Wiggles: It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World!

20004.5

The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action!

20055.2

The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay

20025.9

Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Memory Book

20084.8

Dorothy The Dinosaur - Travelling Show

20115.2

The Wiggles: Wiggly Giggly Adventures

2006

The Wiggles: Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!

20036.3

The Wiggles Live in Concert 2006: Sailing Around the World

2020

The Wiggles: It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!

20064.8

The Wiggles: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

20085.2

The Wiggles: The Wiggles Show

2005

The Wiggles: Meet The Wiggles

1999

The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bushfire Relief

2020

The Wiggles: It's Always Christmas With You

20115.2

The Wiggles - Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party

20075.2

The Wiggles: Here Comes the Big Red Car

2006

The Wiggles 25th Anniversary Reunion Show

2018

The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party

200110.0