Murray Cook
Acting • Born 1960-06-30
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.
Filmography
75 credits
The Wiggles: Cold Spaghetti Western
Movie • 2004
Murray Wiggle
The Wiggles: Sailing Around the World
Movie • 2005
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The Wiggles: Live: Hot Potatoes!
Movie • 2005
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The Wiggles: Big Red Car
Movie • 1995
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The Wiggles: Hot Poppin' Popcorn
Movie • 2009
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The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari
Movie • 2002
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The Wiggles: Sing a Song of Wiggles
Movie • 2008
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The Wiggles: Wake Up Jeff!
Movie • 1996
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The Wiggles: Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
Movie • 1997
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The Wiggles: Top of the Tots
Movie • 2004
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The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay
Movie • 2002
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The Wiggles: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Movie • 2008
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The Wiggles: Santa's Rockin'!
Movie • 2004
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The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Movie • 1998
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The Wiggles: Ukulele Baby!
Movie • 2011
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The Wiggles - Big, Big Show!
Movie • 2009
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The Wiggles Big Birthday!
Movie • 2011
Murray Wiggle (Red)
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Movie • 2006
Self
The Wiggles: Celebration!
Movie • 2012
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The Wiggles : Surfer Jeff
Movie • 2012
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The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow
Movie • 2006
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The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat
Movie • 2006
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The Wiggles: Here Comes the Big Red Car
Movie • 2006
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The Wiggles - Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party
Movie • 2007
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The Wiggles: Let's Eat
Movie • 2011
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The Wiggles: Wiggles 15th Birthday
Movie • 2006
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The Wiggles - Pumpkin Face
Movie • 2013
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The Wiggles: Getting Strong!
Movie • 2007
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The Wiggles Movie
Movie • 1997
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The Wiggles: Go Bananas
Movie • 2009
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The Wiggles: Space Dancing
Movie • 2003
Murray Wiggle / Zeezaps / Cow (voice)
The Wiggles: Wiggly TV
Movie • 2005
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The Wiggles: Yule Be Wiggling
Movie • 2001
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The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action!
Movie • 2005
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Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Memory Book
Movie • 2008
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The Wiggles - Wiggledancing Live in Concert
Movie • 2007
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The Wiggles: It's Always Christmas With You
Movie • 2011
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The Wiggles: Wiggle Time!
Movie • 1998
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The Wiggles: The Wiggly Big Show
Movie • 1999
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Dorothy The Dinosaur - Travelling Show
Movie • 2011
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The Wiggles: Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!
Movie • 2003
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The Wiggles: It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!
Movie • 2006
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The Wiggles: It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World!
Movie • 2000
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The Wiggles 25th Anniversary Reunion Show
Movie • 2018
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Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The Wiggles
Movie • 2013
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The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video
Movie • 1999
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The Wiggles: Meet The Wiggles
Movie • 1999
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The Wiggles: The Wiggles Show
Movie • 2005
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The Wiggles: Wiggle Mania
Movie • 2003
Murray Wiggle / Dorothy the Dinosaur (voice)
The Wiggles: Wiggly Giggly Adventures
Movie • 2006
Murray Wiggle / Dorothy the Dinosaur (voice)
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Movie • 2023
Self
The Wiggles: Wiggledance!
Movie • 1997
The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bushfire Relief
Movie • 2020
ABC For Kids: Live In Concert
Movie • 1993
The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party
Movie • 2001
Murray Wiggle
The Wiggles Live At Disneyland
Movie • 1998
The Wiggles Live in Concert 2006: Sailing Around the World
Movie • 2020
Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!
Movie • 2011
Himself
The Wiggles: Big Red Car
Movie • 1995
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Da Kath & Kim Code
Movie • 2005
The Wiggles
The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat
Movie • 2006
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The Wiggles: Toot Toot
Movie • 1998
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The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's A Wiggly Party!
Movie • 2001
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The Wiggles: Pop Go the Wiggles!
Movie • 2007
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The Wiggles: Here Comes The Big Red Car
Movie • 2006
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The Wiggles: Wiggle Time!
Movie • 1993
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The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Movie • 1994
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Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Movie • 2002
Self
Spicks and Specks
TV • 2005
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
The Cheap Seats
TV • 2021
Self
The Wiggles
TV • 1998
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The Wiggles
TV • 1998
Wiggle & Learn
TV • 2008
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The New Years Eve Early Night Show
TV • 2015
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