Cook portrayed Shawn-Douglas Brady on Days of Our Lives from October 1999 and was very popular with fans, especially in Shawn's relationship with Belle Black.
On April 23, 2008, it was announced that Cook would be returning to Daytime TV on General Hospital as new character Matt Hunter.
Cook elected to leave General Hospital at the end of his contract to once again return to projects behind the camera.
In 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show The Choice[2] and portrayed 2014 James Thomas in Dean Jones' mystery thriller film Dark Awakening.
In 2018, he wrote, produced, and directed The Creatress, a film about a writer following up a bestselling debut novel starring Lindy Booth, Peter Bogdanovich, and Fran Drescher.