Cook grew up in Barnegat Light and Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island in New Jersey, where he attended Southern Regional High School.
[1][2] He attended Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.
He then moved to Los Angeles and trained in improv and sketch comedy at The Groundlings.
[3] Cook first appeared on television as a waiter in the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
In 2016, Cook was cast as Lowell in the new CBS sitcom Man with a Plan, starring Matt LeBlanc[3] up until the show's cancellation in 2020.