Keith Hamilton Cobb
Keith Hamilton Cobb is an American actor.
Career
He is best known for his roles as the ruthless Nietzschean mercenary Tyr Anasazi in the science-fiction series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda from 2000 to 2002 and as Noah Keefer on All My Children from 1994 to 1996.Cobb was born in North Tarrytown, New York; he graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1987. A classically trained actor, he appeared in a number of Shakespearean productions in the New York area before breaking into television in the mid 1990s. One of his first movies was the 1995 film Eyes Beyond Seeing in which he plays a mental patient who claims to be Jesus Christ.
In 1999, Cobb was in two episodes of the Beastmaster television series, portraying a character very similar to his character from Andromeda.
In 1996, Cobb was named on People magazine's annual list of the "50 most beautiful people".
He left the Andromeda TV series at the start of the fourth season, citing dissatisfaction over the development of his character.
He continues to act in theater productions, including roles as Oberon and Duke Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream in New York's Geva Theater Center, the bigoted Juror #10 in Twelve Angry Men at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, Vermont, and as Othello at the Anacostia Playhouse in Washington, D.C..
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1989 | Cold Light of Day | Billy | Uncredited |
1989 | The American Experience | Felix | Documentary; flashback sequence |
1990 | Astonished | Simon | |
1995 | Eyes Beyond Seeing | Jesus |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Royce #1 | Episode: "As the Will Turns" |
1995–1996 | All My Children | Noah Keefer | 22 episodes |
1997 | Boston Common | Lucas | Episode: "To Bare Is Human" |
1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Dilah | unknown episodes |
1999 | Suddenly Susan | Dr. Michael Karpe | Episode: "Vicki Moves In" |
1999–2000 | BeastMaster | Akile / Akili's Father | Episodes: "Obsession", "Valhalla" |
2000–2004 | Andromeda | Tyr Anasazi | Main role, 68 episodes |
2003 | One on One | Clay | Episode: "I Know What You Did Last Thursday" |
2003 | The Twilight Zone | Commander Skyles | Episode: "Cold Fusion" |
2003–2005 | The Young and the Restless | Damon Porter | 139 episodes |
2006 | Noah's Arc | Quincy | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
2007 | Oscar's Lawyer | Episode: "Inside Out" |