Will Cobbs. New York based Actor & Martial Artist.

​Will Cobbs is ​a television, film and theater actor based in NYC. ​Catch him in the ABC show For Life (Executive Produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) as the recurring character Skinny John​, and on the Fox show Prodigal Son as guest star character Grant.

Before moving to New York, ​Will ​lived and worked​ in Atlanta, GA​, where he attended Morehouse College​. During his Atlanta years, he worked ​with​ theater companies ​like​ The Alliance Theater, Theater in the Square, Aurora Theater, and Georgia Ensemble Theater​. His time in Atlanta culminated in his first tv ​guest-s​tar ​role on the Lifetime show Army Wives (3 episode arc).​ After working professionally for several years, Will applied ​​to and was accepted to the Yale School of Drama under the helm of Ron Van Lieu.

​Yale​ was a transformative experience for Will, and he left ready to take on deeply complex, compelling dramatic characters​. ​He w​ent on to w​ork​​ in regional theater, performing as Walter Lee in Raisin in the Sun at the Arena Theater, as Sly in Detroit 67' at the McCarter Theater​,​ and as Lyons in Fences with The Resident Ensemble Players at University of Delaware. Cobbs​ also ​c​o-starred in several ​tv​ shows ​like The Good Wife (CBS), Deadbeat (Hulu), Madam Secretary (CBS), The Night of (HBO) and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)​, to name just a few.​

When ​he’s not acting, ​Will teac​hes​ acting and movement classes at Pace University, College of Staten Island​, and​ Yale​'s​ Summer Session. ​​He also ​practices and ​teaches Muay Thai ​k​ick-boxing​.​ ​Training under the tutelage of Ajarn Phil Nurse, a European Thai Boxing and Western Boxing Champion and Muay Thai Master, Will became a WKA champion in ​his​ weight class. ​

Will looks forward to having the opportunity to ​combine his love of acting with martial arts to ​play a comic book anti-hero​ alongside ​Winston Duke,​ or a shady villain opposite Lupita Nyong'o​ in a psychological thriller​.​

Much love,

Will