Mason Cook is a young, up and coming actor out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It's not really the type of town that makes movie and television stars, but Mason Cook is a notable exception.
When he was just eleven years old, Cook gained a small semblance of notoriety by playing Cecil Wilson in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. It wasn't the greatest movie ever made (22% on Rotten Tomatoes, 3.5/10 on IMDb), but it did earn Mason a Young Artist Award nomination.That was just the beginning. These are Mason Cook's best movies and TV shows, according to IMDb.
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (5.9)
We realize that 5.9/10 certainly isn't the most respectable score to have, but The Incredible Burt Wonderstone was a milestone role for Mason Cook, so we feel we have to include it. That's because Cook played "Young Burt," the obviously younger version of Steve Carell's Burt Wonderstone.
It was a big role for the little actor, and he starred alongside the likes of Carrell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini, and Alan Arkin. As you can see, the movie itself didn't go over particularly well, but it was certainly a success for young Mason Cook.
The Lone Ranger (6.4)
The Lone Ranger is an infamous movie. It was a certifiable box office bomb, and it received horrible reviews from critics, scoring just 31% on Rotten Tomatoes and 37 on Metacritic. However, it seems like general audiences were a little more forgiving, as it sits at a rather respectable 6.4 over on IMDb.
Mason Cook portrays Will, one of the young boys living in San Francisco. His role isn't large by any means, but he gets to act alongside even more Hollywood legends, and that alone is probably worth the experience.
Help For The Holidays (6.8)
Help for the Holidays is a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie (duh) that aired in 2012. This would have made young Mason just twelve years old at the time. The movie concerns an elf from Santa's village named Christine (played by Summer Glau) who ventures into the "real world" to help a struggling family regain their Christmas spirit.
Mason plays Will VanCamp, the young son of this disturbed and unhappy family. It's cheery, lighthearted fun for the holidays, and you should check it out the next time they roll around.
Monsters University (7.3)
Once again, Mason Cook's role in Monsters University is admittedly very small. He is credited as Additional Children's Voices, which is typically just random shouting or talking in the background of a scene. But hey, he got to be credited in Monsters University, so who cares!? Who else can say that? Aside from the other people who were credited.
Monsters University was quite well received, grossing over $740 million at the box office and scoring both an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.3/10 on IMDb.
The Middle (7.5)
Between 2010 and 2013, Mason Cook appeared sporadically in the ABC sitcom The Middle. He played Corey and is credited in four episodes - "TV or Not TV", "Halloween II", "Leap Year", and "Dollar Days". It was just a stepping stone for greater things to come, but it was a great way for Cook to get his foot in the TV industry door.
The Middle is a relatively respected sitcom, scoring a 7.5/10 over on IMDb. In 2011, Mason earned another Young Artist Award nomination, this time as Best Guest Starring Young Actor Ten and Under.
Spy (7.5)
Spy is another TV movie, although it doesn't seem like many people have seen it judging by the seventeen ratings on IMDb! That said, it seems like those who have seen it generally enjoyed it, as it stands at a respectable 7.5/10 - Mason's highest-scoring movie.
The movie concerns the father of a very intelligent and outspoken son who takes a job with the Secret Service in order to prove himself a man and a worthy father to his family. Mason is credited as Marcus Elliot.
Legends (7.5)
Legends was a crime drama that played on TNT throughout 2014 and 2015. It starred Sean Bean as Martin Odum, an undercover FBI agent who struggles with his identity - not only because he's forced to inhabit a new "identity" for every case, but because a mysterious man causes him to start losing his mind.
It's a pretty good show (evident by the 7.5/10 IMDb rating), and Mason portrays Martin's son Aiden. By 2014, Mason was just fourteen years old and had already acted alongside numerous screen legends. What a young career.
Speechless (7.6)
Speechless is how most people know of young Mason Cook, as he played Ray DiMeo for all three seasons and sixty-one episodes of the series. Ray is the nerdy and smart one of the family, much like Malcolm in Malcolm in the Middle.
And much like Malcolm, he is often the subject of torment and abuse, particularly from his younger and more rebellious sister. It's definitely a good, family-friendly show, but it's not Mason's greatest. At least not according to IMDb.
Raising Hope (8.0)
Mason Cook certainly doesn't have a big role in Raising Hope. But it's an important one. For two episodes in 2010 he played Eight Year Old Jimmy, a younger version of Lucas Neff's Jimmy Chance. Raising Hope was a very popular sitcom that aired on Fox between 2010 and 2014.
It won numerous awards, including a Casting Society of America award and a Satellite Award. Unfortunately, Mason Cook did not receive another Young Artist Award nomination. But that doesn't mean his performance wasn't any good! Far from it, in fact.
The Goldbergs (8.1)
If we're going by sheer IMDb numbers, then Shameless isn't Mason Cook's crowning achievement. No, that goes to The Goldbergs, a popular ABC sitcom that has been running for seven seasons.
Unfortunately, Mason Cook is not part of the main cast. No, he only appeared in four episodes as Tyler Stansfield between 2014 and 2016. He appeared in a two-episode arc near the end of season one before briefly returning at the beginning of season two and again at the end of season three.