Cheo Hodari Coker is an American former music journalist turned television writer and producer known for such television series as Luke Cage, NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland and Ray Donovan. Coker also wrote the screenplay for the 2009 biographical film Notorious, based on the life and death of The Notorious B.I.G. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cheo Hodari Coker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 12, 1972 (53)
- Writer and producer, also actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Cheo Hodari Coker's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 5 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Cheo Hodari Coker's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Cheo Hodari Coker's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Creed II(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Lowriders(2016)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Luke Cage(2016)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Almost Human(2013)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Ray Donovan(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Notorious(2009)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all filmsCaves of Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Forty Acres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 8 of them dated from 2009 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Creed II (2018)
Highest rated
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) (2026)
Most popular right now
Creed II (2018)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Cheo Hodari Coker's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 55/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Cheo Hodari Coker work with?
People who share at least 2 of Cheo Hodari Coker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Faith Evans shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Faith EvansShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Faith Evans
- Lil' CeaseShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Lil' Cease
Cinematographers and editors
- Ian MoubayedShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Moubayed
- Parris PattonShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Parris Patton
Producers
- Jasmin CortezShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jasmin Cortez
- Kevin LopezShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Lopez
- Mark FordShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Ford
- Tara LongShared titles: Hopelessly in Love (2020), Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Tara Long