Noah's Arc: Season 2

Described as "a towering presence," "beguiling," and most often "charismatic," for years Keith Hamilton Cobb's face, muscular frame and long, finely groomed dreadlocks falling about his shoulders were an immediately recognizable image in and around Hollywood casting offices. The search for the perfect descriptive to suit this unquantifiable actor began in 1994 when he created the role of gentle desperado-turned-romantic Noah Keefer for the ABC daytime drama "All My Children." The breakout role was to garner, in that same year, a Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Newcomer and a Daytime Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a spot among People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World for 1996.

From 2000 to 2003, Cobb starred opposite Kevin Sorbo in "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda," an action hour for Tribune Entertainment in a role created specifically for him as the hard-biting intergalactic mercenary Tyr Anasazi. Tribune and their Canadian partner, Fireworks asked Cobb to come aboard after a three-episode action hero turn he did on Tribune's "Beast Master."

He arrives back on the Hollywood scene in 2003 without his signature locks, but no less the leading man, and on the hunt for more dramatic fare.

Throughout his years in television and film, Cobb's devotion to theatre has remained fervent. His most recent theatrical outing was the warrior role of Tullus Aufidius to good notices in Shakespeare's Coriolanus at the prestigious Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. In years prior, he has sated his theatrical longings in a range of classical as well as contemporary works at such notable venues as The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, The North Shore Music Theater, The Huntington Theater Company, The Actors Theater of Louisville, and in Manhattan at The Jean Cocteau Repertory, performing in productions of Othello, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, the Beau Stratagem, Cymbeline, and Julius Caesar to name a few.

Cobb's introduction to film was in the 1988 independent feature, "Astonished," where he played a body guard to a Black Mafioso (Charles Dutton) in a modern take on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment set on the turf between New York's Chinatown and Little Italy. Between theatrical ventures in '93 he starred in the independent feature, "Eyes Beyond Seeing," a psychological drama exploring the delusional journey of a carpenter who takes on Christ-like qualities following the accidental death of his son. This film was distributed widely in Europe, and aired in 2000 as a UPN Movie of the Week.

In the years between long running television commitments, Cobb has explored the world of half-hour with guest starring roles on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," "Boston Common," "Suddenly Susan," "One on One," and "The Twilight Zone."

Returning to daytime for a two-year stint in 2003, Keith created the role of Damon Porter on "The Young and the Restless" for CBS.

Cobb studied English at a small, suburban junior college, aiming at a career in writing and teaching. It was in this atmosphere that he first found an affinity with the classical theatre, and chose instead to enroll in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he graduated with a BFA in acting. He received the crux of his actor training at Circle in the Square and Playwright's Horizons acting studios.