Before joining a Degrassi cast, he experienced a 2-biennial do when Pleskit, the alien lead in the television series I Was A Sixth Grade Alien. Cooley's more television credits include a series, Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, Queer as Folk and Lexx The Series. He has besides appeared in the features Sachsenhausen 1944, Toy Men and the Disney Channel movie The Color of Friendship.

Inside 2002, Cooley was nominated for a Young Artist Award (Lthe) Within the category of Best Performance In a TV Comedy Series. He has been romantically linked by using Cassie Steele.

His father is Charlie Cooley, a drummer for the Canadian Idol winner, Kalan Porter.