John Cocks (Builder)
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Cocks in 2017
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| Born | August 23, 1966 |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation | Celebrity Builder |
| Years active | 1998 - Present |
| Partner(s) | Dana Coote (Engaged) (2015-Present) |
| Children | 3 |
John Cocks (born 23 August 1966), also known as John 'Cocksy' Cocks, is a New Zealand Celebrity Builder and TV Presenter. He is most notable for working on the 'My House my Castle' series in the 1990s for New Zealand's TV2. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000's Cocks was a prominent face on New Zealand Television as Cocksy, New Zealand's favourite tradesman.
Cocks started his career in Television in the late 1990s. His prominent role on television is a builder and renovator, though he has worked on other projects that are not related to building in his career. One of the earliest TV show's that he appeared on was Aprils Angels. He appeared on this show along side with April Ieremia in 1998. After this Cocks then started appearing on the popular New Zealand home renovation TV show My House My Castle as the building consultant and builder. This show successfully ran from 1999 until 2009.
During the early 2000's Cocks also appeared on several reality shows including City Celebrity Country Nobody and Celebrity Treasure Island to which he won on Season One of the show.
Cocks was also the voice and face of the Carters Building Supplies commercials in the early 2000s. Cocks appeared on Television again in 2013 for the TV Show 'How Did You Do That?' along side with Amy Schaeffer and later in 2015 on 'My Dream Room: Kids Edition' with Television and Radio host Mel Homer.
Cocks has 3 children from a previous marriage. In 2016 he was diagnosed with kidney cancer.
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