John Mark Cocks (23 August 1966 – 6 February 2019), also known as 'Cocksy', was a New Zealand celebrity builder and television presenter. He was most notable for working on the ''

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'' series in the 1990s for New Zealand's TV2. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Cocks was a prominent face on New Zealand television as Cocksy, New Zealand's favourite tradesman.

Television career

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 shows that he appeared on was ''April's Angels''. He appeared on this show alongside

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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 ran from 1999 until 2009. During the early 2000s, Cocks also appeared on several reality shows including ''City Celebrity Country Nobody'' and ''

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'' 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?'' alongside Amy Schaeffer and later in 2015 on ''My Dream Room: Kids Edition'' with television and radio host

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Television work

* ''April's Angels'' (1998) * ''

'' (1999–2009) * ''City Celebrity Country Nobody'' (2004) * ''Celebrity Treasure Island'' (2005) * ''Cocksys Day Off'' (2005) * ''Jack of All Trades'' (2008) * ''My Dream Room: Kids Edition'' (2015) * ''How Did You Do That?'' (2013–2017)

Personal life

In June 2017, Cocks married Dana Coote. John has three daughters; Ella, Sophie, and Georgia, all three children are from a previous marriage. In 2016, Cocks was diagnosed with renal cancer. John Cocks passed away on the 6th of February 2019.

References

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