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Scott Cohen (actor)

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Scott Cohen
Born (1961-12-19) December 19, 1961 (age 63)[1]
The Bronx, New York
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

Scott Cohen is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Luca Falcone in the HBO miniseries The Penguin (2024), his performance as detective Steve Thomas in Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000), his recurring role as Lorelai Gilmore's love interest Max Medina on the WB series Gilmore Girls (2000–2003), and his role as Josh in the indie romantic film Kissing Jessica Stein (2001).

Career

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In 1990, Cohen was offered a breakthrough role in Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder. In the video game Ripper, he portrays protagonist Jake Quinlan. He appeared in the movie Gia with Angelina Jolie, as a parole officer in the Showtime original series Street Time with Rob Morrow, had a recurring role as Det. Harry Denby in the seventh season of NYPD Blue, and was featured in the 2005 NBC series Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Det. Chris Ravell.

In 2000 Cohen had a co-starring role as Wolf in the hit miniseries The 10th Kingdom, where he played a mythical character from a land of fairy tales.[2] He starred opposite Kimberly Williams, John Larroquette, Dianne Wiest, Daniel Lapaine, Ed O'Neill, and Rutger Hauer. The miniseries won many awards, such as the 2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design and nine OFTA Television Awards for different categories including but not limited to best new theme song, best visual effects, best costume design, best production design, and best mini series with Anne Dudley the award-winning composer.[3][4]

Also in 2000 Cohen played Max Medina, in the hit TV series Gilmore Girls, as a teacher at Chilton high school where the main character's daughter went to school. Medina became the boyfriend of Lauren Graham's character, Lorelai, in season one and fiancé in season two.

In 2002–2003, he made some appearances on the game show Pyramid, hosted by Donny Osmond. He guest-starred in the premiere episode of the eighth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, playing the role of a city politician with a dark family secret and whose daughter is a drug addict involved with a drug dealer boyfriend killed mysteriously in the opening scene.

Cohen played Jack Woolf in the movie The Other Woman with Natalie Portman and Charlie Tahan. He starred in the British thriller Iron Cross. In the film he plays Ronnie, whose father, Joseph, is played by Roy Scheider. Cohen was on USA Network's drama series Necessary Roughness as the fixer, Nico Careles.

Cohen had a role in The Carrie Diaries as Carrie's dad's old friend starting in Season 1 Episode 3. He gives Carrie her internship at his law firm in New York City, and Carrie dates his son. He also courts and eventually marries Larissa, Carrie's boss at Interview magazine.

Cohen starred opposite Hope Davis in the NBC drama Allegiance.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Reference(s)
1990 Jacob's Ladder Resident Doctor [5][6]
1992 The Mambo Kings Bernadito [5][6]
1993 Sweet Evil Mike Video [5][6]
1995 Roommates Attending Intern [5][6]
1996 Final Vendetta Michael Miller
Vibrations Simeon Video [5][6]
1997 Private Parts Friend [5][6]
Camp Stories Schnair [5]
A Brother's Kiss Rapist [6]
Fall Derick [6]
1998 Better Living Larry [6]
1999 Cross-Eyed Melville
2000 King of the Jungle Officer Norman Turner [6]
2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Josh Meyers [5][6]
2003 Psychoanalysis Changed My Life Nick Zurmer Short film [6]
2004 Knots Dave Siegel
2005 The Circle Stan [5][6]
Confess Media Executive [6]
2006 Brother's Shadow Jake Groden [5][6]
2007 Mitch Albom's For One More Day Len Benetto [5][6]
2008 The Understudy Jonny [6]
2009 Fortune Gabriel Leguard
Freud's Magic Powder Philipp Freud Short film
Winter of Frozen Dreams Barbara's Lawyer [5]
The Other Woman Jack Woolf [5][6]
Everybody's Fine Music Conductor [5][6]
Moonlight Serenade David Volgler Video [5]
Iron Cross Ronnie [5][6]
2010 Meet My Boyfriend!!! Unknown Short film
Please Give Dr. Lerner [6]
Capture the Flag Luke Edwards Short film
Love & Other Drugs Ted Goldstein [5][6]
2011 I'm Coming Over Werner Short film
Loveless Ricky [5][6]
3 Weeks to Daytona Chuck Weber [6]
2012 Get the Gringo Jackson [5][6]
Magic: The Gathering - The Musical Dark Stranger Short film
2013 Louder Than Words Nick Spano [6]
2015 To Whom It May Concern Mike
Anesthesia Dr. Laffer [5][6]
James White Barry White [6]
2016 As You Are Tom [5][6][7]
Jack of the Red Hearts Mark Adams [5][6]
2017 Who We Are Now Sam [5][6]
Active Adults Mick [6]
2018 Write When You Get Work Guy Brinckerhoff [6]
Braid Detective Siegel [6]
The Week Of Ron Elliman [5][6]
2019 South Mountain Edgar [6]
All the Little Things We Kill Gary Anderson
2023 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Allen [8]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Reference(s)
1994 NYPD Blue Eddie Reyna Episode: "Double Abandando" [6]
One Life to Live Ray Martino Unknown episodes
1995 New York News Greg Wilson Episode: "The Using Game"
The Wharf Rat Matt Martin Television film [5][6]
1996 Gotti Gene Gotti Television film [6]
1997 Feds Rod Nesbitt Episode: "Missing Pieces"
Law & Order Eddie Newman 3 episodes [6]
Oz FBI Agent Jeremy Goldstein Episode: "God's Chillin'"
Dellaventura Unknown Episode: "Music of the Night"
F/X: The Series Michael Lopez 2 episodes [6]
1998 Gia Mike Mansfield Television film [5][6]
New York Undercover Petrello Episode: "Mob Street" [6]
2000 Silent Witness Soriano Television film
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder Steve Thomas Television film [5][6]
The 10th Kingdom Wolf Television miniseries; 10 episodes [5][6][7]
NYPD Blue Detective Harry Denby Recurring role; 9 episodes [6]
2000–2003 Gilmore Girls Max Medina Recurring role; 13 episodes [6][7]
2001 Kiss My Act Michael True Television film [5][6]
2002 The Practice Assistant District Attorney Mitchell 'Mitch' Wheeler 2 episodes [6]
2002–2003 Street Time James Liberti Main role; 20 episodes
2004 The Men's Room Charlie 4 episodes
Without a Trace Bernie Scoggins Episode: "Malone v. Malone"
2005 Numb3rs James Grace Episode: "Soft Target" [6]
2005–2006 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Detective Chris Ravell Main role; 10 episodes [6]
2006 Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Governor Mike Newsome Television film [5][6]
2007 Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day Len Benetto Television film [5][6]
2008 Cashmere Mafia Nicholas Branch Episode: "Stay with Me" [6]
The Return of Jezebel James Marcus Sonti 4 episodes [6]
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Neil Hayes-Fitzgerald Episode: "Playing Dead"
CSI: NY Aaron Lesnick Episode: "Yahrzeit" [6]
The Amazing Mrs. Novak Simon Wright Television film
2010 The Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot Josh Television pilot
Castle Lieutenant Stan Holliwell Episode: "Den of Thieves" [6]
Grey's Anatomy Dr. Tom Evans Episode: "Hook, Line and Sinner"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Aaron Custer Episode: "Doctor Who" [6]
The Glades Senator Donald Chapman Episode: "Exposed"
Hawaii Five-0 Roland Lowry Episode: "Ohana" [6]
Blue Bloods Dr. Warren Wakefield Episode: "Chinatown" [6]
2011 Justice for Natalee Holloway John Q. Kelly Television film [5][6]
Curb Your Enthusiasm Ira Episode: "Car Periscope" [6]
Unforgettable Dr. Sam Barlow Episode: "Spirited Away" [6]
2011–2012 Pan Am Everett Henson 3 episodes [6]
2011–2013 Necessary Roughness Dominic Eugene "Nico" Careles Main role; 38 episodes [6]
2012 Person of Interest Inspector Doug Rasmussen Episode: "Risk"
2013–2014 The Carrie Diaries Harlan Silver 10 episodes [6]
2014 Elementary Nolan Sharp Episode: "Corpse De Ballet" [6]
2015 Allegiance Mark O'Connor Main role; 13 episodes [6]
2016 The Mysteries of Laura Vince Santiani Episode: "The Mystery of the End of Watch" [6]
The Good Wife Jeffrey Nachmann Episode: "Unmanned" [6]
2016–2020 Billions Pete Decker 4 episodes [7]
2017 I'm Dying Up Here Roy Brenner 2 episodes [9]
2018 Taken Kasparov Episode: "Strelochnik"
The Americans Glenn Haskard 6 episodes
2019 The Fix Ezra Wolf Main role; 10 episodes [10]
Bluff City Law James Marshall Episode: "25 Years to Life"
2020 The Bold Type Miles Shaw 2 episodes
2021 The Equalizer Robert Harrington, Sr. Episode: "It Takes a Village"
2021–2022 Power Book II: Ghost Congressman Rick Sweeney 2 episodes [11]
2022 The Resident Dr. Robert Porter 3 episodes
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Solomon Melamid Episode: "How to Chew Quietly and Influence People" [12]
2022–2023 East New York Adam Lustig 4 episodes [13]
2023 Ancient Empires Narrator Voice; 3 episodes [14]
2024 The Girls on the Bus Charlie Greene [15]
The Penguin Luca Falcone [16][17]

Video games

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Year Title Role Role Reference(s)
1996 Ripper Jake Quinlan

References

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  1. ^ Scott Cohen – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB
  2. ^ Tomashoff, Craig. "COVER STORY; Through a Very Different Looking Glass - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  3. ^ Johnson, Rachel (March 11, 2024). "12 Best Fantasy Miniseries of All Time". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "4th Annual TV Awards (1999-2000)". Online Film & Television Association. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Scott Cohen". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br "Scott Cohen List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d Siegel, Emily (February 2, 2016). "Scott Cohen on His New Film 'As You Are' and The Return of Gilmore Girls". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  8. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (March 12, 2024). "'The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed' Trailer: Joanna Arnow Balances BDSM with Millennial Neuroses". IndieWire. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (October 17, 2016). "'I'm Dying Up Here': Scott Cohen & David Paymer Join Showtime Comedy Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  10. ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (March 8, 2018). "'The Fix': Scott Cohen To Star In ABC Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  11. ^ Roots, Kimberly (November 21, 2021). "Power Book II: Ghost Premiere Recap: Can Tariq Fool Monet? — Plus, Grade It!". TVLine. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  12. ^ Caballero, David (April 12, 2023). "Every 'Gilmore Girls' Actor Who Appeared on 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'". Collider. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  13. ^ Moser, Zachary (August 21, 2023). "Cast Of East New York: Where You've Seen The Actors Before". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  14. ^ "Ancient Empires: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  15. ^ Al-Ghamdi, Abdullah (February 21, 2024). "The Girls on the Bus Trailer: Melissa Benoist Leads Her First New Show Since Supergirl In Political Drama". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  16. ^ Tinoco, Armando (July 31, 2024). "'The Penguin' Showrunner On HBO & DC Studios Series Being Influenced By 'Scarface'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  17. ^ Otterson, Joe (March 16, 2023). "'The Penguin' HBO Max Series Casts Michael Zegen, James Madio, Scott Cohen (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
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