Life and career

Cohen was born in The Bronx, New York City, the son of Leatrice, a teacher, and Jack Cohen, a jazz musician. In 1990, he was offered his breakthrough role in Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder. He is known for his portrayal of Wolf in the 2000 NBC miniseries The 10th Kingdom, his performance as detective Steve Thomas in Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, his recurring role as Lorelai Gilmore's love interest Max Medina on the WB series Gilmore Girls, and his role as Josh in the indie romantic flick Kissing Jessica Stein. He also appeared in the movie Gia with Angelina Jolie, as a parole officer in the Showtime original series Street Time with Rob Morrow, and was featured in the 2005 NBC series Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Det. Chris Ravell. In the video game Ripper, he portrays protagonist Jake Quinlan. 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 also played Jack Woolf in the movie The Other Woman with Natalie Portman and Charlie Tahan.

In 1989, Cohen married model Anastasia Traina. Their son, Liam, was born in May 1995.

Cohen also stars in British thriller Iron Cross which is in post-production and was slated for release in late 2010. The release was rescheduled for March, 2011. 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.

Most recently he has 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 as 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 also starred opposite Hope Davis in the NBC drama Allegiance.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Jacob's Ladder	Resident Doctor
1992	Mambo Kings, TheThe Mambo Kings	Bernadito
1993	Sweet Evil	Mike	Video
1995	Roommates	Attending Intern
1996	Final Vendetta	Michael Miller
	Vibrations	Simeon	Video
1997	Private Parts	Friend
	Camp Stories	Schnair
	Brother's Kiss, AA Brother's Kiss	Rapist
	Fall	Derick
1998	Better Living	Larry
1999	Cross-Eyed	Melville
2000	The 10th Kingdom	Wolf
	King of the Jungle	Officer Norman Turner
2001	Kissing Jessica Stein	Josh Meyers
2003	Psychoanalysis Changed My Life	Nick Zurmer	Short film
2004	Knots	Dave Siegel
2005	Circle, TheThe Circle	Stan
	Confess	Media Executive
2006	Brother's Shadow	Jake Groden
2007	Mitch Albom's For One More Day	Len Benetto
2008	Understudy, TheThe Understudy	Jonny
2009	Fortune	Gabriel Leguard
	Freud's Magic Powder	Philipp Freud	Short film
	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Barbara's Lawyer
	Other Woman, TheThe Other Woman	Jack
	Everybody's Fine	Music Conductor
	Moonlight Serenade	David Volgler	Video
	Iron Cross	Ronnie
2010	Meet My Boyfriend!!!		Short film
	Please Give	Dr. Lerner
	Capture the Flag	Luke Edwards	Short film
	Love and Other Drugs	Ted Goldstein
2011	I'm Coming Over	Werner	Short film
	Loveless	Ricky
	3 Weeks to Daytona	Chuck Weber
2012	Get the Gringo	Jackson
	Magic: The Gathering - The Musical	Dark Stranger	Short film
2013	Louder Than Words	Nick Spano
2015	To Whom It May Concern	Mike
	Anesthesia	Dr. Laffer
2016	As You Are	Tom

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	NYPD Blue	Eddie Reyna	Episode: "Double Abandando"
	One Life to Live	Ray Martino	TV series
1995	New York News	Greg Wilson	Episode: "The Using Game"
	Wharf Rat, TheThe Wharf Rat	Matt Martin	TV film
1996	Ripper	Jake Quinlan	Video game
	Gotti	Gene Gotti	TV film
1997	Feds	Rod Nesbitt	Episode: "Missing Pieces"
	Law & Order	Eddie Newman	3 episodes
	Oz	Agent Jeremy Goldstein	Episode: "God's Chillin'"
	Dellaventura		Episode: "Music of the Night"
	F/X: The Series	Michael	2 episodes
1998	Gia	Mike Mansfield	TV film
	New York Undercover	Petrello	Episode: "Mob Street"
2000	Silent Witness	Soriano	TV film
	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder	Steve Thomas	TV film
	10th Kingdom, TheThe 10th Kingdom	Wolf	TV miniseries
	NYPD Blue	Det. Harry Denby	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2000-2001	Gilmore Girls	Max Medina	Recurring role; 11 episodes
2001	Kiss My Act	Michael True	TV film
2002	Practice, TheThe Practice	Asst. Dist. Atty. Mitchell 'Mitch' Wheeler	2 episodes
2002-2003	Street Time	James Liberti	Main role; 20 episodes
2003	Gilmore Girls	Max Medina	2 episodes
2004	Men's Room, TheThe Men's Room	Charlie	4 episodes
	Without a Trace	Bernie Scoggins	Episode: "Malone v. Malone"
2005	Numb3rs	James Grace	Episode: "Soft Target"
2005-2006	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Det. Chris Ravell	Main role; 10 episodes
2006	Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America	Governor Mike Newsome	TV film
2007	Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day		TV film
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Nicholas Branch	Episode: "Stay with Me"
	Return of Jezebel James, TheThe Return of Jezebel James	Marcus Sonti	4 episodes
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Neil Hayes-Fitzgerald	Episode: "Playing Dead"
	CSI: NY	Aaron Lesnick	Episode: "Yahrzeit"
	Amazing Mrs. Novak, TheThe Amazing Mrs. Novak	Simon Wright	TV film
2010	The Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot	Josh	TV pilot
	Castle	Lt. Stan Holliwell	Episode: "Den of Thieves"
	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Tom Evans	Episode: "Hook, Line and Sinner"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Aaron Custer	Episode: "Doctor Who"
	Glades, TheThe Glades	Senator Donald Chapman	Episode: "Exposed"
	Hawaii Five-0	Roland Lowry	Episode: "Ohana"
	Blue Bloods	Dr. Warren Wakefield	Episode: "Chinatown"
2011	Justice for Natalee Holloway	John Q. Kelly	TV film
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Ira	Episode: "Car Periscope"
	Unforgettable	Dr. Sam Barlow	Episode: "Spirited Away"
	Pan Am	Everett Henson	2 episodes
2011-2013	Necessary Roughness	Nico Careles	Main role; 26 episodes
2012	Pan Am	Everett Henson	Episode: "Romance Languages"
	Person of Interest	Inspector Doug Rasmussen	Episode: "Risk"
2013-2014	Carrie Diaries, TheThe Carrie Diaries	Harlan Silver	6 episodes
2014	Elementary	Nolan Sharp	Episode: "Corpse De Ballet"
2015	Allegiance	Mark O'Connor	Main role
2016	"The Mysteries of Laura"	Vince Santiani	The Mystery of the End of Watch

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