| Scott Cohen | |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1961[1] |
| Birth Place: | The Bronx, New York |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1990–present |
Scott Cohen is an American actor. 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 film Kissing Jessica Stein.
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 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.
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 , 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.
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Resident Doctor | ||
| 1992 | 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 | |||
| Rapist | ||||
| Fall | Derick | |||
| 1998 | Better Living | Larry | ||
| 1999 | Cross-Eyed | Melville | ||
| 2000 | 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 | Stan | |||
| Confess | Media Executive | |||
| 2006 | Brother's Shadow | Jake Groden | ||
| 2007 | Mitch Albom's For One More Day | Len Benetto | ||
| 2008 | Jonny | |||
| 2009 | Fortune | Gabriel Leguard | ||
| Freud's Magic Powder | Philipp Freud | Short film | ||
| Winter of Frozen Dreams | Barbara's Lawyer | |||
| Jack | ||||
| Everybody's Fine | Music Conductor | |||
| Moonlight Serenade | David Volgler | Video | ||
| Iron Cross | Ronnie | |||
| 2010 | Meet My Boyfriend! | Unknown | Short film | |
| Please Give | Dr. Lerner | |||
| Capture the Flag | Luke Edwards | Short film | ||
| Love & 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 | |||
| James White | Barry White | |||
| 2016 | As You Are | Tom | ||
| Jack of the Red Hearts | Mark Adams | |||
| 2017 | Who We Are Now | Sam | ||
| Active Adults | Mick | |||
| 2018 | Write When You Get Work | Guy Brinckerhoff | ||
| Braid | Detective Siegel | |||
| The Week Of | Ron Elliman | |||
| 2019 | South Mountain | Edgar | ||
| All the Little Things We Kill | Gary Anderson | |||
| 2023 | The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Allen |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | NYPD Blue | Eddie Reyna | Episode: "Double Abandando" | |
| One Life to Live | Ray Martino | Unknown episodes | ||
| 1995 | New York News | Greg Wilson | Episode: "The Using Game" | |
| Matt Martin | TV film | |||
| 1996 | Gotti | Gene Gotti | TV film | |
| 1997 | Feds | Rod Nesbitt | Episode: "Missing Pieces" | |
| Law & Order | Eddie Newman | 3 episodes | ||
| Oz | FBI Agent Jeremy Goldstein | Episode: "God's Chillin'" | ||
| Dellaventura | Unknown | Episode: "Music of the Night" | ||
| Michael Lopez | 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 | ||
| Wolf | TV miniseries; 10 episodes | |||
| NYPD Blue | Detective Harry Denby | Recurring role; 9 episodes | ||
| 2000-2003 | Gilmore Girls | Max Medina | Recurring role; 13 episodes | |
| 2001 | Kiss My Act | Michael True | TV film | |
| 2002 | Assistant District Attorney Mitchell 'Mitch' Wheeler | 2 episodes | ||
| 2002-2003 | Street Time | James Liberti | Main role; 20 episodes | |
| 2004 | Charlie | 4 episodes | ||
| Without a Trace | Bernie Scoggins | Episode: "Malone v. Malone" | ||
| 2005 | Numb3rs | James Grace | Episode: "Soft Target" | |
| 2005-2006 | Detective Chris Ravell | Main role; 10 episodes | ||
| 2006 | Governor Mike Newsome | TV film | ||
| 2007 | Len Benetto | TV film | ||
| 2008 | Cashmere Mafia | Nicholas Branch | Episode: "Stay with Me" | |
| Marcus Sonti | 4 episodes | |||
| 2009 | Neil Hayes-Fitzgerald | Episode: "Playing Dead" | ||
| Aaron Lesnick | Episode: "Yahrzeit" | |||
| Simon Wright | TV film | |||
| 2010 | The Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot | Josh | TV pilot | |
| Castle | Lieutenant Stan Holliwell | Episode: "Den of Thieves" | ||
| Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Tom Evans | Episode: "Hook, Line and Sinner" | ||
| Aaron Custer | Episode: "Doctor Who" | |||
| 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 | Harlan Silver | 6 episodes | ||
| 2014 | Elementary | Nolan Sharp | Episode: "Corpse De Ballet" | |
| 2015 | Allegiance | Mark O'Connor | Main role; 13 episodes | |
| 2016 | The Mysteries of Laura | Vince Santiani | Episode: "The Mystery of the End of Watch" | |
| The Good Wife | Jeffrey Nachmann | Episode: "Unmanned" | ||
| 2016-2018 | Billions | Pete Decker | 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | I'm Dying Up Here | Roy Brenner | 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Taken | Kasparov | Episode: "Strelochnik" | |
| The Americans | Glenn Haskard | 6 episodes | ||
| 2019 | The Fix | Ezra Wolf | Main role | |
| Bluff City Law | James Marshall | Episode: "25 Years to Life" | ||
| 2020 | The Bold Type | Miles Shaw | Episode: "Stardust" | |
| 2021 | The Equalizer | Robert Harrington, Sr. | Episode: "It Takes a Village" | |
| 2022 | The Resident | Dr. Robert Porter | Episode: "Now You See Me" |