Background
Cohen was born in Mountain View, California and raised in Palo Alto, California, where his family settled after living for a number of years in Israel.
Cohen was born in Mountain View, California and raised in Palo Alto, California, where his family settled after living for a number of years in Israel.
Cohen graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor degree in Integrative Biology.
He is of Yemenite, Russian, and Israeli descent. Foregoing earlier plans of attending medical school, he instead pursued professional acting. Cohen worked for a few years at regional theaters such as The Magic, Marin Shakespeare Company, Marin Theatre Company TheatreWorks, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and PCPA Theaterfest.
He later moved to Los Angeles, where he performed at theaters including South Coast Repertory and began his career in film and television
