Scott Cohen

Versatile character actor Scott Cohen is a face recognizable to many thanks to numerous roles in television, film, and theater. He is perhaps best known for his work on a variety of television series, including Gilmore Girls, on which he starred as Max Medina, the love interest of Lauren Graham's Lorelai. He also starred in SHO's hit series, Street Time, and has appeared on NYPD Blue, Law and Order: Trial By Jury, The Practice, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Castle and Blue Bloods, among other series.

Cohen recently starred opposite Natalie Portman in Don Roos' feature film The Other Woman. He has appeared in Everybody's Fine, alongside Robert DeNiro, in Nicole Holofcener's Please Give, and in Ed Zwick's Love and Other Drugs, and has starred in numerous independent films, including Iron Cross, Winter of Frozen Dreams, and indie darling Kissing Jessica Stein. This fall, he will appear alongside Mel Gibson in How I Spent My Summer Vacation.

Cohen's prolific theater resume includes roles in the Broadway comedy Losing Louie for the Manhattan Theater Club, in David Ives' The Other Woman and in A Nervous Smile opposite Amy Brenneman, among many others.

Along with his acting projects, Scott also serves on the Columbia County Film Festival Advisory Board, now in its eleventh year. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

Note: This profile was written in or before 2011.
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