Michael D. Cohen (actor)
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Michael Cohen | |
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| Born | Michael Dwayne Cohen November 22, 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Writer |
Michael D. Cohen (November 22, 1975) is a Canadian actor and writer. He's best known for his role as Schwoz Schwartz in the Nickelodeon series Henry Danger. He is 5'1 in person
Life and career
Born in Winnipeg, Cohen and his family moved to Richmond, British Columbia when he was ten. As a fan of Carol Burnett and the other actors on TV's The Carol Burnett Show, he was inspired to be an actor and writer, and won a Young Playwright's Contest at the age of twelve.
Years after graduating from college, Michael moved to Toronto, where he studied acting and landed his first voiceover job, without an agent, on the animated TV series Pippi Longstocking. Early on in his career he appeared in Queer As Folk, Doc, Moville Mysteries, Roboroach and Henry's World along with many commercials. In 2005 he won the national Moc Docs award for Best Mockumentary for his short film Jew Jube Lives - a rap parody based on the question "if Eminem were Jewish and grew up in Thornhill, what would he be like?". He was the voice of Ty Archer in the animated TV series Grossology for which he and the ensemble received a Gemini (Canadian Emmy) award nomination.
Now he can be seen regularly as the character Schwoz Schwartz on Nickelodeon's hit sit-com Henry Danger and has appeared on shows such as Modern Family, The Real O'Neals, 2 Broke Girls, The Mindy Project, Backstrom, Eagleheart, Austin & Ally and many others. Recent film credits include the comedy Suburbicon, directed by George Clooney and written by the Coen Brothers, the Oscar-nominated film Whiplash, as well as the Canadian Screen Award-nominated film It Was You Charlie, for which he was nominated for an ACTRA Award for Outstanding Lead Performance. Michael has dozens of commercial credits including Mini Starburst, FedEx, Capital One, Boston Market, Honda with Patrick Warburton, and the Super Bowl Hulu Plus campaign with Will Arnett. Michael served as Co-Chair of the SAG-AFTRA Hollywood Conservatory at the American Film Institute and is a member of the National SAG-AFTRA Conservatory Committee . He has a Masters degree in Adult Education focusing on transformative education for performers. He offers acting workshops and private audition coaching for actors in L.A., Toronto and around the world. He resides in Los Angeles.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-09 | Grossology | Ty Archer | Main role |
| 2013 | Austin & Ally | Mr.Gower | Episode: "Freaky Friends & Fan Fiction" |
| 2014 | Kickin' It | George Washington Waiter | 2 episodes |
| 2014–present | Henry Danger | Schwoz | Recurring role (Season 1 through 4); main role (Season 5 onwards) |
| 2016 | Henry Danger Motion Comic | Voice role; 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | Game Shakers | Crossover: "Danger Games" | |
| 2018 | Episode: "Babe Loves Danger" | ||
| 2018–present | The Adventures of Kid Danger | Main voice role |
External links
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- Canadian male television actors
- Canadian male voice actors
- Actors with dwarfism
- Male actors from Winnipeg
- 21st-century Canadian male actors
- Male actors from British Columbia
- Canadian male film actors
- People from Richmond, British Columbia
- 1975 births
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