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Assaf Cohen
Born	(1972-10-31) October 31, 1972 (age 52) Mountain View, California, U.S.
Years active	2002–present

Assaf Cohen (born October 31, 1972) is an American actor. Born in Mountain View, California and raised in Palo Alto, California, Cohen is of Yemenite, Russian, and Israeli descent. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA degree in Integrative Biology. Initially planning to attend medical school, Cohen decided to pursue a career in acting instead.

Cohen's early career included work at various regional theaters in California, such as The Magic, Marin Shakespeare Company, Marin Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and PCPA Theaterfest. He then moved to the East Coast to earn an MFA in acting from the Professional Actors Training Program at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts. Later, Cohen relocated to Los Angeles, where he performed at South Coast Repertory and began a career in film and television.

Early life

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. He is of Yemenite, Russian and Israeli descent. Cohen graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA degree in Integrative Biology. Foregoing earlier plans of attending medical school, he instead pursued professional acting.

Career

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 then next moved east and earned an MFA degree in acting from the Professional Actors Training Program at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, where he studied under New York Acting teachers William Esper, Maggie Flanigan and Deborah Hedwall. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he performed at theaters including South Coast Repertory and began his career in film and television.

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

• Assaf Cohen at IMDb
• Official Website
• Hollywood Reporter: Cohen books USA pilot
• Twitter

• American male television actors
• American male film actors
• 1972 births
• Living people
• American people of Yemeni descent
• American people of Russian-Jewish descent
• American people of Israeli descent
• American people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
• People from Mountain View, California
• Male actors from Palo Alto, California
• UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
• Rutgers University alumni