Scott Cohen (actor)

Scott Cohen (born December 19, 1961) is an American actor best known for his supporting role as Max Medina on the first three seasons of The WB comedy drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–03), as well as his lead roles as Detective Chris Ravell on the NBC legal drama series Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005–06), Dominic Eugene "Nico" Careles on the USA Network comedy drama series Necessary Roughness (2011–13), Ezra Wolf on the ABC legal drama series The Fix (2019), and Luca Falcone on the HBO crime drama miniseries The Penguin (2024).

Scott Cohen
Cohen in 2011
Born	(1961-12-19) December 19, 1961 (age 63)[1] The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	State University of New York at New Paltz (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Anastasia Traina ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	1

He is also known for his roles in films such as The Mambo Kings (1992), Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), Love & Other Drugs, Please Give (both 2010), Anesthesia, James White (both 2015), As You Are (2016), Who We Are Now (2017), Braid, and Write When You Get Work (both 2018).

Career

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 Law & Order: Trial by Jury 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 and nine OFTA Television Awards for different categories including but not limited to best new theme song, best visual effects, best costume design, best production design, and best mini series with Anne Dudley the award-winning composer.^[3][4]

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 Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 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 Careles.

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1990	Jacob's Ladder	Resident Doctor		[5][6]
1992	The Mambo Kings	Bernadito		[5][6]
1993	Sweet Evil	Mike	Video	[5][6]
1995	Roommates	Attending Intern		[5][6]
1996	Final Vendetta	Michael Miller
	Vibrations	Simeon	Video	[5][6]
1997	Private Parts	Friend		[5][6]
	Camp Stories	Schnair		[5]
	A Brother's Kiss	Rapist		[6]
	Fall	Derick		[6]
1998	Better Living	Larry		[6]
1999	Cross-Eyed	Melville
2000	King of the Jungle	Officer Norman Turner		[6]
2001	Kissing Jessica Stein	Josh Meyers		[5][6]
2003	Psychoanalysis Changed My Life	Nick Zurmer	Short film	[6]
2004	Knots	Dave Siegel
2005	The Circle	Stan		[5][6]
	Confess	Media Executive		[6]
2006	Brother's Shadow	Jake Groden		[5][6]
2007	Mitch Albom's For One More Day	Len Benetto		[5][6]
2008	The Understudy	Jonny		[6]
2009	Fortune	Gabriel Leguard
	Freud's Magic Powder	Philipp Freud	Short film
	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Barbara's Lawyer		[5]
	The Other Woman	Jack Woolf		[5][6]
	Everybody's Fine	Music Conductor		[5][6]
	Moonlight Serenade	David Volgler	Video	[5]
	Iron Cross	Ronnie		[5][6]
2010	Meet My Boyfriend!!!	Unknown	Short film
	Please Give	Dr. Lerner		[6]
	Capture the Flag	Luke Edwards	Short film
	Love & Other Drugs	Ted Goldstein		[5][6]
2011	I'm Coming Over	Werner	Short film
	Loveless	Ricky		[5][6]
	3 Weeks to Daytona	Chuck Weber		[6]
2012	Get the Gringo	Jackson		[5][6]
	Magic: The Gathering - The Musical	Dark Stranger	Short film
2013	Louder Than Words	Nick Spano		[6]
2015	To Whom It May Concern	Mike
	Anesthesia	Dr. Laffer		[5][6]
	James White	Barry White		[6]
2016	As You Are	Tom		[5][6][7]
	Jack of the Red Hearts	Mark Adams		[5][6]
2017	Who We Are Now	Sam		[5][6]
	Active Adults	Mick		[6]
2018	Write When You Get Work	Guy Brinckerhoff		[6]
	Braid	Detective Siegel		[6]
	The Week Of	Ron Elliman		[5][6]
2019	South Mountain	Edgar		[6]
	All the Little Things We Kill	Gary Anderson
2023	The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed	Allen		[8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1994	NYPD Blue	Eddie Reyna	Episode: "Double Abandando"	[6]
	One Life to Live	Ray Martino	Unknown episodes
1995	New York News	Greg Wilson	Episode: "The Using Game"
	The Wharf Rat	Matt Martin	Television film	[5][6]
1996	Gotti	Gene Gotti	Television film	[6]
1997	Feds	Rod Nesbitt	Episode: "Missing Pieces"
	Law & Order	Eddie Newman	3 episodes	[6]
	Oz	FBI Agent Jeremy Goldstein	Episode: "God's Chillin'"
	Dellaventura	Unknown	Episode: "Music of the Night"
	F/X: The Series	Michael Lopez	2 episodes	[6]
1998	Gia	Mike Mansfield	Television film	[5][6]
	New York Undercover	Petrello	Episode: "Mob Street"	[6]
2000	Silent Witness	Soriano	Television film
	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder	Steve Thomas	Television film	[5][6]
	The 10th Kingdom	Wolf	Television miniseries; 10 episodes	[5][6][7]
	NYPD Blue	Detective Harry Denby	Recurring role; 9 episodes	[6]
2000–2003	Gilmore Girls	Max Medina	Recurring role; 13 episodes	[6][7]
2001	Kiss My Act	Michael True	Television film	[5][6]
2002	The Practice	Assistant District Attorney Mitchell 'Mitch' Wheeler	2 episodes	[6]
2002–2003	Street Time	James Liberti	Main role; 20 episodes
2004	The Men's Room	Charlie	4 episodes
	Without a Trace	Bernie Scoggins	Episode: "Malone v. Malone"
2005	Numb3rs	James Grace	Episode: "Soft Target"	[6]
2005–2006	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Detective Chris Ravell	Main role; 10 episodes	[6]
2006	Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America	Governor Mike Newsome	Television film	[5][6]
2007	Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day	Len Benetto	Television film	[5][6]
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Nicholas Branch	Episode: "Stay with Me"	[6]
	The Return of Jezebel James	Marcus Sonti	4 episodes	[6]
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Neil Hayes-Fitzgerald	Episode: "Playing Dead"
	CSI: NY	Aaron Lesnick	Episode: "Yahrzeit"	[6]
	The Amazing Mrs. Novak	Simon Wright	Television film
2010	The Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot	Josh	Television pilot
	Castle	Lieutenant Stan Holliwell	Episode: "Den of Thieves"	[6]
	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Tom Evans	Episode 20 (season 6): "Hook, Line and Sinner"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Aaron Custer	Episode: "Doctor Who"	[6]
	The Glades	Senator Donald Chapman	Episode: "Exposed"
	Hawaii Five-0	Roland Lowry	Episode: "Ohana"	[6]
	Blue Bloods	Dr. Warren Wakefield	Episode: "Chinatown"	[6]
2011	Justice for Natalee Holloway	John Q. Kelly	Television film	[5][6]
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Ira	Episode: "Car Periscope"	[6]
	Unforgettable	Dr. Sam Barlow	Episode: "Spirited Away"	[6]
2011–2012	Pan Am	Everett Henson	3 episodes	[6]
2011–2013	Necessary Roughness	Dominic Eugene "Nico" Careles	Main role; 38 episodes	[6]
2012	Person of Interest	Inspector Doug Rasmussen	Episode: "Risk"
2013–2014	The Carrie Diaries	Harlan Silver	10 episodes	[6]
2014	Elementary	Nolan Sharp	Episode: "Corpse De Ballet"	[6]
2015	Allegiance	Mark O'Connor	Main role; 13 episodes	[6]
2016	The Mysteries of Laura	Vince Santiani	Episode: "The Mystery of the End of Watch"	[6]
	The Good Wife	Jeffrey Nachmann	Episode: "Unmanned"	[6]
2016–2020	Billions	Pete Decker	4 episodes	[7]
2017	I'm Dying Up Here	Roy Brenner	2 episodes	[9]
2018	Taken	Kasparov	Episode 8 (18, season 2): "Strelochnik"
	The Americans	Glenn Haskard	6 episodes
2019	The Fix	Ezra Wolf	Main role; 10 episodes	[10]
	Bluff City Law	James Marshall	Episode: "25 Years to Life"
2020	The Bold Type	Miles Shaw	2 episodes
2021	The Equalizer	Robert Harrington, Sr.	Episode: "It Takes a Village"
2021–2022	Power Book II: Ghost	Congressman Rick Sweeney	2 episodes	[11]
2022	The Resident	Dr. Robert Porter	3 episodes
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Solomon Melamid	Episode: "How to Chew Quietly and Influence People"	[12]
2022–2023	East New York	Adam Lustig	4 episodes	[13]
2023	Ancient Empires	Narrator	Voice; 3 episodes	[14]
2024	The Girls on the Bus	Charlie Greene		[15]
	The Penguin	Luca Falcone		[16][17]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Reference(s)
1996	Ripper	Jake Quinlan