Ari Cohen (born in

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) is a

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stage and television actor. He was a cast member of ''

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''. He is from Winnipeg and attended the

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, where he was an alumnus of the Black Hole Theatre Company. Cohen is active in Canadian theatre, having worked with the

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(as Biff in

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's ''

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'' and as Bobby Gould in

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's ''

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'', both 2012), with the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company (as uncle Louie in

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's '' Lost in Yonkers''), as well as with the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company and many others.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Ari Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Male actors from Winnipeg University of Manitoba alumni Date of birth missing (living people) Canadian male stage actors Year of birth missing (living people)