Jacob Pavlovich Kogan (born May 28, 1995) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the 2007
psychological thriller
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''
Joshua
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'' and as the young
Spock
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in
J. J. Abrams' ''
Star Trek
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''.
Life and career
Kogan was born in
New York City
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to author and photographer
Deborah Copaken Kogan and
Russia
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n-born child actor Paul Kogan. Paul emigrated from
Moscow
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,
Russia
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(then in the
Soviet Union
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). Kogan has two younger siblings; a sister, Sasha (born March 1997) and a brother, Leo (born May 2006). His mother's family were Jewish immigrants from
Russia
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,
Ukraine
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and
Lithuania
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, and his father is a
Russian-Jewish immigrant. He considers himself Jewish and an
atheist
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.
He attended the
Dalton School
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in New York City during which time he was the lead singer/guitarist in a band, Flake, which released a self-titled EP in 2008.
Before starring in ''
Joshua
Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...
'', Kogan was a regular on the
comedy
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series, ''
Wonder Showzen''. He had a supporting role in ''
Lifelines'' by writer/director
Rob Margolies. The film was released on April 3, 2009 at the Quad Theater in Manhattan after being shown at film festivals in the previous year. He also had a supporting role in the television series ''
Delocated'' as David. He guest-starred on ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' in 2011 in the episode "Blood Brothers" as Tripp Raines. He also portrayed Luca Jameson in the
science fiction
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series ''
The Tomorrow People
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''.
Kogan studied at
Northwestern University
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.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Jacob Kogana
MovieKids
1995 births
21st-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male film actors
American atheists
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Dalton School alumni
Jewish American male actors
Jewish atheists
Living people
Male actors from New York (state)
Northwestern University alumni
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