Life and career
Born in Winnipeg, Cohen started Gender transitioning, transitioning from female to male in his 20s, making the information publicly known only in 2019. Cohen began his career when he appeared in ''Moville Mysteries,'' shortly after which he appeared in ''Queer as Folk (U.S. TV series), Queer as Folk'', ''Doc (2001 TV series), Doc'', ''RoboRoach'', and ''Henry's World,'' as well as 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, Ontario, Thornhill, what would he be like?" He was the voice of Ty Archer in the animated TV series ''Grossology (TV series), Grossology'' for which he and the ensemble received a Gemini Award nomination, the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy Awards, Emmy. Since 2014, Cohen has played Schwoz Schwartz on the sitcom ''Henry Danger'', a role he continues in the ''Henry Danger'' spinoff series ''Danger Force''. He has appeared on shows such as ''Modern Family'', ''The Real O'Neals'', ''2 Broke Girls'', ''The Mindy Project'', ''Backstrom'', ''Eagleheart'' and ''Austin & Ally''. His recent film credits include the comedy ''Suburbicon'', directed by George Clooney and written by the Coen brothers; the Oscar-nominated film ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash;'' and the Canadian Screen Award-nominated film ''It Was You Charlie'', for which he was nominated for an ASTRA Awards, ACTRA Award for Outstanding Lead Performance. Cohen 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. Cohen was co-chair of the SAG-AFTRA AFI Conservatory, Hollywood Conservatory at the American Film Institute, and is a member of the National SAG-AFTRA Conservatory Committee. He has a master's 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
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Michael D. 1975 births 21st-century Canadian male actors Living people Year of birth uncertain Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Winnipeg Male actors from British Columbia Canadian male film actors Nickelodeon people People from Richmond, British Columbia Canadian transgender men Canadian transgender actors Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people Canadian LGBTQ male actors Transgender male actors