Tanner Cohen is an American stage, film and television actor, and singer.
Career
In 2006, Cohen appeared as Tad Becker in five episodes of the American soap opera ''
As the World Turns
''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...
''.
He appeared in the 2007 thriller ''
The Life Before Her Eyes
''The Life Before Her Eyes'' is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Vadim Perelman. The screenplay was adapted by Emil Stern from the Laura Kasischke novel of the same name. The film stars Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood. It was released o ...
''.
In 2008, he made his leading film debut as Timothy in ''
Were the World Mine'', an independent musical film based on ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream
''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict ...
''. He also contributed to the soundtrack.
He had taken voice lessons for a year.
In 2010, Cohen appeared opposite Andy Ridings in ''Over and Over'', a play produced as part of the
New York International Fringe Festival
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, was a fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It took place over the course of a few weeks in October, spread on more than 20 stages across sev ...
(FringeNYC). The play ran from August 18 to August 28 at the
Studio @ Cherry Lane, then again from September 9 through 25 as part of ''The FringeNYC Encore Series''.
In 2013, Cohen appeared in ''
Getting Go: The Go Doc Project'' in the role of a shy college grad (Doc) who devises to shoot a documentary about the New York City nightlife scene to meet the go-go dancer he is obsessed with.
Filmography
Personal life
Cohen is
Jew
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...
ish. He graduated from
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...
in 2009, and is openly
gay.
His brother,
David Oliver Cohen, is a television actor.
In 2010, he recorded and poste
a videoin connection with the
It Gets Better Project
It Gets Better is an Internet-based 501(c)3 nonprofit with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth around the globe. It was founded in the United States by gay activist, author, m ...
and
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1998. Focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, they offer a toll-free telephone number where ...
.
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American male film actors
American male pop singers
American male stage actors
American male television actors
21st-century American male actors
American gay actors
American gay musicians
Jewish American male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Jewish American musicians
LGBT Jews
Living people
21st-century American Jews
1986 births