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).
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. 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.
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 1990 Jacob's Ladder Resident Doctor 1992 Bernadito 1993 Sweet Evil Mike Video 1995 Roommates Attending Intern 1996 Final Vendetta Michael Miller Vibrations Simeon Video 1997 Private Parts Friend Camp Stories Schnair Rapist Fall Derick 1998 Better Living Larry 1999 Cross-Eyed Melville 2000 King of the Jungle Officer Norman Turner 2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Josh Meyers 2003 Psychoanalysis Changed My Life Nick Zurmer Short film 2004 Knots Dave Siegel 2005 Stan Confess Media Executive 2006 Brother's Shadow Jake Groden 2007 Mitch Albom's For One More Day Len Benetto 2008 Jonny 2009 Fortune Gabriel Leguard Freud's Magic Powder Philipp Freud Short film Winter of Frozen Dreams Barbara's Lawyer Jack Woolf Everybody's Fine Music Conductor Moonlight Serenade David Volgler Video Iron Cross Ronnie 2010 Meet My Boyfriend!!! Unknown Short film Please Give Dr. Lerner Capture the Flag Luke Edwards Short film Love & Other Drugs Ted Goldstein 2011 I'm Coming Over Werner Short film Loveless Ricky 3 Weeks to Daytona Chuck Weber 2012 Get the Gringo Jackson Magic: The Gathering - The Musical Dark Stranger Short film 2013 Louder Than Words Nick Spano 2015 To Whom It May Concern Mike Anesthesia Dr. Laffer James White Barry White 2016 As You Are Tom Jack of the Red Hearts Mark Adams 2017 Who We Are Now Sam Active Adults Mick 2018 Write When You Get Work Guy Brinckerhoff Braid Detective Siegel The Week Of Ron Elliman 2019 South Mountain Edgar All the Little Things We Kill Gary Anderson 2023 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Allen TBA Rest and Relaxation Post-production
Television + Year Title Role Notes 1994 NYPD Blue Eddie Reyna Episode: "Double Abandando" One Life to Live Ray Martino Unknown episodes 1995 New York News Greg Wilson Episode: "The Using Game" Matt Martin Television film 1996 Gotti Gene Gotti Television film 1997 Feds Rod Nesbitt Episode: "Missing Pieces" Law & Order Eddie Newman 3 episodes Oz FBI Agent Jeremy Goldstein Episode: "God's Chillin'" Dellaventura Unknown Episode: "Music of the Night" F/X: The Series Michael Lopez 2 episodes 1998 Gia Mike Mansfield Television film New York Undercover Petrello Episode: "Mob Street" 2000 Silent Witness Soriano Television film Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder Steve Thomas Television film Wolf Television miniseries; 10 episodes NYPD Blue Detective Harry Denby Recurring role; 9 episodes 2000–2003 Gilmore Girls Max Medina Recurring role; 13 episodes 2001 Kiss My Act Michael True Television film 2002 Assistant District Attorney Mitchell 'Mitch' Wheeler 2 episodes 2002–2003 Street Time James Liberti Main role; 20 episodes 2004 Charlie 4 episodes Without a Trace Bernie Scoggins Episode: "Malone v. Malone" 2005 Numb3rs James Grace Episode: "Soft Target" 2005–2006 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Detective Chris Ravell Main role; 10 episodes 2006 Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Governor Mike Newsome Television film 2007 Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day Len Benetto Television film 2008 Cashmere Mafia Nicholas Branch Episode: "Stay with Me" Marcus Sonti 4 episodes 2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Neil Hayes-Fitzgerald Episode: "Playing Dead" CSI: NY Aaron Lesnick Episode: "Yahrzeit" Simon Wright Television film 2010 The Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot Josh Television pilot Castle Lieutenant Stan Holliwell Episode: "Den of Thieves" Grey's Anatomy Dr. Tom Evans Episode 20 (season 6): "Hook, Line and Sinner" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Aaron Custer Episode: "Doctor Who" Senator Donald Chapman Episode: "Exposed" Hawaii Five-0 Roland Lowry Episode: "Ohana" Blue Bloods Dr. Warren Wakefield Episode: "Chinatown" 2011 Justice for Natalee Holloway John Q. Kelly Television film Curb Your Enthusiasm Ira Episode: "Car Periscope" Unforgettable Dr. Sam Barlow Episode: "Spirited Away" 2011–2012 Pan Am Everett Henson 3 episodes 2011–2013 Necessary Roughness Dominic Eugene "Nico" Careles Main role; 38 episodes 2012 Person of Interest Inspector Doug Rasmussen Episode: "Risk" 2013–2014 Harlan Silver 10 episodes 2014 Elementary Nolan Sharp Episode: "Corpse De Ballet" 2015 Allegiance Mark O'Connor Main role; 13 episodes 2016 The Mysteries of Laura Vince Santiani Episode: "The Mystery of the End of Watch" The Good Wife Jeffrey Nachmann Episode: "Unmanned" 2016–2020 Billions Pete Decker 4 episodes 2017 I'm Dying Up Here Roy Brenner 2 episodes 2018 Taken Kasparov Episode 8 (18, season 2): "Strelochnik" The Americans Glenn Haskard 6 episodes 2019 The Fix Ezra Wolf Main role; 10 episodes 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 2022 The Resident Dr. Robert Porter 3 episodes The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Solomon Melamid Episode: "How to Chew Quietly and Influence People" 2022–2023 East New York Adam Lustig 4 episodes 2023 Ancient Empires Narrator Voice; 3 episodes 2024 The Girls on the Bus Charlie Greene The Penguin Luca Falcone 2 episodes
Video games Year Title Role Reference(s) 1996 Ripper Jake Quinlan
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