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Ari Cohen (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian stage and television actor. He was a cast member of My Babysitter's a Vampire . He is from Winnipeg and attended the University of Manitoba, [1] where he was an alumnus of the Black Hole Theatre Company. [2]

Winnipeg Provincial capital city in Manitoba, Canada

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<i>My Babysitters a Vampire</i> (TV series) TV series

My Babysitter's a Vampire is a 2011 Canadian television series, based on the television film of the same name. In Canada, the series premiered in French on Télétoon on February 28, 2011, in English on Teletoon on March 14, 2011, and on Disney Channel in the United States on June 27, 2011, and finished airing October 5, 2012, on Disney and April 11, 2013, on Télétoon. The show was created by Fresh TV, creators of 6teen, Total Drama, and Stoked. The show follows Ethan Morgan, who, in the television film, learns that his babysitter Sarah is a vampire. In the film, he learns he is able to have visions and his best friend Benny Weir is a spellmaster. The series follows the three as they take on supernatural forces and have adventures, with occasional help from fellow vampires Rory and Erica, while dealing with the troubles of regular high school life.

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Cohen is active in Canadian theatre, having worked with the Soulpepper Theatre Company (as Biff in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and as Bobby Gould in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow , both 2012), [3] with the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company (as uncle Louie in Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers ), [4] as well as with the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company and many others.

Arthur Miller American playwright

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright, essayist, and a controversial figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View from the Bridge. He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century.

<i>Death of a Salesman</i> 1949 play by Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances, and has been revived on Broadway four times, winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.

David Mamet American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of off-Broadway 70s plays: The Duck Variations,Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. His plays Race and The Penitent, respectively, opened on Broadway in 2009 and previewed off-Broadway in 2017.

On screen

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Archangel PhilbinFilm, dir: Guy Maddin
1992 True Confections BoyTV movie
1993 For the Moment CecilFilm
1997Too Close to HomeOfficerTV movie
1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet P.A. OfficerTV movie
1999Deep in the CityVideographerTV series (1 ep.)
Twice in a Lifetime Adult AxelTV series (1 ep.)
Black and Blue Carl CarterTV movie (uncredited)
2000 The Famous Jett Jackson DirectorTV series (1 ep.)
Bruiser Caller #1Film, dir: George Romero
Relic Hunter Roger PenroseTV series (1 ep.)
2001 A Glimpse of Hell TV Reporter #2TV movie
Dangerous Child Guidance CounselorTV movie
Blue Murder Michael TynerTV series (1 ep.)
2002Gilda Radner: It's Always SomethingLorne MichaelsTV movie
The Man Who Saved Christmas Frank GilbertTV movie
2004 The L Word Conrad VoynowTV series (recurring)
The DaysMale LawyerTV series (2 eps.)
Stargate: Atlantis TyrusTV series (1 ep.)
Category 6: Day of Destruction Dan LondonTV movie
2005 The Tournament Stan RyckmanTV series (1 ep.)
Ladies NightHowellTV movie
Andromeda ZayasTV series (1 ep.)
2006 A Little Thing Called Murder Matthew WeissmanTV movie
The Evidence Daniel LloydTV series (1 ep.)
Supernatural Miles TarnowerTV series (1 ep.)
A Job to Kill ForPatrick KamplenTV movie
Saved Nick NeuwirthTV series (2 eps.)
Not My LifeSteve MorganTV movie
2007 The Tracey Fragments Mr. BerkowitzFilm, dir: Bruce McDonald
Hush Little BabyPeterTV movie
Kaya Trip ThayerTV series (1 ep.)
2008Love SickStevenTV movie
2008-2009 Smallville Regan MatthewsTV series (recurring)
2009 Defying Gravity David SellnerTV series (1 ep.)
2010 The Border Special Agent Kurt SaulsTV series (1 ep.)
Living in Your Car Dr. ReinwoodTV series (2 eps.)
Rookie Blue Paul WrightTV series (1 ep.)
Small Town Murder Songs Detective WashingtonFilm, dir: Ed Gass-Donnelly
My Babysitter's a Vampire Ross MorganTV movie
2011PoeOfficer MooreTV movie
Republic of Doyle Justin SladeTV series (1 ep.)
King Jim LowellTV series (2 eps.)
Haven Anson ShumwayTV series (1 ep.)
Suits Detective PackelTV series (1 ep.)
Lost Girl BrikramTV series (1 ep.)
Flashpoint Martin VarranTV series (1 ep.)
Against the Wall Kevin ProudTV series (1 ep.)
2011-2012 My Babysitter's a Vampire Ross MorganTV series (cast member)
2012 The Firm Detective William QuinnTV series (2 eps.)
Whiskey Business DinoTV movie
2014 Maps to the Stars Jeb Berg
2016 Shoot the Messenger Sam CharlesTV series (cast member)
Quantico Dan BerlinTV series (1 ep.)
Shadowhunters TheoTV series (1 ep.)
2017 It Rabbi Uris
2018 Mouthpiece Chris
2019 It: Chapter Two Rabbi Uris (flashbacks)Filming

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References

  1. Carly Maga (September 12, 2012). "Joseph Ziegler, Ari Cohen, and Mike Ross: A Q&A With the Three Loman Men" . Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  2. "The Black Hole Theatre". Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  3. "Ari Cohen" . Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  4. Jason Rehel (May 11, 2012). "Five things to do this week: May 12–18" . Retrieved October 2, 2012.