{{short description|American actor and singer}} {{Infobox person | name = Tanner Cohen | image = File:Tanner Cohen (cropped).jpg | caption = Cohen in 2012 | birth_name = | birth_place = | occupation = {{csv|Actor|singer}} | years_active = 2006–present | relatives = David Oliver Cohen (brother) }} '''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''.<ref name="ATWTCast">{{cite web | url = http://celebrity.premiere.com/movie-cast-As+the+World+Turns | title = As The World Turns (1956): Cast | work = Premiere.com | publisher = Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref><ref name="PremiereCohenTanner">{{cite web | url = http://celebrity.premiere.com/movie_stars/celebrity-filmography-Tanner+Cohen | title = Filmography - Tanner Cohen | work = Premiere.com | publisher = Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref> He appeared in the 2007 thriller ''The Life Before Her Eyes''.<ref name="PremiereCohenTanner" /><ref name="FandangoCohen">{{cite web | url = http://www.fandango.com/tannercohen/filmography/p587025 | title = Tanner Cohen Filmography | work = Fandango Movies | publisher = Comcast Digital Entertainment | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref> 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''. He also contributed to the soundtrack.<ref name="PremiereCohenTanner" /><ref name="FandangoCohen" /><ref>{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=1265B2F8D7CAF528&p_docnum=1&p_theme=gannett&s_site=azstarnet&p_product=ADSB | title = Gay teen comedy something special | first = Phil | last = Villarreal | newspaper = Arizona Daily Star | publisher = Lee Enterprises | location = Tucson, Arizona | date = 12 Feb 2009 | at = Caliente section, p. 11 | issn = 0888-546X | oclc = 2949521 | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936947.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=were+the+world+mine | last = Weissberg | first = Jay | title = Were the World Mine | work = Variety | publisher = Reed Business Information | location = Los Angeles, CA | date = 29 Apr 2008 | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref><ref name="YouTubeMiamiGLFF">{{cite video | people = Gustafson, Tom (Director, interviewee); Cohen, Tanner (actor, interviewee); Becker, Nathaniel David (actor, interviewee) | date = 3 May 2008 | title = The boys from "Were The World Mine" | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ao-5d0C2bM | location = Miami, Florida | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref> He had taken voice lessons for a year.<ref name="YouTubeMiamiGLFF" />
In 2010, Cohen appeared opposite Andy Ridings in ''Over and Over'', a play produced as part of the New York International Fringe Festival (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''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fringenyc.org/basic_page.php?ltr=O | title = FringeNYC Show Listings | work = FringeNYC | publisher = The Present Theatre Company, Inc. | location = New York City, NY | accessdate = 25 Sep 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100902092713/http://www.fringenyc.org/basic_page.php?ltr=o | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nohopeproductions.com/ | title = No Hope Productions | work = Current Events | publisher = No Hope Productions | location = New York City, NY | accessdate = 25 Sep 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110128121636/http://nohopeproductions.com/ | url-status = live | archivedate = 28 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-off-off-broadway/over-and-over-1004110387.story | title = Over and Over | first = Mark | last = Peikert | date = 19 August 2010 | work = Back Stage: The Actor's Resource | publisher = Back Stage (NYC) | location = New York City, NY | accessdate = 25 Sep 2010}}</ref>
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== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film and television performances by Tanner Cohen ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" style="width:20em;" | Notes |- |2006 |''As the World Turns'' |Tad Becker |TV series; 5 episodes |- |2007 |''The Life Before Her Eyes'' |Nate Witt |Film |- |2008 |''Were the World Mine'' |Timothy |Musical film |- |2013 |''Getting Go: The Go Doc Project'' |Doc |Film |- |2014 |''Royal Pains'' |Courier |TV series; episode: "Everybody Loves Ray, Man" |- |2014–2015 |''Looking'' |Scotty |TV series; 2 episodes: "Looking for Now" and "Looking for Results" |- |2020 |''Ramy'' |Man at Bar |TV series; episode: "Uncle Naseem" |}
==Personal life== Cohen is Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 25, 2010|title=tanner cohen @tarzancohen|url=https://twitter.com/tarzancohen/status/18750767313723392|location=New York City, New York|accessdate=April 13, 2012}}</ref> He graduated from UCLA in 2009, and is openly gay.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thebacklot.com/best-gay-week-ever-november-21-2008/11/2008/4/ | title = Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (November 21, 2008) | first = Brent | last = Hartinger | date = 21 Nov 2008 | work = AfterElton.com | publisher = LOGOonline.com | location = New York | accessdate = 19 Oct 2014}}</ref> His brother, David Oliver Cohen, is a television actor.<ref name="ATWTCast" /><ref name="PremiereCohenDavid">{{cite web | url = http://celebrity.premiere.com/movie_stars/celebrity-filmography-David+Oliver+Cohen | title = Filmography - David Oliver Cohen | work = Premiere.com | publisher = Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref>
In 2010, he recorded and posted [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf5r3o_it-gets-better-tanner-cohen_gaylesbian a video] in connection with the It Gets Better Project and The Trevor Project.<ref>{{cite video | people = Cohen, Tanner | date = 11 Oct 2010 | title = It Gets Better: Tanner Cohen | url = http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf5r3o_it-gets-better-tanner-cohen_gaylesbian | location = New York City, New York | accessdate = 2 Nov 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|2409783}} * {{Twitter}}
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