Trivia

In 1964, at the age of six, his family immigrated to Israel. They settled in Migdal HaEmek, where he was raised and educated.

In 1977 he graduated from the Ort Rogozin high school in Migdal HaEmek.

Has 10 siblings.

In 1984 he graduated from the 22nd class of the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts, alongside classmates such as Odia Koren, Idit Teperson and Anat Waxman.

In 2008 he received the Special Award for "Bustan Sephardi".

He received the Kalchkin Award.

In 1988 he received the Outstanding Actor Award at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre.

During his years in the theater, Cohen appeared in a wide variety of productions - among others at the Chamber Theater, Haifa, Orna Forat and Bima.

Cohen is considered one of the pioneers of stand-up in Israel.

For his professional work, Cohen won a number of important awards: the award for the outstanding actor at the Acre Festival of Other Israeli Theater (1988), the Kalchakin Award as an outstanding employee of the Bhima Theater, and a special award for the decade and more than 1000 performances of the musical "Bustan Sephardi" (2008).