Jacob Kogan
{{short description|American actor (born 1995)}}
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| birth_name = Jacob Pavlovich Kogan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|05|28}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 2006–2014
| parents = Deborah Copaken
Paul Kogan
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Jacob Pavlovich Kogan (born May 28, 1995) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the 2007 psychological thriller Joshua and as the young Spock in J. J. Abrams' Star Trek.
Life and career
Kogan was born in New York City to author and photographer Deborah Copaken Kogan and Russian-born child actor Paul Kogan. Paul emigrated from Moscow, Russia (then in the Soviet Union).{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/realestate/31habi.html | work=The New York Times | first=Constance | last=Rosenblum | title=Tea and Uncertainty for a Busy Family | date=28 January 2010}}{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html | work=The New York Times | title=ENGAGEMENTS; Deborah E. Copaken, Paul M. Kogan | date=18 April 1993}} Kogan has two younger siblings; a sister, Sasha (born March 1997) and a brother, Leo (born May 2006). His mother's family were Jewish immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania, and his father is a Russian-Jewish immigrant.[http://www.more.com/relationships/attitudes/russia-love?page=5 To Russia, with Love] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203043735/http://www.more.com/relationships/attitudes/russia-love?page=5 |date=2014-02-03 }} He considers himself Jewish and an atheist.{{cite web|last=Kogan|first=Jacob|title=I Am Jacob Kogan a.k.a. Young Spock. AMA|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/jo5m8/i_am_jacob_kogan_aka_young_spock_ama/c2e04ge|work=Reddit|date=21 August 2011 |accessdate=4 April 2014}}
He attended the Dalton School in New York City during which time he was the lead singer/guitarist in a band, Flake, which released a self-titled EP in 2008.
Before starring in Joshua, Kogan was a regular on the comedy series, Wonder Showzen. He had a supporting role in Lifelines by writer/director Rob Margolies. The film was released on April 3, 2009 at the Quad Theater in Manhattan after being shown at film festivals in the previous year. He also had a supporting role in the television series Delocated as David. He guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011 in the episode "Blood Brothers" as Tripp Raines. He also portrayed Luca Jameson in the science fiction series The Tomorrow People.{{cite web |title=BAM Teleports with "The Tomorrow People"! |url=https://www.bamstudios.com/bam-teleports-with-the-tomorrow-people/ |website=BAM Studios |access-date=April 14, 2022 |date=April 17, 2014}}
Kogan studied at Northwestern University.{{cite web |last1=Harrison |first1=Jordan |title=Freshman actor recounts role in Star Trek |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/10/17/campus/freshman-actor-jacob-kogan-recounts-role-in-star-trek/ |website=The Daily Northwestern |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=October 17, 2013}}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |
| 2007
|Joshua Cairn |Fright Meter Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2008
|Spencer Bernstein | |
| 2009
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=Television=
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! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |
| 2006
|Various | |
| 2009– 13 |David | Main role; 25 episodes |
| 2011
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Tripp Raines | Episode: "Blood Brothers" |
| 2013– 14 |Luca Jameson | Recurring role; 12 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2275042|Jacob Kogan}}
- [http://www.moviekids.org/code/Actor-0-14910-Jacob_Kogan.html Jacob Kogan] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080430123307/http://www.moviekids.org/ MovieKids]
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:Jewish American male actors
Category:Male actors from New York (state)
Category:Northwestern University alumni
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