LEON COHEN

Leon's acting career began in 1994 when he was cast as Mordechai Weiss the CSU, Dominguez Hills production of A Shayna Maidel. By the end of the 1st performance, he was hooked although he wisely did not give up his day job as a professor/administrator at CSUDH from which he has since retired after more than 40 years in academe.

He has now appeared in over 30 stage productions throughout the greater Los Angeles area. His favorite roles include: Dr Lyman in Bus Stop, Judge Emile Carpeau in The Deadly Game, Moyshe Alper in Chayefsky's The 10th Man, Jim McKissick in Tales of the Lost Formicans, Morten Kiil in Ibsen's Enemy of the People, the Old Man in Prelude to a Kiss, and his 2 roles in CCPT’s 2007 season (the title role in King Midas and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing.) Additionally, he has been seen in limited television and film appearances as well as commercials.

Leon has performed 8 seasons in Carlson Park; 5 with CCPT and 3 with TITP. He is a proud member of both SAG and AFTRA.

CCPT PRODUCTION HISTORY

• 2008 – Present
  Board Officer, Treasurer

• 2007
  King Midas, King Midas

• 2006
  Walt, The Poet Who Wouldn't Be King
  The Baron/A President/An A. Bertaut/A Voice, Madwoman of Chaillot

• 2005
  Narrator, An Afternoon With Hans Christian Andersen
  Old Man, The King Stag

• 2004
  Morten Kiil, An Enemy Of The People