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Etan Cohen

Etan Cohen is an Israeli-American screenwriter and director who wrote films including Tropic Thunder, Men in Black 3 and The Bad Guys.

born 1974Co-writing Tropic ThunderWriting Men in Black 3Writing for Mike Judge projectsDirecting Get Hard

Born: 14 March 1974, Safed
Occupation: screenwriter, film producer, director, manufacturer
Education: Harvard University, Harvard College, Maimonides School

Etan Cohen was born in 1974 in Safed

Etan Cohen was born in Safed, Israel, on March 14, 1974, to a Jewish family. He grew up in Sharon, Massachusetts, after his family moved to the United States. He is an observant Jew who keeps kosher and does not work on the Sabbath.

He graduated from the Maimonides School and from Harvard College. At Harvard he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.

His first produced scripts were for Beavis and Butthead in 1995 and 1997. He went on to write for King of the Hill, Recess, American Dad! and the film Idiocracy. In 2008 he co-wrote Tropic Thunder and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

He wrote Men in Black 3 in 2012 and made his directing debut with Get Hard in 2015. His 2018 film Holmes & Watson failed with critics and at the box office and earned him a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director. He co-wrote The Bad Guys, released in 2022.