Jacob Kogan is an American actor. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2007 psychological thriller

Psychological thriller

Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller with heavy focus on characters. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre, along with the typical traits of the thriller genre...

 Joshua

Joshua (2007 film)

Joshua is a 2007 American psychological horror/thriller film about an affluent young Manhattan family and how they are torn apart by the increasingly sadistic behavior of their disturbed son, Joshua. The film was directed by George Ratliff and stars Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga and Jacob Kogan...

and Spock

Spock

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 as a child in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek.

Kogan was born in New York City

New York City

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, where he lives and attends a private school

Private school

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 for the arts. He is the son of author and photographer Deborah Copaken Kogan

Deborah Copaken Kogan

-Life and career:She was born Deborah Elizabeth Copaken in Boston, the daughter of Marjorie Ann and Richard Daniel Copaken, who served as a White House Fellow for President Lyndon B. Johnson. She grew up first in Adelphi, then Potomac, Maryland...

 and Russia

Russia

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n-born one-time child actor Paul Mikhailovich Kogan. He also has two younger siblings, Sasha and Leo. Before starring in Joshua, Kogan was a regular on the adult

Adult

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-oriented MTV2

MTV2

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 sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

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 television series, Wonder Showzen

Wonder Showzen

Wonder Showzen is an American sketch comedy television series that aired between 2005 and 2006 on MTV2. It was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman of PFFR. The show is rated TV-MA....

.

He wrapped production on a film called Lifelines

Wherever You Are (2008 film)

Wherever You Are is a 2008 comedy-drama film from director-screenwriter Rob Margolies. The film addresses the changes within a dysfunctional family after 1 session of therapy...

, from writer/director Rob Margolies

Rob Margolies

Rob Margolies is a film director and screenwriter.In 2005, he produced We All Fall Down, a short subject about the Great Plague of 1666. In 2008 he directed Wherever You Are. He directed the 2010 movie Life-ers. At the moment Margolies is directing the movie "She Wants me" with a cameo by Charlie...

. The film had a general release on April 3, 2009 at the Quad Theater in Manhattan after having been shown at film festivals in 2008. Kogan also stars in the television series Delocated

Delocated

Delocated is an American live-action television series which premiered February 12, 2009 on Adult Swim. The original pilot for the show was aired on April 1, 2008....

.

Kogan is formerly active in an alternative band called Flake. They recorded their 12 track debut untitled record in 2008.

Filmography

• Wonder Showzen
  Wonder Showzen
  Wonder Showzen is an American sketch comedy television series that aired between 2005 and 2006 on MTV2. It was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman of PFFR. The show is rated TV-MA....
  
  (2006, TV series)
• Joshua
  Joshua (2007 film)
  Joshua is a 2007 American psychological horror/thriller film about an affluent young Manhattan family and how they are torn apart by the increasingly sadistic behavior of their disturbed son, Joshua. The film was directed by George Ratliff and stars Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga and Jacob Kogan...
  
  (2007) as Joshua Cairn
• Wherever You Are
  Wherever You Are (2008 film)
  Wherever You Are is a 2008 comedy-drama film from director-screenwriter Rob Margolies. The film addresses the changes within a dysfunctional family after 1 session of therapy...
  
  AKA Lifelines (2008) as Spencer Bernstein
• Star Trek (2009) as Young Spock
• Delocated
  Delocated
  Delocated is an American live-action television series which premiered February 12, 2009 on Adult Swim. The original pilot for the show was aired on April 1, 2008....
  
  (2009-2010, TV series) as David
• Law & Order: SVU (2011, TV series) as Tripp Raines

External links

• Jacob Kogan at MovieKids