Editing Jeff Cohen (actor) (section)

== Entertainment career ==

=== Acting ===
Cohen was one of the children describing words to the contestants on the 1982–83 [[CBS]] game show ''[[Child's Play (game show)|Child's Play]].'' During the summer of 1985, he appeared as a celebrity on ''[[Body Language (game show)|Body Language]]''. In 1986, Cohen was also in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] TV movie ''[[Ask Max]]''. Cohen's sister, Eydie Faye, is a playwright and actress. In the final scene of ''The Goonies'', when the families reunite on the beach, Faye has a cameo as Chunk's sister.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089218/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm|publisher=IMDB|access-date=December 30, 2022|title=The Goonies: Full Cast and Crew}}</ref>

Cohen claimed in ''The Goonies'' DVD commentary track that every role he played as a child had him wearing either a [[Hawaiian shirt]] or a pair of plaid pants, and director [[Richard Donner]] had the idea to put him in both for ''The Goonies''.<ref name="commentary">{{cite AV media notes|title=The Goonies DVD|orig-year=1985|last=Donner|first=Richard|type=Commentary track|year=2001}}</ref> Before ''The Goonies'' started filming, Cohen contracted [[chickenpox]]. Afraid that they would re-cast the role, he told no one of his illness and showed up to work anyway. According to the commentary track on ''The Goonies'' DVD, the chickenpox on Cohen's chest can be seen during the "Truffle Shuffle" sequence.<ref name="commentary" />

{{blockquote|His acting had an incredible sense of genuineness, of reality. He was Jeff—he drew from himself, and I think that's who he is now. He's honest and straight. I think that was in his acting and now in his law practice.|Director [[Richard Donner]]|''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''<ref name="variety">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992696.html?categoryId=3252&cs=1 |title=Dealmakers Impact Report '08: Jeff Cohen, Cohen & Gardner |date=September 23, 2008 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=September 24, 2008}}</ref>}}

=== Law ===
Cohen used introductions from ''Goonies'' director [[Richard Donner]] to get summer jobs on the business side of movie studios; he would say about that time in the ''ABA Journal'' story, "I grew up loving [[The Three Stooges]] and the [[Marx Brothers]], but suddenly I had a new crop of heroes." Cohen chose to pursue a legal career upon finding out that many of the most important figures on the business side of Hollywood had [[Juris Doctor|law degrees]].<ref name="Gordon" />

After his time at Berkeley, Cohen earned a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from the [[UCLA School of Law]] in 2000<ref name="Gordon" /> and later became an [[entertainment lawyer]] in [[Los Angeles]]. In 2002, he co-founded the Cohen & Gardner firm in Beverly Hills.<ref name="variety" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cohengardnerlaw.com/about |title=About the firm |website=Cohen Gardner Law |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210224722/http://www.cohengardnerlaw.com/about |archive-date=February 10, 2011}}</ref> In the September 24, 2008 issue of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Cohen was profiled in the Dealmakers Impact Report.<ref name="variety" />

Cohen was named to ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s "Next Generation: Hollywood's Top 35 Executives 35 and Under" in their November 5, 2008 issue.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i988131294131bdd81dd849c3d0cc84f7 |title=THR Next Gen 2008: Legal |date=November 5, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219170355/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i988131294131bdd81dd849c3d0cc84f7 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 }}</ref> He was named to ''Variety'''s Dealmakers Impact Report in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/gallery/showbiz-strategists-variety-dealmakers-impact-report/#!34/law-jeff-b-cohen/ |title=Showbiz Strategists: Variety's Dealmakers Impact Report, Law: Jeff B. Cohen |magazine=Variety |access-date=July 1, 2018}}</ref>

As of February 2014, Cohen periodically "writes about business, legal and political matters for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and [[CNBC]]."<ref name=Gordon/>

Cohen negotiated the deal of his ''Goonies'' co-star [[Ke Huy Quan]] for his casting in ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once|Everything Everywhere All At Once]]'' (2022). Cohen was in attendance at the [[95th Academy Awards]] where Quan won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]; Quan publicly thanked Cohen during his acceptance speech, calling him his "''Goonies'' brother for life."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Jeremy Pope, Ke Huy Quan, Adam Sandler and THR's Actor Roundtable |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/austin-butler-brendan-fraser-colin-farrell-actor-roundtable-1235293939/ |access-date=January 10, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ke Huy Quan gets Oscar congrats from 'Goonies' co-stars |url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/ke-huy-quan-gets-oscar-congrats-from-goonies-co-stars |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=torontosun |language=en-CA}}</ref>