Biography
Kohler McKenzie
Stats: 6’0" 165 lbs
Degree: MFA Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Location: Harlem, NY

Kohler McKenzie received his undergraduate degree in Theatre at St. Mary's College of Maryland before being accepted to the prestigious Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he recieved his Masters Degree in acting in 2010. Since then Kohler has been a working actor in NYC performing at Lincoln Center as well as off-broadway and other regional houses including Baltimore Center Stage, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Gulfshore Playhouse, St. Louis Rep and Cincinnati Playhouse. He has also been seen on multiple Television shows including FX's Damages and The Following, CBS's Elementary and Person of Interest, ABC's Limitless, NBC's The Blacklist and MTV's One Bad Choice. He can also be seen in the movie Year By The Sea starring Karen Allen. In the summers, he goes to the other side of the table as the Director of Spotlight On Dance's Musical and Straight acting camps. Kohler is also a judge for Lincoln Centers National August Wilson Monologue Competition where he judges high school students from the NY area as they attempt to become finalists performing the final leg of the competition in a broadway house.
Film and Television
Year By The Sea Billy (w/ Karen Allen) Director - Alexander Janko
Blacklist Co-Star NBC
Limitless Co-Star ABC
The Following Co-Star Fox
One Bad Choice Mike MTV/Jeremiah
Person Of Interest Ep. 310 Co-Star CBS/Chris Fisher
Elementary Ep. 113 Co-Star CBS/John Polson
Damages Ep. 411 Co-Star Recurring Direct TV/ Matthew Penn
Damages Ep. 402 Co-Star Recurring Direct TV/ Todd Kessler
Thinking With Richard Dave SAG Feature
Two Ladies and a Gentleman Tony NYU Thesis/ Brooke Goldfinch
Derek and Emily Derek Indie Feature/ John Dewey
Scarred Brett Indie Feature/ John Dewey
Skills
Certified Combatant for SAFD (hand-to-hand)
Dialects (Irish, Cockney, RP, Estuary, Arkansas, French)
Sailing, Baseball, Soccer, Skiing, Ping Pong, Cooking, Clowning, Stick Shift. Martial Arts (Wing Chun)
Theater
Hamlet Laertes/Rosencrantz Lincoln Center Institute
The Austerity of Hope Kurt June Havoc Theatre
Snow Falling On Cedars Carl Heine Jr. Baltimore Center Stage
Satchel Paige . . . Swing Bob Feller St. Louis Rep/Cincy Playhouse/Ricardo Kahn
Invisible Hand Ayad Akhtar Gulfshore Playhouse
Modern Terrorism . . . Them Jerome Contemporary American Theatre Festival/Ed Herendeen
Kallie Zander/Jimmy American Renaissance Theatre Company
Hadrian and Antinous Hadrian Columbia University, Lenfest Arts Center
Long Days Journey into Night Edmund QuarryWorks Theatre
Voir Dire Michael Rutgers Theatre Company
Spring Awakening Melchior Red Stage Theatre Company
J.B. J.B. Red Stage Theatre Company
Five Flights john Red Stage Theatre Company
Commercial
Crest
Red Lobster
Verizon
CitiBank
KPMG
Training & Workshops
Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, MFA, Acting
Israel Hicks, Chair
Deborah Hedwall, Head of Acting
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, B.A., Political Science, Minor in Theatre
Michael Ellis-Tolaydo, Head of Theatre
Atlantic Theatre Company, Summer Conservatory