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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

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