Aaron Cohen

Aaron Cohen is an American-Canadian actor, a former Israeli special forces agent, and a counterterrorism analyst known for on-camera appearances on major cable news programs. Born in Montreal, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces after high school and served in the mid-1990s with the IDF Commando Brigade's undercover Duvdevan Unit. After his service he went back to Los Angeles and launched IMS Security Consultants, a Hollywood VIP protection service that also gave tactical and active shooter training to law enforcement and military special forces. He got his start in film as a technical advisor, working on Steven Soderbergh's Haywire (2011) and training Keanu Reeves for the John Wick franchise. He then transitioned into acting, taking supporting roles in 211 (2018) with Nicolas Cage and Rambo: Last Blood (2019) with Sylvester Stallone. He also had a recurring part on the Netflix series Luis Miguel, and in 2022 he took a supporting role in The Enforcer, playing opposite Antonio Banderas.