Adrian Cohen-Neil was born in England, where he completed a BA (Hons) at the University of Leeds and a National Diploma at the Arts Educational Schools,
London. He now lives in California.
Following his two roles in
Series 6 of
Knightmare, Adrian's acting credits have included:
-
The Bill (1 episode, 1992), as a casualty doctor
- Wall Of Silence (TV movie, 1993), as Mr Lester
- Frasier (1 episode, 1998), as a regular in Daphne's favourite British pub
- Kenan & Kel (1 episode, 1999), as a French chef
- The Business Card (short film, 1999), as Studly Mann
- Sabrina The Teenage
Witch (1 episode, 1999), as a man who won't accept bad news
- Providence (2 episodes, 1999 / 2002), as a waiter and Nigel Galthwort
-
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1 episode, 1999), as a
vampire
- Search For The Jewel Of Polaris (TV movie, 1999), as Falco
- V.I.P. (1 episode, 2000), as Beller
- Pensacola: Wings Of Gold (1 episode, 2000), as Treavor Knightsbridge
- Beverly Hills 90210 (1 episode, 2000), as photographer Jim
- Dharma & Greg (1 episode, 2000), as photographer Philippe
- Just Shoot Me! (1 episode, 2001), as a French maître d'
- Almost Salinas (film, 2001), as Dante
- State Of Grace (5 episodes, 2001-2004), as family friend Nigel Grenville lll
- Bob Patterson (1 episode, 2001), as Henry
- Presidio Med (1 episode, 2002), as a doctor
- The King Of Queens (1 episode, 2003), as French waiter René
- Bruce Almighty (film, 2003), as James
-
Robin Hood: Defender Of The Crown (video game, 2003), as Will Scarlet
- Exposed (film, 2003), as Darian Blake
- Straight-Jacket (film, 2004), as Jeroen
- Las Vegas (1 episode, 2004), as German gambler Reiner
- Silent Men (film, 2005), as Timothy
- Entourage (1 episode, 2005), as a maître d'
- Night Stalker (1 episode, 2005), as a murdered American office worker
- General Hospital (2 episodes, 2006), as sleazy villain Anton Rush
- 24 (2 episodes, 2007), as an American employee of Graem & Phillip Bauer
- Ocean's Thirteen (film, 2007), as a maître d'
-
Ghost Voyage (TV movie, 2008), as Simon
- iCarly (2 episodes, 2008-2009), as history teacher Mr Devlin
- CSI: NY (1 episode, 2009), as an auctioneer
- Castle (1 episode, 2010), as a maître d'
- Stacy's Mom (film, 2010), as Alfred Von Bob
- My Boys (1 episode, 2010), as a snooty maître d'
- 90210 (1 episode, 2011), as plastic surgeon Dr Lasocek
- Dexter (1 episode, 2013), as Zach Hamilton's attorney
- Matador (1 episode, 2014), as an auctioneer
Since 1999 he has been Artistic Director of
Upstage, a theatre arts organisation providing after-school classes and summer camps for children and teenagers in the South Pasadena and Westwood areas of Los Angeles County. He currently works as a drama teacher of 8 to 11-year-olds at Westwood Charter School.
In 2013 he contributed to a short documentary about William
Shakespeare for the Biography Channel's website.
KAC newsletter
The Quest revealed that Adrian's ambition was to play spy Harry Palmer in a
remake of The Ipcress File, and that he won the part of
Captain Nemanor (cursed never to find land) despite ironically suffering from seasickness.