Michael Cognata

Michael Cognata

Born: May 5, 1988
in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cognata attended the Boston Arts Academy (2006) where he majored in theatre. In 2008, Cognata made his television debut in a national commercial for Subway and performed with the poetic entertainment group called ARTiculation. The Boston Herald writes in a 2009 article, "Give the creativity and enthusiasm of this highly talented group of young poets a chance. Their performance is good enough to make even a cynic believe in the power of art." Cognata then moved to New York City and Los Angeles to obtain television roles including Julian Robbins, brother-in-law to battalion chief Wallace Boden on NBC's Chicago Fire (2018), and recurring as Tito, Lip's intern on Showtime's Shameless (2016). He appeared in Hallmark's Romance at Reindeer Lodge (2017). In addition to his work in film and TV, Cognata represented his hometown in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2006), where he performed the play A More Perfect Union.

Movies for Michael Cognata...

Killer Whales
Title: Killer Whales
Character: Father T-Dale
Released: July 26, 2022
Type: Movie
A documentarian sets out to make a true-crime murder documentary, but after the movie fails in spectacular fashion, he attempts to save face by doing a director's commentary on the original movie.
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Title: grown-ish
Character: Officer Dickson
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: TV
Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
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Title: 9-1-1
Character: Officer Crawford
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: TV
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
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Romance at Reindeer Lodge
Title: Romance at Reindeer Lodge
Character: Greg
Released: December 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Molly and Jared have both sworn off holiday events. When they find themselves stuck at a Christmas-themed ranch, they have no choice but to allow their cynical hearts to melt.
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Slamma Jamma
Title: Slamma Jamma
Character: Lizare
Released: March 24, 2017
Type: Movie
Wrongfully accused and sent to prison, a former basketball star prepares for the national slam dunk competition while finding redemption in himself and in those he loves.
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Downpour Summer
Title: Downpour Summer
Character: Brendan
Released: February 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A lonely and depressed man meets his half siblings for the first time after their shared biological father passes away. After bonding in the aftermath of his death, they must decide whether or not they would like to remain in each other's lives.
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Title: Life in Pieces
Character: Realtor Don
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: TV
Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.
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The Assault
Title: The Assault
Character: Jordan
Released: September 20, 2014
Type: Movie
After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight for justice. Based on the true story of the Steubenville, Ohio rape case.
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Sins of the Preacher
Title: Sins of the Preacher
Character: Police Officer
Released: September 14, 2013
Type: Movie
After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
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A Deadly Obsession
Title: A Deadly Obsession
Character: Kellen
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: Movie
When she was six, Suzanne Hollander saw her mother kill her father. Twenty-five years later, she's a professor of psychology and lives in fear of becoming a criminal like her mother. As she teaches a course at the university, gunfire breaks out on campus, causing several casualties. The shooter is one of her former students with whom she had many conversations about his thesis, on the assessment of empathy. The young man, named Connor, is a dangerous psychopath who keeps the track to declare his love.
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BoyBand
Title: BoyBand
Character: Kyle
Released: June 4, 2010
Type: Movie
It's 1982 and Brad Roberts is the best high school quarterback in the country. He dates the sexiest girl in town and is extremely popular, but Brad is not satisfied. He wants to prove that he's more than just a hot-shot quarterback; Brad tries to turn his heavy metal band into the first ever boy band, and they reject him. So Brad, the jock, teams up with a stoner, and an ex-figure skater, and a couple of reject break-dancers from the Bronx to make their mark in this sweet film.
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Title: Castle
Character: Darren Ives
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Trash Bags
Title: Trash Bags
Character: Miles
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A couple reflects on the degradation of their relationship.