Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen (born 24 October 1986) is an English actor and model.\n', ' Jackson-Cohen was born in Westminster, London. His mother, Betty Jackson, is a fashion designer, and his father, David Cohen, is his mother\'s business partner. His mother is English, and from a Protestant background. His father is from an Egyptian Jewish family that moved to France in the 1950s; they were Orthodox Jews. Jackson-Cohen attended French school at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London[citation needed] and says he has a slight French accent.\n', ' On leaving school, Jackson-Cohen was advised to treat acting as a hobby rather than a career. After a role in a play at the Lyric Theatre got him an agent, he began attending auditions and put university on hold to apply for a place at drama school in New York. Shortly afterwards he received his first role.\n', '