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Etan Cohen

Writer

Etan Cohen

Born January 1, 1974 in Jerusalem, Israel12 films

Etan Cohen is an Israeli-American screenwriter and film director, best known for writing the scripts to Tropic Thunder, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Men in Black 3.

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Tropic Thunder posterFirst watchTropic Thunder20086.7A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Men in Black 3 poster6.5Men in Black 32012The Bad Guys poster7.5The Bad Guys2022Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa poster6.5Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa2008Idiocracy poster6.4Idiocracy2006The Bad Guys 2 poster7.6The Bad Guys 22025Get Hard poster6.0Get Hard2015Brothers poster5.9Brothers2024Holmes & Watson poster4.3Holmes & Watson2018

Filmography

12 films
  1. TBABlood BrothersWriter
  2. TBAThe Bad Guys 3Writer
  3. 2025The Bad Guys 2Screenplay
  4. 2024BrothersStory
  5. 2022The Bad GuysScreenplay
  6. 2018Holmes & WatsonWriter
  7. 2015Get HardScreenplay
  8. 2012Men in Black 3Screenplay
  9. 2008Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaWriter
  10. 2008Tropic ThunderScreenplay
  11. 2007My Wife Is RetardedWriter
  12. 2006IdiocracyScreenplay