Michael Buchman Silver (born July 8, 1967) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his

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role as Assistant District Attorney Leo Cohen in the television series '' NYPD Blue''. As of summer 2019, Silver has recurring roles on both

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' '' Instinct''.

Early life

Silver was born in

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, the brother of writer Amanda Silver and the grandson of Oscar-winning screenwriter Sidney Buchman. Silver is a graduate of Brown University.

Career

One of his earliest roles was in the 1993 film '' Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday''. He had a major recurring stint on '' NYPD Blue'', perhaps his best-known role, appearing in 31 episodes. Silver has also had recurring roles as Dr. Paul Myers on '' ER'' and as

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Agent Peter Elliott on ''

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''. In addition, Silver has made many other guest appearances on various primetime series such as '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''

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'', '' Cheers'', ''

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'', '' Judging Amy'', '' Once and Again'', '' Felicity'', '' Law & Order'', ''

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'', '' Dark Blue'', ''

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'', '' Raising the Bar'', '' Strong Medicine'', ''

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'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Murder in the First'', and '' Supernatural''. He had a recurring role on ''

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'' as Ken Keller, and in 2011 he starred in the video game ''

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'' as Edgar Kalou. Beginning in the summer of 2018 and then in its second season in the summer of 2019, Michael had the recurring role of police sergeant Kanter Harris in the police procedural '' Instinct''. In the summer of 2019, he was also appearing in the recurring role of professional therapist Brian Currie in the series ''

''.

Personal life

He was married to actress Katie Mitchell on October 22, 2000 but they are now divorced. He has one son.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silver, Michael B. 1967 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Jewish American male actors Brown University alumni Male actors from New York City 21st-century American Jews