---
name: "Robert Cohen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-cohen"
fi1m_id: "robert-cohen"
imdb_id: "nm0169712"
tmdb_id: 1216558
wikidata_id: "Q3434831"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "17 September 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T10:38:49.032090+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Cohen

## Identity

Robert Cohen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-cohen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-cohen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0169712
- **TMDB ID:** 1216558
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3434831
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cohen_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434831, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216558

Writer and director. Born 17 September 1963 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 17 September 1963, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** Rob Cohen
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 68 (1), 2020s 85 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cohen_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434831, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216558

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Somebody Somewhere*](https://film.one/tv/somebody-somewhere.md) (85), [*The Big Bang Theory*](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robert Cohen, also credited as Rob Cohen, is a Canadian comedy writer and director. He was born in Calgary, Alberta.

Cohen has written for series including *The Simpsons* (1991), *The Ben Stiller Show* (1992–1995), *The Big Bang Theory* and *The Goldbergs*. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on *The Ben Stiller Show*. He has also directed episodes of *Maron*, *Somebody Somewhere* and *The Muppets Mayhem*.

He is the brother of television writer Joel H. Cohen.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

- *Somebody Somewhere* (2022), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/somebody-somewhere.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), Fi1m 68, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Muppets Mayhem* (2023), series, Director
- *Somebody Somewhere* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/somebody-somewhere.md)
- *Tom & Jerry* (2021), Creative Consultant
- *Maria Bamford: Weakness Is the Brand* (2020), Director
- *Mystery Science Theater 3000* (2017), series, Director
- *Being Canadian* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, Director
- *The Goldbergs* (2013), series, Director
- *Maron* (2013), series, Director, Writer
- *Paul Williams Still Alive* (2011), Executive Producer
- *The Love Guru* (2008), as Nerd
- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), series, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md)
- *Twenty Good Years* (2006), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Father of the Pride* (2004), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *The Jamie Kennedy Experiment* (2002), series, Writer
- *Bette* (2000), series, Writer
- *Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me* (1999), as Rabbi Shlotsky (uncredited) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me.md)
- *Hercules* (1998), series, Writer
- *Super Adventure Team* (1998), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, as UPS Guy, Delivery Man · Writer
- *Gargoyles* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Ben Stiller Show* (1992), series, Writer
- *Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years* (1990), Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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