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BIRTHDAY

February 28, 1972

Syracuse, NY

RECENT CREDITS

Right at Your Door (FILM) Aug. 24, 2007

The Company (FILM) May. 16, 2007

A Scanner Darkly (FILM) Jul. 7, 2006

Southlander: Diary of a Desperate M... (FILM) Sep. 26, 2003

Hart's War (FILM) Feb. 15, 2002

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BIOGRAPHY

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Supporting actor Rory Cochrane made his film debut with a small role in James Dearden's A Kiss Before Dying (1991). Prior to that, while still enrolled at New York City's LaGuardia High School, he had appeared in the CBS television docudrama Saturday Night With Connie Chung (1989); he then appeared in an episode of the ABC series H.E.L.P. (1990). Cochrane has subsequently earned recognition for playing memorable character roles in independent features. He is best known for playing the constantly zoned-out teenaged stoner Slater in Richard Linklater's ode to adolescence in the 1970s, Dazed and Confused (1993). Other notable roles include a turn as a troubled teen wrangling with a dysfunctional father (Jeff Goldblum) in Fathers and Sons (1992) and Cochrane's multilayered and funny portrayal of a paranoid, gun-loving biker in Love and a .45 (1994). Cochrane continued to work steadily in little-seen independent films like Empire Records, and The Low Life. He did have a major role in James Toback's confrontational Black and White. He appeared in Hats's War opposite fellow Dazed and Confused alum Cole Hauser. Cochrane scored a role on the CSI spin-off CSI: Miami, but his character was killed off. In 2006 Cochrane would be cast again by Richard Linklater in his adaptation of A Scanner Darkly.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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The Top 10 Stoner Movies of All Time

Aug. 8, 2008

With Pineapple Express already well on its way to becoming this generation's Up in Smoke, it got us thinking about the best stoner movies of all time. Our 10 favorites are below, but burnouts beware: For obvious reasons, our list is comprised of the best movies about stoners, not necessarily for stoners. Which explains why there is no 2001: A Space Odyssey or Wizard of Oz or Ma...

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'Weeds' Leads 2006 Stonys

Posted: Sep. 20, 2006

News Roundup: April 1

Posted: Apr. 1, 2002

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