Biography for
David X. Cohen More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

13 July 1966, Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name

David Samuel Cohen

Mini Biography

Cohen is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley; he studied theoretical computer science. His real name is David 'S.' Cohen. He used that name when he worked on "The Simpsons" (1989), but when he starting working on "Futurama" (1999), he joined the Writer's Guild (the TV writer's union). When he registered, there was already a David S. Cohen, and the union does not allow members to register with the same name. Cohen chose the letter X for his middle initial because he felt it was more 'sci-fi-ish.'

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Trivia

Creator of much of the initial idea for "Futurama" (1999), including the character Dr. John Zoidberg.

Created a computer game in the 1980s called "Zoid". He sent the game to a company and got a letter back from them. He realized that they would not take his idea when he saw that the letter began "Dear Mr. Cohan...". The name of Dr. Zoidberg on "Futurama" (1999) was a tribute to this game.

His theoretical computer science master's thesis was on the "pancake sorting problem" where initial work was done by future Microsoft founder and Harvard dropout Bill Gates.