He is the son of designer Betty Jackson and David Cohen, who is his mother's business partner. His mother is English, and his father is from an Egyptian Jewish family, that left for France in the 1950s.
Washed vases at a florist before landing first major role in Lark Rise to Candleford.
Attended French school at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London.
He secured a place at New York's prestigious Lee Strasberg acting school, but delayed enrolling so that he could be in Lark Rise to Candleford.
Dubbed his own part for the French version of the Haunting of Bly Manor.
Studied with Michael Luggio at the Malisa Theatre Academy.