- As of Oct. 2010, he is an entertainment lawyer in Beverly Hills, CA.
- Got the chicken pox after he got the role of Chunk in The Goonies (1985). He showed up to the set anyway, afraid that they would have replaced him otherwise. To generate tears during his "confession" scene with the Fratellis, he thought of his mother dying.
- Cohen has served as a legal representative to his co-star from The Goonies, Ke Huy Quan. He considers Cohen his Goonies brother.
- Mother and older sister appeared on the 26 June 2004 episode of TLC's Clean Sweep (2003) organizing their house of 32 years. Found in the mess (and shown on air) were head shots of Jeff around the time of The Goonies (1985).
- He was the President of the Associated Students of UC Berkeley and used to do the Truffle Shuffle on the sidelines during football games.
- Graduated from UC Berkeley.
- During a July 2021 Variety remembrance of Richard Donner after Donner's death, Jeff Cohen (whose most-recognized role is arguably Lawernce "Chunk" Cohen in The Goonies) revealed that the director of The Goonies, Richard Donner, and his wife, Lauren Shuler Donner, paid for Cohen's undergraduate college tuition.
- Appeared with other The Goonies (1985) cast members for a commentary section of the film's DVD. (August 2001)
- Brother of playwright Edie Faye.
- No relation to directors Rob or Larry Cohen, despite a popular misconception.
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