Ed Kovens

Ed Kovens died on August 21, 2007. He is buried in Truro Cemetery, in Columbus Grove, Ohio, the hometown of his widow, Jill Anne Edwards.

He was an actor, known for Bad Lieutenant (1992), Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988) and Get Smart (1965).

Kovens can be seen in numerous film, television and theater productions. For television, Kovens has been in Law & Order, NYPD Blue, and 4Pla]. He played Ahmed in the Tales From The Darkside episode "The Grave Robber" (1986). For film, The Gambler (with James Caan), The Bad Lieutenant (with Harvey Keitel) and Muggable Mary (with Karen Valentine). For Broadway, Kovens has been in over 75 productions, including Passione and Three Sisters.

In 1965, a bunch of Strasberg students asked Kovens to form an exercise class - Strasberg's classes were packed, they wanted to work, and they felt Kovens had some expertise. Some major stars now, who were Strasberg's students then, were in that group. In 1969, he became a founding staff member of the Lee Strasberg Institute. In 1974, he left the Strasberg Institute and formed his own classes, called The Professional Workshop. Kovens having taught for over 40 years is one of the most experienced Method Acting teachers in the world. In 2006, Kovens wrote and published The Method Manual, a book for actors and teachers of acting.

In 1957, he started studying with Lee Strasberg in a small studio above the Capitol Theatre, then at Carnegie Hall, and subsequently, at the Actor's Studio (where he became a member in 1968) until Strasberg's death in 1982.

Ed Kovens was born on June 26, 1934 in New York, USA.