Cohen Holloway is an actor, comedian and singer who first made an impact on comedy shows Pulp Comedy and Facelift. He went on to act in movie After the Waterfall, and Taika Waititi hits Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. In 2009 Holloway won a Qantas Best Actor Award after starring as David Dougherty in TV drama Until Proven Innocent. He had further starring roles in Good for Nothing and Bellbird, and comedy series Find Me a Māori Bride.
 
In this ScreenTalk, Holloway talks about:

• Feeling terrified about his first appearance on Pulp Comedy 
• Having his John Campbell impression replaced by the man himself, on bro’Town
• How doing impersonations too well affected the role he got in Eagle vs Shark
• Trying to control his nerves during his first day on TV movie Until Proven Innocent
• Thinking actor Antony Starr was angry with him on film After the Waterfall
• Talking with Taika Waititi about finding the right Māori voice for hit film Boy 
• The film's young star James Rolleston
• Playing a baddie in mullet and gumboots for Jane Campion, in Top of the Lake
• Basing his Find Me a Māori Bride character of Tama partly on himself
• Being won over by Sam Neill and Julian Dennison on Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Officially becoming cool, after working with Stan Walker on the movie