Michael Buchman Silver

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Michael Buchman Silver (born 8 July 1967; age 40) is an actor from New York City, who played Vinod in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Paradise".

He is perhaps best known for his frequent appearances as Assistant District Attorney Leo Cohen on the hit television series NYPD Blue (his co-stars included Gordon Clapp and Sharon Lawrence). He also has recurring roles on ER, CSI: Miami, and Beautiful People He has also made guest appearances on Law & Order, Monk (with Jane Carr, Timothy Davis-Reed, D.J. Lockhart-Johnson, Stanley Kamel, and Tom Virtue), Cold Case, CSI, CSI Miami and CSI: New York. He also appeared in the infamous "Dreamland" episodes of The X-Files with Michael McKean.

Silver has also appeared in several motion pictures, most of which also feature other Star Trek alumni. These include 1993's Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday with Steven Culp, 1995's Virtuosity with Louise Fletcher and Danny Goldring, 1996's Eye for an Eye with Armin Shimerman and Natalia Nogulich, 1999's Playing by Heart with the late Kellie Waymire, 2001's I Am Sam with Rosalind Chao and Brent Spiner, and 2003's Seabiscuit with Michael Ensign and Ed Lauter. He also had a role in the hit 2001 comedy Legally Blonde.

He also appeared in the made-for-TV movies The Enemy Within (1994, with Lawrence Pressman), Bloodhounds (1996, starring Corbin Bernsen), and The Big Time (2002, with John de Lancie and Christopher Lloyd.

More recently, he has appeared in a recurring role on the series Day Break along with Jonathan Banks and Jim Beaver.

Silver is the grandson of Oscar-winning screenwriter Sidney Buchman. He is married to actress Katie Mitchell. Silver is a graduate of Brown University.