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Will star in Madoff: Made Off with America

Don’t quit your day job, Dustin Hoffman: The first actor to land the role of Bernard Madoff is Paul Cohen from Jersey City. Actually, Cohen is not an actor at all, but his resemblance to the famous swindler was enough to earn him the spot in Edmund Druilhet’s docudrama, Madoff: Made Off with America. According to Druilhet, “[Cohen] had the best lips. I have to say he stood out.”

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