Alexander Karpovsky (born September 23, 1975)
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Alex Karpovsky - Apple TV
''Apple TV
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'' is an American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and film editor. He is best known for playing Ray Ploshansky on the HBO comedy-drama series ''
Girls
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'' and Craig Petrosian on the Amazon series ''
Homecoming
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''.
Early life and education
Alex Karpovsky was born in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and raised in
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of ...
. He earned a bachelor's degree from
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original cam ...
before receiving a master's degree in visual
ethnography
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at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
Career
His debut feature, ''The Hole Story'', earned him a slot in ''
Filmmaker
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'' magazine's 25 new faces of independent film. His subsequent feature-length films include ''Woodpecker'' (SXSW Film Festival, 2008), ''Trust Us, This Is All Made Up'' (SXSW Film Festival, 2009), ''Rubberneck'' (Tribeca Film Festival, 2012), and ''Red Flag'' (LA Film Festival, 2012),
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''The New York Times
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'', April 22, 2012 the latter two of which were released as a double feature in New York City's Lincoln Center Theater.
In addition to these films, Alex has directed episodes of TV, commercials, and music videos.
As an actor, he played Ray Ploshansky in the HBO comedy series ''
Girls
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'' and has portrayed characters in films that have been featured at Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, Berlinale, Los Angeles & Tribeca film festivals. Karpovsky also appeared in the Coen Brothers' films ''
Inside Llewyn Davis
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'' and ''
Hail, Caesar!
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'', was a series regular on Amazon's ''
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States, Canada and Liberia. ...
'', and has a leading role in the NBC/Peacock limited series, ''
Angelyne
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''.
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Martin Freeman, Alex Karpovsky Join 'Angelyne' Limited Series at Peacock
''The Hollywood Reporter
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'', February 12, 2020
Karpovsky has read hundreds of stories for live and radio audiences, including
''NPR's Selected Shorts'', ''
The Paris Review
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'', ''The New York Times' Modern Love'', ''
n+1'', ''
Grand Theft Auto IV
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'', and ''
This American Life
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''.
Filmography
Actor
Television
Music video
Video game
Writer/director
References
External links
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Living people
Alumni of the University of Oxford
American film editors
American male film actors
American male screenwriters
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Jewish American male actors
People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Actors from Newton, Massachusetts
Writers from Newton, Massachusetts
Film directors from New York City
Film directors from Massachusetts
Screenwriters from New York (state)
Screenwriters from Massachusetts
1975 births
21st-century American Jews