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Alex Karpovsky Biography
Birth Name:
Alexander Karpovsky
Birth Place:
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor, director, screenwriter
Fast Facts
- Father is a computer-science professor at Boston University
- Studied visual ethnography at University of Oxford, but dropped out before getting his degree
- Won numerous "Best of Fest" awards at film festivals for his 2006 feature, The Hole Story, which he wrote and directed
- Went to high school with independent filmmaker Andrew Bujalski and appeared in his 2009 film, Beeswax
- Was cast in HBO's Girls after costarring in creator Lena Dunham's 2010 film, Tiny Furniture
- Selected to represent The New Breed of Sexy in People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2012 issue
Relationships
- Mark Karpovsky -- Father