Alan Aisenberg

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Alan Aisenberg
Born (1993-03-18) March 18, 1993 (age 31)
Alma mater Tisch School of the Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television producer
Years active2007–present

Alan Aisenberg (born March 18, 1993) is an American actor and television producer. He is best known for his role as Baxter Bayley on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black .

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Life and career

Aisenberg was raised in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and picked up acting at a Jewish Community Center in Tenafly, New Jersey at a very young age. [1] [2] While attending college at the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, [1] he co-founded a production company known as Deverge. [2]

Aisenberg made his screen debut in the 2007 horror film Unholy . [3] He later made his television debut in 2008 with a minor role in the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band before landing roles in a number of films, as well as television series such as Mozart in the Jungle and Inside Amy Schumer . In June 2015, Aisenberg began his recurring role as correctional officer Baxter "Gerber" Bayley on the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black . [2] [3]

On January 29, 2017, Aisenberg and the rest of the cast of Orange Is the New Black won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. [4] In October 2017, it was announced that Pop ordered a pilot for Sebastian Wakes Up, an improv comedy series co-created by Aisenberg and produced by Deverge, Aisenberg's production company. [5] Aisenberg co-starred in Second Act , a comedy which was released on December 21, 2018. [6]

Filmography

Actor

Film

YearTitleRole
2007 Unholy Scotty
2008 Harold Malcolm
The Longshots Feather
2010 It's Kind of a Funny Story Scuggs
2013 The English Teacher Benjamin Meyer
2018 Second Act Chase
2020 Irresistible Evan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 The Naked Brothers Band Boy in class1 episode
2014 Red Oaks Alan1 episode
Mozart in the Jungle Sidney2 episodes
2015 Inside Amy Schumer Dugan1 episode
2015–2017 Orange Is the New Black Baxter "Gerber" BayleyRecurring role
2018 Blue Bloods Will Leroy1 episode
2018 Bull Blake Lambert1 episode
2020 Brews Brothers Wilhelm RodmanMain role
2021 - The Resident Zach BrooksRecurring role

Producer

YearTitleNotes
2012–present Improv Everywhere Originals Executive producer
2013 We Cause Scenes Documentary; associate producer
2013–2014Movies in Real Life11 episodes
2014Above Average Presents1 episode
2015Musicals in Real Life1 episode
2016Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close MarathonDocumentary; consulting producer
New York's Funniest5 episodes
Animal Agent
2018Sebastian Wakes UpExecutive producer

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