Pico Alexander

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Pico Alexander
Born
Alexander Lukasz Jogalla

(1991-06-03) June 3, 1991 (age 33)
Education Rutgers University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present
Father Lukasz Jogalla
Relatives Jerzy Turowicz (great-grandfather)

Alexander Lukasz Jogalla (born June 3, 1991 [1] ), known professionally as Pico Alexander, is an American actor.

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Early life and education

Alexander Lukasz Jogalla was born in New York City and raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn. [2] His parents, Magdalena Deskur and cinematographer Lukasz Jogalla, are Polish immigrants from Kraków. His grandfather was actor Jerzy Jogałła, and his great-grandfather was journalist Jerzy Turowicz. [3] [4] He has a younger sister named Klara. [5]

He graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and earned a BFA in acting at Rutgers University. [6] His stage name, "Pico", is a childhood nickname. [7]

Career

Alexander's stage credits include Our Town , [8] Punk Rock , and What I Did Last Summer . [9]

He has appeared on a number of television series, including The Carrie Diaries , Alpha House , The Following , Blue Bloods , and Orange Is the New Black .

He played Elias Morales, the brother of the lead character, in A Most Violent Year (2014), and Sonny Cottler, a Jewish fraternity president, in James Schamus's Indignation (2016), opposite Logan Lerman. In 2017, he played Trey Wandella in the Netflix Original War Machine and starred as Harry, Reese Witherspoon's character's love interest, in the romantic comedy film Home Again .

In 2018, he was featured in Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 , playing Kieran Duffy, a captured member of a rival gang.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009TurbanJonathanShort
2010Get Set GO!HeShort
2014For the RecordTomShort
A Most Violent Year Elias Morales
2015 Fan Girl CharlieTV movie
2016 Indignation Sonny Cottler
2017 War Machine Trey Wandella
Home Again Harry
2018The Portuguese KidFreddie Imbrossi
Summer Days, Summer Nights JJ Flynn
Hot Air Grayson
2021 Superior Robert
2022 The Sky Is Everywhere Toby Shaw
The Honeymoon Adam

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 The Carrie Diaries NickEpisode: "Under Pressure"
Alpha House ReubenEpisode: "Showgirls"
Unforgettable Mean Guy #1Episode: "Reunion"
The Following Young JoeEpisode: "Teacher's Pet"
Blue Bloods Darren BentleyEpisode: "Power of the Press"
2015 Orange Is the New Black IanEpisode: "Fake It Till You Fake It Some More"
2019 Catch-22 ClevingerRecurring Cast
2021 Dickinson Henry 'Ship' ShipleyRecurring Cast: Season 2
2022 Gossip Girl Mike ShubinRecurring Cast: Season 2
2023 Saint X JoshRecurring Cast

Video Game

YearTitleVoice role
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Kieran Duffy

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