Alex Karpovsky
Introduction '''Alexander Karpovsky''' (born September 23, 1975) 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'' and Craig Petrosian on the Amazon Prime Video series ''Homecoming''.
Early life and education Alex Karpovsky was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor's degree from Boston University before receiving a master's degree in visual ethnography at the University of Oxford.
Career His debut feature, ''The Hole Story'', earned him a slot in ''Filmmaker'' magazine's 25 new faces of independent film. His subsequent feature-length films include ''Woodpecker'', ''Trust Us, This Is All Made Up'', ''Rubberneck'', and ''Red Flag'', the latter two of which were released as a double feature at New York City's Lincoln Center Theater. In addition to these features, Karpovsky has directed numerous episodes of TV shows as well as commercials and music videos.As an actor, he played Ray Ploshansky in the HBO comedy series ''Girls'', and also appeared in the Coen Brothers' films ''Inside Llewyn Davis'' and ''Hail, Caesar! '', was a series regular on Amazon's ''Homecoming'', played Dr. Seiderman on ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', and had a leading role in the Peacock limited series, ''Angelyne''.As a writer and producer, he has developed projects at Amazon, Comedy Central, FX, TBS, and Hulu.As a voice performer, Karpovsky's work has appeared in Selected Shorts, ''The Paris Review'', ''Modern Love'', ''n+1'', ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ''This American Life''.Karpovsky also collaborates with graphic designer Teddy Blanks. Together they work as Spielbergs, and created, wrote and directed the 2019 miniseries ''Oh Jerome, No'', starring Mamoudou Athie.
Filmography ===Actor=== Year  Title  Role  Notes 2003 ''Cry Funny Happy'' Henry 2005''The Hole Story''Alex2008''Cubby Knowles''Robert Lincoln 2009  ''Beeswax'' Merrill Graf  ''Harmony and Me'' Mean Man Mike  2010  ''Bass Ackwards'' Vlad  ''Lovers of Hate'' Paul Lucas  ''Tiny Furniture'' Jed ''Incredibly Small''Tom 2011  ''Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same'' Rookie Agent  ''Wuss'' Wally Combs  ''Almost in Love'' Sasha  2012  ''Sleepwalk with Me'' Ian Gilmore  ''Gayby'' Peter  ''Supporting Characters'' Nick Berger  ''Rubberneck'' Paul Harris ''Marvin, Seth and Stanley'' Seth Greenstein  ''Red Flag'' Alex  2013  ''Good Night'' Jake  ''Inside Llewyn Davis'' Marty Green  2014  ''The Foxy Merkins'' Merkin Man  ''Summer of Blood'' Jamie  2015  ''Tired Moonlight'' Mike  ''Possibilia'' Rick ''Bloomin Mud Shuffle''Chuck ''7 Chinese Brothers'' Kaminsky  2016  ''Hail, Caesar!'' Mr. Smitrovich  ''Folk Hero & Funny Guy'' Paul Scott  ''My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea'' Drake Voice role 2017  ''The Vanishing of Sidney Hall'' David Bauer ''Fits and Starts''Charles ''Girlfriend's Day'' Styvesan  2018  ''The Front Runner''  Mike Stratton ''Being Frank''Ross 2019  ''The Sound of Silence''  Landon ''The Return of the Yuletide Kid''Michael 2020  ''The Ride''  Chris  2021  ''Cryptozoo''  David  Voice role===Television=== Year  Title  Role  Notes  2012–2015  ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''  Stephen Lomatin  2 episodes  2012–2017  ''Girls''  Ray Ploshansky  42 episodes  2014  ''Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends''  Himself  Television Special  2015  ''The Show About The Show''  Himself  2 episodes  2016  ''Deadbeat''  Jared the Liar  Episode: "Medieval Dead"  2018  ''Drunk History''  Zvi Aharoni  Episode: "Heists"  2018–2020  ''Homecoming''  Craig Petrosian  13 episodes  2020  ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''  Doctor Seiderman  Episode: "The Spite Store"  2022  ''Angelyne'' Jeff Glaser  5 episodes ===Music video=== Year  Title  Artist(s) 2017  ''When You Die''  MGMT===Video game=== Year  Title  Role 2008  ''Grand Theft Auto IV''  The Crowd of Liberty City (voice)===Writer/director=== Year  Title  Role  Notes  Network/Festival 2019  ''Oh Jerome, No''  Writer/Director  Episodes 101-108FXX  2018  ''Love'' DirectorEpisode 304Netflix   2016  ''The New Yorker Presents'' Director Episode 105 Amazon 2016  ''Girls''  Director Episode 509HBO  2012  ''Red Flag''  Writer/Director   featureLA Film Festival 2012  ''Rubberneck''  Writer/Director feature Tribeca 2009  ''Trust Us, This Is All Made Up ''  Writer/Director featureSXSW  2008  ''Woodpecker '' Writer/Director feature SXSW 2006  ''The Hole Story''  Writer/Directorfeature Harvard Film Archive
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