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Alexander Karpovsky (born September 23, 1975) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor. He is best known for his role as Raymond “Ray” Ploshansky on the HBO comedy drama series Girls (2012–2017), for which he was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also known for his roles as Craig on the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018–20) and Jeff Glaser on the Peacock drama miniseries Angelyne (2022).
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.
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 Film at Lincoln Center. In addition to these features, Karpovsky has directed numerous episodes of TV shows as well as commercials and music videos…
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