Alex Karpovsky
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Alex Karpovsky is an American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and editor.
Alex Karpovsky's first feature-length film, The Hole Story, was completed in 2006. The critically acclaimed dark comedy garnered numerous awards on the festival circuit before being released theatrically by Indiepix. Karpovsky's follow-up feature, Woodpecker premiered at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival and was released by Carnivalesque Films in September 2009. Alex's most recent film, Trust Us, This Is All Made Up, premiered at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival and was released by B-Side Entertainment in February 2010 before the company folded a few days later (the film was subsequently released by the New Video Group and continues to air regularly on The Documentary Channel).
As an actor, Karpovsky recently played the male lead in Beeswax which premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival; the voices of several Russian gangsters in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV; Mean Man Mike in Harmony and Me, which premiered at the 2009 New Directors/New Films Series; Paul Lucas in Lovers of Hate, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; Vlad in Bass Ackwards, which also premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; Jed in Tiny Furniture, which premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Narrative Jury Prize for Best Feature Film; Paul in The Grownups, which screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Rookie Agent in Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and Wally Combs in Wuss, which is set to premiere at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival.
Karpovsky also recently acted or is committed to act in the following films, set to be released later in 2011: Almost in Love, Home, Incredibly Small, The Third Day, Marvin Seth and Stanley, and Seven Chinese Brothers. This fall Karpovsky will also appear as Ray in the HBO comedy series Girls.
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Films (58)
Riptides
2026 · Director, Writer
The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight
2026
The Bride's Curse
2025
Pillow Fortress
2023 · Bart
Cryptozoo
2021 · David (voice)
The Ride
2020 · Chris
The Return of the Yuletide Kid
2019 · Michael
The Sound of Silence
2019 · Landon
Being Frank
2019 · Ross
The Front Runner
2018 · Mike Stratton
Rosy
2018 · Marty
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · Mr. Bauer
A Goodbye to Girls
2017 · Self
The Show About the Show
2017 · Himself
Fits and Starts
2017 · Charles
Girlfriend's Day
2017 · Styvesan
Little Sister
2016 · Deli Guy
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016 · Drake (voice)
Oh Jerome, No
2016 · Barman (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Crush
2016 · Steven
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
2016 · Paul Scott
Hail, Caesar!
2016 · Mr. Smitrovich
Happy Baby
2016 · Ben Peterson
7 Chinese Brothers
2015 · Kaminsky
Actor Seeks Role
2015 · Paul
Amy
2015 · Saddler
Devil Town
2015 · Terrence Bard
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015 · Chuck
Tired Moonlight
2015 · Mike, Associate Producer
Summer of Blood
2014 · Jamie
Possibilia
2014 · Rick
Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends
2014 · Alex
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 · Marty Green
Getting Stoned with Alex Karpovksy
2013 · Himself
The Foxy Merkins
2013 · The Mumbling Erotic Accessory Salesman / CNN Executive
Computer Chess
2013 · Thanks
Sun Don't Shine
2013 · Thanks
Good Night
2013 · Jake
Rubberneck
2013 · Paul Harris, Director, Writer, Editor
Red Flag
2013 · Alex, Writer, Producer, Director
Almost in Love
2013 · Sasha
Supporting Characters
2013 · Nick
Gayby
2012 · Peter
Sleepwalk with Me
2012 · Ian
Marvin, Seth and Stanley
2012 · Seth Greenstein, Associate Producer
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
2012 · Rookie Agent
Wuss
2011 · Wally Combs
Tiny Furniture
2010 · Jed
Lovers of Hate
2010 · Paul
Bass Ackwards
2010 · Vlad
Harmony and Me
2010 · Mean Man Mike
Incredibly Small
2010 · Tom
Beeswax
2009 · Merrill
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
2009 · Director, Editor, Producer
Woodpecker
2008 · Director, Producer, Writer
Cubby Knowles
2008 · Robert Lincoln
The Hole Story
2005 · Alex, Producer, Director, Writer
Cry Funny Happy
2003 · Henry
Séries (8)
Problème de couple
2024 · Big Noah, Rabbi Big Noah
Angelyne
2022 · Jeff Glaser
Oh Jerome, No
2019 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
Homecoming
2018 · Craig
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Bar Patron
Girls
2012 · Ray Ploshansky, Director
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Dr. Seiderman
New York Unité Spéciale
1999 · Stephen Lomatin