Pico Alexander

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

Pico Alexander
Born
Alexander Lukasz Jogalla

(1991-06-03) June 3, 1991
New York City, New York, United States
OccupationActor
Years active2009-present

Personal life

Alexander Lukasz Jogalla was born in New York City, New York, United States, and raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn.[2] His parents, Magdalena Deskur and cinematographer Lukasz Jogalla, are Polish immigrants. His grandfather is actor Jerzy Jogałła, and his great-grandfather was journalist Jerzy Turowicz.[3][4] His name, "Pico", is a childhood nickname.[5] He graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.[6]

Career

Alexander's stage credits include Our Town,[7] Punk Rock, and What I Did Last Summer.[8]

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.

References
  1. "Profile". Chimtic.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  2. Soloski, Alexis (November 20, 2014). "Actors in 'Punk Rock' Tap Into Teenage Alienation". Nytimes.com. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  3. "Alexander Jogalla". Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  4. "Aleksander Łukasz "Pico" Jogałła (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)". Sejm-wielki.pl. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  5. "Rising Star Pico Alexander Talks Social Media, Bioluminescence and Taking Risks". HuffPost. 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. "For the Record" (PDF). Static1.squarespace.com. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  7. "Rutgers Theater Company and George Street Playhouse Present "Our Town" | Mason Gross School of the Arts". Masongross.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  8. "Pico Alexander, Noah Galvin, Kristine Nielsen and More to Lead Signature's WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.


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