Pico Alexander
Born
Alexander Lukasz Jogalla

(1991-06-03) June 3, 1991
New York City, New York, United States
EducationRutgers University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present
Parent
RelativesJerzy Turowicz (great-grandfather)

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

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

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Turban Jonathan Short
2010 Get Set GO! He Short
2014 For the Record Tom Short
A Most Violent Year Elias Morales
2015 Fan Girl Charlie TV movie
2016 Indignation Sonny Cottler
2017 War Machine Trey Wandella
Home Again Harry
2018 The Portuguese Kid Freddie Imbrossi
Summer Days, Summer Nights JJ Flynn
Hot Air Grayson
2021 Superior Robert
2022 The Sky Is Everywhere Toby Shaw
2022 The Honeymoon Adam

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Carrie Diaries Nick Episode: "Under Pressure"
Alpha House Reuben Episode: "Showgirls"
Unforgettable Mean Guy #1 Episode: "Reunion"
The Following Young Joe Episode: "Young Joe"
Blue Bloods Darren Bentley Episode: "Power of the Press"
2015 Orange Is the New Black Ian Episode: "Fake It Till You Fake It Some More"
2019 Catch-22 Clevinger Main cast
2021 Dickinson Henry 'Ship' Shipley Recurring cast: season 2
2022 Gossip Girl Mike Shubin Recurring cast: season 2 (5 episodes)
2023 Saint X Josh Recurring cast (8 episodes)

Video games

Year Title Voice role
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Kieran Duffy

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". The New York Times. 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. ↑ @klarasitaa (10 April 2015). "Happy national sibling day to this idiot #film" – via Instagram.
  6. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Static1.squarespace.com. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rising Star Pico Alexander Talks Social Media, Bioluminescence and Taking Risks". HuffPost. 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  8. ↑ "Rutgers Theater Company and George Street Playhouse Present "Our Town" | Mason Gross School of the Arts". Masongross.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  9. ↑ "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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