Pico Alexander

Pico Alexander
Born	Alexander Lukasz Jogalla (1991-06-03) June 3, 1991 (age 33) New York City, U.S.
Education	Rutgers University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present
Father	Lukasz Jogalla
Relatives	Jerzy 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
	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: "Teacher's Pet"
	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	Recurring Cast
2021	Dickinson	Henry 'Ship' Shipley	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2022	Gossip Girl	Mike Shubin	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2023	Saint X	Josh	Recurring Cast

Video game

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.

External links

• Pico Alexander at IMDb