Alex Karpovsky

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Summary

Alex Karpovsky is an actor, writer, director, and producer known for playing Ray Ploshansky on Girls and for independent films including The Hole Story, Red Flag, and Rubberneck. His work often centers on flawed, neurotic characters, relationships, obsession, and alienation. He endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2016 and said in a 2017 interview that he was more alarmed than his parents by the rise of nationalism and populism and worried that democracy was receding. No public statements on DEI or identity-based advocacy are on record.