Karl Glusman

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Karl Glusman (born January 3, 1988) is an American actor. He had a lead role in Gaspar Noé's controversial drama Love (2015) and appeared in The Neon Demon (2016) and Nocturnal Animals (2016).

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Karl Glusman
Born (1988-01-03) January 3, 1988 (age 37)
EducationLake Oswego High School
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present
Spouse
(m. 2019; div. 2021)
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Early life

Glusman was born in The Bronx, New York City. His family moved to the Portland, Oregon area when he was six months old.[1] His father is German-Jewish and his mother is Irish Catholic.[2][3][4] He attended Lake Oswego High School and then enrolled at Portland State University, but dropped out after a year.[1] Aspiring to be an actor, he took acting courses while in college and at the Portland Actors Conservatory.[1] He later attended the William Esper Studio in New York City.[5]

Career

After shooting a television commercial for Adidas, Glusman relocated to France, where Argentine-French film director Gaspar Noé cast him in Love, a film depicting extensive unsimulated sex. It debuted at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The premiere set a record for the festival, selling all 2,200 seats in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. In Cannes, Glusman met film director and fashion designer Tom Ford, who cast him in Nocturnal Animals (2016). Also in 2016, Glusman appeared in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller The Neon Demon. In 2020, he appeared alongside Tom Hanks in Aaron Schneider's Greyhound.

Personal life

In 2016, Glusman began a relationship with actress Zoë Kravitz.[6] Kravitz revealed in an interview published in October 2018 that she had become engaged in February of that year.[7] They were married June 29, 2019, at the Paris, France, home of Kravitz's father, musician Lenny Kravitz.[8] Kravitz filed for divorce on December 23, 2020, after 18 months of marriage.[9] The divorce was finalized in August 2021.[10]

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008The IconographerYoung thug
2012Starship Troopers: InvasionGunfodderVoice role
2015RatterBrent
StonewallJoe Altman
LoveMurphy
EmbersChaos
2016The Neon DemonDean
Nocturnal AnimalsLou
2019WoundsJeffrey
Lux ÆternaKarl
Above SuspicionJoe-Bea
2020GreyhoundEppstein
2022Please Baby PleaseTeddy
WatcherFrancis
2023God Is a BulletCyrus
ReptileSam Gifford
The BikeridersCorky
2024Little DeathGrady
Civil WarSpotter
2025 The Running Man TBA Post-production
TBAEenie MeanieJohnPost-production
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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2011No. 6Yoming (English version, voice)6 episodes
2017GypsySam Duffy10 episodes
2020DevsSergeiMiniseries; 4 episodes
2023The IdolRob2 episodes
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