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Karl Glusman
Born (1988-01-03) January 3, 1988 (age 37)
Education Lake Oswego High School
Occupation Actor
Years active 2008–present
Spouse(s)
(m. 2019; div. 2021)

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).

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. His father is German-Jewish and his mother is Irish Catholic. He also has French, Finnish, German, Spanish and Swedish ancestry. He attended Lake Oswego High School and then enrolled at Portland State University, but dropped out after a year. Aspiring to be an actor, he took acting courses while in college and at the Portland Actors Conservatory. He later attended the William Esper Studio in New York City.

Career

After shooting a television commercial for Adidas, Glusman relocated to France, where Argentine-French film director Gaspar Noé cast him in Love. 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. Kravitz revealed in an interview published in October 2018 that she had become engaged in February of that year. They were married June 29, 2019, at the Paris, France, home of Kravitz's father, musician Lenny Kravitz. Kravitz filed for divorce on December 23, 2020, after 18 months of marriage. The divorce was finalized in August 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Iconographer Young thug
2012 Starship Troopers: Invasion Gunfodder Voice role
2015 Ratter Brent
Stonewall Joe Altman
Love Murphy
Embers Chaos
2016 The Neon Demon Dean
Nocturnal Animals Lou
2019 Wounds Jeffrey
Lux Æterna Karl
Above Suspicion Joe-Bea
2020 Greyhound Eppstein
2022 Please Baby Please Teddy
Watcher Francis
2023 God Is a Bullet Cyrus
Reptile Sam Gifford
The Bikeriders Corky
2024 Little Death Grady
Civil War Spotter
2025 The Running Man TBA Filming
TBA Eenie Meanie John Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 No. 6 Yoming (English version, voice) 6 episodes
2017 Gypsy Sam Duffy 10 episodes
2020 Devs Sergei Miniseries; 4 episodes
2023 The Idol Rob 2 episodes
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