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).Glusman
was born in The Bronx, New York City. His family moved to Oregon when
he was six months old to raise him in the Portland area. His father is
German-Jewish, whereas his mother an Irish Catholic. He attended Lake
Oswego High School, and then enrolled at Portland State University,
but dropped out after a year. He took acting courses while in college,
as well as at the Portland Actors Conservatory. Aspiring to be an
actor, he later attended the William Esper Studio in New York
City.After shooting a television commercial for Adidas, Glusman flew
to France with the intention to start a new beginning after ending a
relationship. There, through a mutual acquaintance, he met
Argentine-French film director Gaspar Noé, who cast Glusman in Love,
a film depicting extensive unsimulated sex. It debuted at the 2015
Cannes Film Festival. The premier set a record for the festival,
selling all 2,200 seats in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
It was in Cannes where Glusman met film director and fashion designer
Tom Ford, who then cast him in his film Nocturnal Animals (2016). Also
in 2016, he appeared in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller The Neon
Demon. In 2020 he appeared alongside Tom Hanks in Aaron Schneider's
Greyhound.Since 2016, Glusman has been in 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 Kravitz's father, Lenny Kravitz's home in
Paris, France.
lead role in Gaspar Noé’s controversial drama Love (2015) and
appeared in The Neon Demon (2016) and Nocturnal Animals (2016).Glusman
was born in The Bronx, New York City. His family moved to Oregon when
he was six months old to raise him in the Portland area. His father is
German-Jewish, whereas his mother an Irish Catholic. He attended Lake
Oswego High School, and then enrolled at Portland State University,
but dropped out after a year. He took acting courses while in college,
as well as at the Portland Actors Conservatory. Aspiring to be an
actor, he later attended the William Esper Studio in New York
City.After shooting a television commercial for Adidas, Glusman flew
to France with the intention to start a new beginning after ending a
relationship. There, through a mutual acquaintance, he met
Argentine-French film director Gaspar Noé, who cast Glusman in Love,
a film depicting extensive unsimulated sex. It debuted at the 2015
Cannes Film Festival. The premier set a record for the festival,
selling all 2,200 seats in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
It was in Cannes where Glusman met film director and fashion designer
Tom Ford, who then cast him in his film Nocturnal Animals (2016). Also
in 2016, he appeared in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller The Neon
Demon. In 2020 he appeared alongside Tom Hanks in Aaron Schneider's
Greyhound.Since 2016, Glusman has been in 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 Kravitz's father, Lenny Kravitz's home in
Paris, France.
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