Max Adler (born January 17, 1986) is an American actor. He is best
known for his role as Dave Karofsky on the television series Glee
(2009â€"2015).Adler was born to a Jewish family in Queens, New York,
the eldest son of Lisa (nÄ—e Kobrin) and Doug Adler. A year after
Adler was born, his family relocated to Fountain Hills, Arizona, then
to Scottsdale, Arizona. Adler attended Horizon High School, where he
was a First Chair All-State show choir member. After graduating, he
moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Adler has a younger
brother named Jake, born in 1992.After various roles in a number of
productions, Adler was cast in a minor recurring role in the Fox
television series Glee as school jock and bully Dave Karofsky. Glee
creator Ryan Murphy was impressed with his acting and wanted to write
more with him. In the November 2010 episode "Never Been Kissed",
written to tackle the issue of LGBT youth bullying, Karofsky is
revealed to be a closeted gay teen. Adler had previously questioned
his character's motivations, but was surprised by the scene in which
Karofsky kisses the object of his bullying, openly gay student Kurt
Hummel (Chris Colfer). He received a positive response via the social
networking websites Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook, and commented that
he was "glad to represent such a large group of people". He expanded
on this, saying, "I've gotten so many messages from people all around
the world these last couple of days thanking me because either they
are Karofsky, they were Karofsky or they know a Karofsky." The
character eventually gives up his bullying and makes his peace with
Kurt, but he remains closeted. Adler has been praised for his
performance in episode 3x14, "On My Way", during which, after his
character is outed, he attempts suicide.Adler is a resident artist
with The Porters of Hellsgate theatre company in Los Angeles,
appearing in three Shakespearean productions with them since 2008.
known for his role as Dave Karofsky on the television series Glee
(2009â€"2015).Adler was born to a Jewish family in Queens, New York,
the eldest son of Lisa (nÄ—e Kobrin) and Doug Adler. A year after
Adler was born, his family relocated to Fountain Hills, Arizona, then
to Scottsdale, Arizona. Adler attended Horizon High School, where he
was a First Chair All-State show choir member. After graduating, he
moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Adler has a younger
brother named Jake, born in 1992.After various roles in a number of
productions, Adler was cast in a minor recurring role in the Fox
television series Glee as school jock and bully Dave Karofsky. Glee
creator Ryan Murphy was impressed with his acting and wanted to write
more with him. In the November 2010 episode "Never Been Kissed",
written to tackle the issue of LGBT youth bullying, Karofsky is
revealed to be a closeted gay teen. Adler had previously questioned
his character's motivations, but was surprised by the scene in which
Karofsky kisses the object of his bullying, openly gay student Kurt
Hummel (Chris Colfer). He received a positive response via the social
networking websites Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook, and commented that
he was "glad to represent such a large group of people". He expanded
on this, saying, "I've gotten so many messages from people all around
the world these last couple of days thanking me because either they
are Karofsky, they were Karofsky or they know a Karofsky." The
character eventually gives up his bullying and makes his peace with
Kurt, but he remains closeted. Adler has been praised for his
performance in episode 3x14, "On My Way", during which, after his
character is outed, he attempts suicide.Adler is a resident artist
with The Porters of Hellsgate theatre company in Los Angeles,
appearing in three Shakespearean productions with them since 2008.
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