Alex Garfin
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Alexander Garfin is an American actor.[https://singforhope.org/about "Bio of Alex Garfin,"] Sing for Hope. He voiced the character Linus in the 2015 animated comedy film The Peanuts Movie, and for his performance he received a 43rd Annie Awards nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production, and won the 2016 Young Entertainer Award - Best Young Ensemble Cast - Voice Over. In 2021, Garfin landed his breakthrough role as Jordan Kent, a son of Superman and Lois Lane, in the superhero drama television series Superman & Lois until 2024; for his performance, he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series in 2022.
Early life
Garfin was born and raised in Manhattan, in New York City, to Jeffrey Garfin and Karin Carnaroli Garfin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alex-garfin/3060068116/|title=Alexander Garfin|website=TV Guide}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/lifestyle/superman-lois-actor-alex-garfin-vancouver-bc-6736743|title=Superman & Lois' star shares his favourite Vancouver spots, restaurants, filming highlights|date=March 21, 2023|website=Vancouver Is Awesome|author=Maria Diment}} He has a brother, Max Garfin, who is also an actor.{{Cite web |date=April 11, 2023 |title=Alexander Garfin - Actor |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/alexander-garfin/ |website=TV Insider}}
Garfin attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.onstageblog.com/reviews/2019/11/17/off-broadway-review-fear-at-the-lucille-lortel-theatre|title=Off-Broadway Review: "Fear" at the Lucille Lortel Theatre|date=November 17, 2019|website=OnStage|author=Joseph Verlezza}}
Career
=Early years=
In 2011 at six years old he acted in the police procedural crime drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; he has appeared in two episodes of the show.{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Chatting With The Stars Of Superman & Lois |url=https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2021/05/19/chatting-with-the-stars-of-superman-lois/ |work=WCCB Charlotte}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alexander-garfin/credits/3030634129/|title=Alexander Garfin|website=TV Guide}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/superman-lois-casts-couples-sons-jordan-elsass-alexander-garfin-cw-series-1202851698/ |title='Superman & Lois' Casts Couple's Sons As Jordan Elsass & Alexander Garfin Join the CW Series |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=February 5, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205190838/https://deadline.com/2020/02/superman-lois-casts-couples-sons-jordan-elsass-alexander-garfin-cw-series-1202851698/ |archive-date=February 5, 2020 |access-date=June 27, 2024}}
He voiced the character Linus in the 2015 animated comedy film The Peanuts Movie, a big screen adaptation of the comic strip Peanuts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pottsmerc.com/2021/07/13/superman-lois-alex-garfin-on-the-supersons-latest-save-and-whats-next-2/|title='Superman & Lois': Alex Garfin on the Superson's Latest Save and What's Next|first=Damian|last=Holbrook|date=July 13, 2021|work=The Mercury}} For his performance, in 2015 Garfin received a 43rd Annie Awards nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production.{{Cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/|title=51st Annual Annie Awards|website=Annie Awards}} Garfin won the 2016 Young Entertainer Award - Best Young Ensemble Cast - Voice Over, with the cast of the Peanuts movie.[https://youngentertainerawards.org/nominating2015.html "2015 Nominations; Best Ensemble Cast- Voice Over,"] Young Entertainer Awards.
Garfin has worked in the animated television series Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets.
Garfin acted in his Off-Broadway debut in the play Fear at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2019, alongside Enrico Colantoni and directed by Tea Alagic, playing the role of the captive boy Jamie. Writing for The New York Times, journalist Elisabeth Vincentelli described Garfin as "quite convincing as a hard-to-parse teenager trying to talk his way into escape."
=2020–present=
Garfin appeared in New Amsterdam.
In November 2022, Garfin performed in his first solo singing gig in Vancouver, Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/alex-garfin-superman-vancouver-bc-6062499|title='Superman and Lois' star performing solo gig at Vancouver pub this weekend; The actor will reveal another superpower.|author=Maria Diment |date=November 5, 2022|website=Vancouver Is Awesome}} He has written over 110 original songs, and plays guitar and piano.
Garfin played Jordan Kent, a son of Superman and Lois Lane, for four seasons in the superhero drama television series Superman & Lois that premiered in February 2021.Vincent Terrace (2024). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tTLyEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22alex+garfin%22&pg=PA170 Encyclopedia of Television Shows; Supplement 2--Broadcast, Cable and Streaming, 2017-2022,] McFarland, Publishers.{{Cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/superman-lois-alex-garfin-talks-005957500.html|title=Superman & Lois' Alex Garfin Talks Playing Hero in Clark's Absence, That Major Setback With Sarah and More|date=March 30, 2022|website=Yahoo News|author=Andy Swift}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dc.com/blog/2022/04/26/superman-and-loiss-alex-garfin-balances-heroism-and-high-school|title=Superman & Lois's Alex Garfin Balances Heroism and High School|author=Tim Beedle|date=April 26, 2022|website=DC}} He worked with a fight trainer for a year and a half so that he could himself act in a fight scene, rather than have a double do the acting.{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/superman-and-lois-alex-garfin-season-2-episode-14-spoilers/|title='Superman & Lois' star unpacks that massive reveal: 'He finally just said screw it'; "That moment was a Hail Mary," Alex Garfin tells EW.|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 21, 2022|author=Sydney Bucksbaum}} For the first two seasons he played the role of being a twin son along with Jordan Elsass, who played the character Jonathan Kent and was later replaced by Michael Bishop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/superman-lois-casts-michael-bishop-as-jonathan-kent|title=Meet the new Jonathan Kent: 'Superman & Lois' reveals who will replace Jordan Elsass on CW series|author=Josh Weiss|date=September 7, 2022|website=SYFY}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/superman-and-lois-jordan-elsass-star-leaves-mental-health-facility-2022-8|title='Superman & Lois' star leaves show after sharing that he is going to a facility to get 'mental health back on track'|first=Ayomikun|date=August 17, 2022|last=Adekaiyero|website=Business Insider}} Garfin spent much of his time filming the show in Vancouver, Canada. In 2022, Garfin was nominated for a 50th Anniversary Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/saturn-awards-2022-nominations-list-movies-tv-1235089636/|title=Saturn Awards Nominations: 'The Batman', 'Nightmare Alley', 'Spider-Man', 'Better Call Saul' Top List|first=Armando|last=Tinoco|date=August 12, 2022|work=Deadline}}Scott Sandler (August 19, 2024). [https://www.cultureslate.com/news/jordan-elsass-will-not-return-to-superman-amp-lois-leading-to-recasting-his-role-for-the-third-season "Jordan Elsass Will Not Return To 'Superman & Lois', Leading To Recasting His Role For The Third Season,"] CultureSlate. A fourth season of the series was announced in June 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/superman-lois-final-season-first-look-premiere-date/|title=Superman & Lois' Final Season Gets First Look and Premiere Date|first=Lee|last=Freitag|date=June 20, 2024|website=CBR}} The fourth season finale, in which Garfin finally received his own superhero suit, aired in December 2024.Valentina Kraljik (December 3, 2024). [https://www.comicbasics.com/superman-and-lois-star-reflects-on-epic-suiting-up-moment-in-series-finale-i-have-no-modesty-left-whatsoever/ "‘Superman & Lois’ Star Reflects on Epic Suiting Up Moment in Series Finale: ‘I Have No Modesty Left Whatsoever’,"] Comic Basics.
Filmography
=Film=
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!Title !Role !Notes !Refs |
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| 2010
| Salt | Youngest Chenkov | Uncredited |
| 2015
| Linus (voice) | Received a 43rd Annie Awards nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production; won the 2016 Young Entertainer Award - Best Young Ensemble Cast - Voice Over. |[https://youngentertainerawards.org/nominating2015.html "2015 Nominations; Best Ensemble Cast- Voice Over,"] Young Entertainer Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/|title=51st Annual Annie Awards|website=Annie Awards}} |
=Television=
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| Year
!Title !Role !Notes !Refs |
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| 2009, 2011
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Luke Thomas, Anthony Maxwell | 2 episodes; "Stranger" and "Double Strands" |
| 2016–17
| Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets | Stripes (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2020
| Elio | Episode: Liftoff |
| 2021–24
| Main cast; 53 episodes; received a 2022 nomination for a 50th Anniversary Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series |
Theatre
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue !Refs |
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| 2013
| | Two River Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey |
| 2019
| Fear | Jamie |Lucille Lortel Theatre, Off-Broadway, New York City |Elisabeth Vincentelli (October 26, 2019). [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/theater/fear-review-matt-williams.html "‘Fear’ Review: 3 Men in a Shed, 1 Missing Girl on Their Minds,"] The New York Times. |
Awards and nominations
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! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| 2015
| Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production | {{nom}} |
| 2016
| Young Entertainer Award | Best Young Ensemble Cast - Voice Over | {{won}} |
| 2022
| 50th Anniversary Saturn Award | Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series | {{nom}} |
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External links
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- [https://www.instagram.com/alexgarfin/?hl=en Alex Garfin] on Instagram
- Samantha Highfill (March 29, 2022). [https://ew.com/tv/superman-and-lois-alex-garfin-interview-bizarro-jonathan/ "Superman & Lois star Alex Garfin says
[SPOILER] 's arrival is going to 'screw things up,'"] Entertainment Weekly.
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