Alexander DiPersia

Alexander John DiPersia was born on March 6, 1982 in New York City, New York. Born into a diverse background Alexander's mother Ronna (Kaufman) worked as an artist and his father John DiPersia worked as a lawyer. His grandfather, Robert Kaufman, was a successful real estate developer. He was raised in Connecticut and New York City. Alexander graduated from the Connecticut-based college-preparatory school of Hopkins in 2000. He went on to attend Boston College as a Philosophy major. At age 25, he made his film debut in 2007 in the 'Will Smith' (qv) drama _I Am Legend (2007)_ (qv). He secured work across the latter 2000s including the film short _The Grind (2008)_ (qv), _Melrose Place (2009)_ (qv), _CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)_ (qv), _CSI: Miami (2002)_ (qv), _90210 (2008)_ (qv) and _Single Ladies (2011)_ (qv). However, it is his lead role in the New Line horror film _Lights Out (2016)_ (qv), with 'Teresa Palmer' (qv) and 'Maria Bello' (qv). Alexander also holds stage credits and one music video appearance. He also sings and plays the guitar.::A.R. Pennington