Alexander Garfin is an American actor. He voiced the character Linus in the 2015 animated comedy film ''

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'', and for his performance he received a

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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

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and

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, in the superhero drama television series ''

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'' 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

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, in New York City, to Jeffrey Garfin and Karin Carnaroli Garfin. He has a brother, Max Garfin, who is also an actor. Garfin attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in

in New York City.

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. He voiced the character Linus in the 2015 animated comedy film ''

'', a big screen adaptation of the comic strip ''

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''. For his performance, in 2015 Garfin received a

nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production. Garfin won the 2016 Young Entertainer Award - Best Young Ensemble Cast - Voice Over, with the cast of the ''Peanuts'' movie. "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

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debut in the play ''Fear'' at the

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in 2019, alongside

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and directed by

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, playing the role of the captive boy Jamie. Writing for ''

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'', journalist

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described Garfin as "quite convincing as a hard-to-parse teenager trying to talk his way into escape."

2020–present

Garfin appeared in ''

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''. In November 2022, Garfin performed in his first solo singing gig in

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, Canada. He has written over 110 original songs, and plays guitar and piano. Garfin played Jordan Kent, a son of

and

, for four seasons in the superhero drama television series ''

'' that premiered in February 2021.Vincent Terrace (2024)
''Encyclopedia of Television Shows; Supplement 2--Broadcast, Cable and Streaming, 2017-2022,''
McFarland, Publishers. 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. 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. 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. A fourth season of the series was announced in June 2023. The fourth season finale, in which Garfin finally received his own superhero suit, aired in December 2024.Valentina Kraljik (December 3, 2024)
"‘Superman & Lois’ Star Reflects on Epic Suiting Up Moment in Series Finale: ‘I Have No Modesty Left Whatsoever’,"
''Comic Basics''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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