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If you don't know who Pico Alexander is yet, your life is about to change. The 26-year-old actor is making waves in Hollywood thanks to his latest role in Home Again [1] alongside Reese Witherspoon [2], and we have a feeling you're going to be obsessed with him after this. Not only is he talented, but he's also super easy on the eyes and already has a couple of other projects [3] lined up. Here are five things you should know about him before he blows up.
- Pico isn't his real name. Pico was actually born Alexander Jogalla [4], but his grandfather gave him that nickname as a baby. "My grandfather started jokingly referring to me as Pico when my mom was pregnant with me," he explained to HuffPost in June 2015. "And then when I was born, they wanted to give me a serious name, so they named me Alexander. But nobody ever called me Alexander except for one teacher in sixth grade."
- He was born and raised in NYC. Pico studied acting at LaGuardia High School [5] and then went on to attend Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
- He comes from an artistic family. His mom attended music school in Poland, his dad is a cinematographer, and his grandfather was in actor in Poland — and he also speaks Polish.
- You've probably seen him before. He's made appearances on TV shows like Orange Is the New Black [6], Blue Bloods, and The Carrie Diaries, and also starred in War Machine alongside Brad Pitt [7].
- In case you haven't noticed, he's extremely hot. Sadly, though, he doesn't have an Instagram or a Twitter account.