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• Father is a computer-science professor at Boston University.
• Studied visual ethnography at University of Oxford, but dropped out before getting his degree.
• Won numerous "Best of Fest" awards at film festivals for his 2006 feature, The Hole Story, which he wrote and directed. 
• Went to high school with independent filmmaker Andrew Bujalski and appeared in his 2009 film, Beeswax.
• Was cast in HBO's Girls after costarring in creator Lena Dunham's 2010 film, Tiny Furniture. 
• Selected to represent The New Breed of Sexy in People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2012 issue.