Alex Greenwald
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Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, producer, actor |
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Years active | 1994–present |
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Alex Greenwald is an American musician, actor, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist of the California rock band Phantom Planet.
Life and career
Greenwald is Jewish. In 1994, Greenwald formed Phantom Planet in his teens with four friends – guitarist Darren Robinson, bassist Sam Farrar, guitarist Jacques Brautbar, and drummer Jason Schwartzman. The band is best known for producing the song "California", which was used as the theme song of the teen drama The O.C., which lasted four seasons. Phantom Planet announced their hiatus on November 25, 2008.
In 2006, he collaborated with
Greenwald is a vegan and has appeared in at least two ads for
Greenwald co-produced and appeared on ex – Panic! at the Disco members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker's new band, The Young Veins debut record, Take a Vacation!.
He played bass and produced several tracks on The Like's second studio album Release Me.
He is currently part of the group
JJAMZ
Phases
Following Valentine's departure from JJAMZ, the band changed its name to
Mark Ronson & The Business International
Greenwald is the executive producer and one of the musicians in The Business International. He also helped to write several of the songs on their album Record Collection. He is one of the lead singers in the song 'The Night Last Night', and appeared in the music video for "The Bike Song".
Cameos
In addition to the commercials for
Personal life
In 2013, Greenwald began a relationship with actress Brie Larson. In May 2016, Larson's representative confirmed that the pair was engaged.[3] On January 10, 2019, it was reported that Greenwald and Larson had called off their engagement.[4][5] In June 2020, it was confirmed that Greenwald and Australian actress Phoebe Tonkin were in a relationship.[6]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | The Halloween Tree | Ralph Bengstrum (voice) | TV movie |
1993 | Recycle Rex | (Voice) | Short |
1994 | A Pig's Tale | Von Hofferman | |
1994 | No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn | Corby | |
1998 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Himself (as Phantom Planet) | Episode: And the Sabrina Goes to... |
2001 | Donnie Darko | Seth Devlin | |
2005 | Bad News Bears | State Band Member | |
2017 | Unicorn Store | The Composer |
Discography
- Solo
- Yo(2014)
- With JJAMZ
- Suicide Pact (2012)
- With Phases
- For Life (2015)
- With Phantom Planet
- Phantom Planet Is Missing (1998)
- Polaroid(1998)
- The Guest (2002)
- Negatives (2004)
- Negatives 2 (2004)
- Phantom Planet (2004)
- Raise the Dead (2008)
- Devastator (2020)
- With Blackblack
- Blackblack EP 1
- Blackblack EP 2
- BlackBlack (2006)
References
- ^ "GRRR > Issue 2, 2005". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ "Twitter". Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ "Brie Larson Is Engaged to Phantom Planet Frontman Alex Greenwald". Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ^ Contreras, Cydney (January 11, 2019). "Brie Larson and Alex Greenwald Split 2 Years After Getting Engaged". E! News. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "Brie Larson and Alex Greenwald Have Reportedly Called Off Their Engagement". Elle. January 11, 2019.
- ^ Celebretainment, By. "Phoebe Tonkin makes Alex Greenwald romance Instagram official". Blue Mountain Eagle. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
External links
- TheOCShow.com
- ASCAP.com Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- PETAkids.com
- TheyWillRockYou.com
- Interview Magazine
- Alex Greenwald at IMDb