Alexander Klebanoff

Alexander Klebanoff (born December 22, 1982) is an American actor, producer and guitarist. He recently executive produced and stars in the film The Decipio, a crime thriller, which screened as a "Finalist" at the Academy Award Qualifying 17th Annual 2022 Peachtree Village International Film Festival (PVIFF) chosen by the jury out of 5,000 submissions. The PVIFF "Icon Award" honored LaKeith Stanfield, the "Legendary Award" honored Jasmine Guy, and the "Rising Star Award" honored Gail Bean. Past festival 'Speakers and Personalities' include, Chadwick Boseman and Ava DuVernay. The festival kicked off with a special screening of A Dark Way Out starring Danny Trejo and Dermot Mulroney.

In The Decipio, Alexander stars opposite co-star Sandy Mölling, a German television personality, singer, actress, and member of the all-female pop group No Angels, one of the best-selling all-female groups of European origin of all time. Alexander won various awards, including "Awards of Prestige" for "Best Actor" and "Best Ensemble" at the Vegas Movie Awards chosen by the jury, including Sergio Barbasso, the festival director, who also was a jury member of the 2023 Annie Awards, and Kenny Hotz, a past South Park writer and Vice Media contributor. The following year at the 2023 Vegas Movie Awards, Kate Cohen won an "Award of Prestige" for "Best Woman Filmmaker" for Luna (2022), a short, and she produced Transcendence (2014) starring Johnny Depp and executive produced Boundless (2019), a short directed by Rosario Dawson. The Decipio received the "Remi Award" for "Best Thriller" at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, the oldest independent film festival in the world, which awarded a remarkable list of celebrated directors with their very first awards, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, the Coen Brothers, Brian de Palma, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, and David Lynch. A past "Remi Award" winner was Laboratory Conditions (2017), a short starring Marisa Tomei. The Decipio won the "Outstanding Achievement Award" for "Best TV and Web Series Pilot" at the IndieX Film Festival, a Raleigh Studios Hollywood official partner. Past winners include, Abigail Breslin, Kevin Bacon, and Kyra Sedgwick. The Decipio received the "Award of Merit" for "TV Pilot" at The IndieFEST Film Awards chosen by the jury, including Emmy award winners. A previous festival award winner was If Anything Happens I Love You (2020), an animation short executive produced by Laura Dern, which won the Oscar for "Best Animated Short Film" at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25, 2021. The Decipio received various nominations, including a nomination for "Best Streaming Series" at Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival. A past nominee was Skin (2018) directed by Guy Nattiv, which won the Oscar for "Best Live Action Short Film" at the 91st Academy Awards on February 24, 2019.

The Decipio first premiered in Los Angeles at the Marina del Rey Film Festival at Cinemark 18 and XD, in The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center, in addition to Film Fest LA at Regal Cinemas LA LIVE chosen by the jury out of 13,000 submissions and won the "Best Crime Drama" award.

Alexander began acting intensively trained one-on-one by Stan Roth, a teacher since 1987 who longtime served on the faculty of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts West whose student was Leonardo DiCaprio, among many more students who have become acclaimed. He trained intensively with Margie Haber Studio who coached Brad Pitt, Halle Berry, and Tiffany Haddish, among many more.

Alexander Hirschhorn Klebanoff was born on December 22, 1982, in Manhattan, New York, to literary agent and publisher Arthur Klebanoff and the very first executive director of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (founded by Evelyn S. Lauder) Susan B. Hirschhorn who serves on the Advisory Board today. He has one sibling, a younger brother. He is of Jewish, Russian, and Polish ancestry. He grew up on the Upper East Side neighborhood in New York City. At a young age, he watched the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema and reenacted action movie scenes with his bother. He attended Bard College earning a B.A. in Art History. He worked in the Art Business in New York City, which became a career. He began at global gallery Marlborough where he managed emerging artists. He managed the art collection of Ronald S. Lauder, younger brother to Leonard Lauder, the sole heirs to the Estee Lauder Companies cosmetics fortune. He worked at Christie's auction house in the Post War and Contemporary art department and he then founded an art consulting company. After his career in the Art Business, he moved to California. He resides in Los Angeles.