•● Alex Greenwald ●•

Alexander Greenwald (born 9 October 1979, Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of the Californian rock band, Phantom Planet. Greenwald is a former model for clothing retailer The Gap and has also acted in the past. He played the sociopathic school bully, Seth Devlin, in Donnie Darko, alongside his friend Jake Gyllenhaal. He has since expressed that he is a musician first, and that he has no interest in acting in the future. Greenwald formed Phantom Planet in his teens with two friends - guitarist Darren Robinson and ex-band member Jason Schwartzman in 1994. Greenwald's mother is a large part of his musical education. "Music has just always been part of my life. My mom is a guitar teacher and an abstract painter -- an all-around artist and a wonderful woman. I would listen to records with her and take guitar lessons from her. Music has been an appendage almost. It speaks my language." Fav instrument: Gibson SG