A breakout performer on SNL, Alex most recently succeeded Jim Carrey as Joe Biden on the show. He is best known for his impersonations of Eric Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Anderson Cooper, Joe Scarborough amongst others, as well as his original recurring Weekend Update character Guy Who Just Bought A Boat.  Over the 2020 holiday season, Alex appeared in the Netflix feature, HOLIDATE, directed by John Whitesell and starring Emma Roberts. He also worked on the Paramount feature CLIFFORD, the upcoming live action hybrid based on the best-selling book series and directed by Walt Becker. Alex can be seen playing opposite Brittany Snow in the breakout romantic comedy SOMEONE GREAT. He has also been receiving great praise for his performance in Peter Billingsley’s OPENING ACT. Last year, Alex lent his voice as the role of JIMMY in Disney’s sequel WRECK-IT RALPH 2. Aside from SNL, he can be seen on TV in Showtime’s series BILLIONS.

Spending the earlier years of his career in Chicago, he was a regular performer at iO and The Annoyance Theatre as well as an official acro-dunker for the renowned Chicago Bulls. He played in the Celebrity All-Star game in February 2020.