Recently cast alongside Antonio Banderas, Poppy Delevingne and Clémence Poésy as a young Pablo Picasso in National Geographic’s new Genius season, American actor Alex Rich is making waves on the small screen.

Last seen in Netflix’s Glow as a recurring character, the Cleveland born actor landed his first role in a major show on True Detective where he played a street kid opposite Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams. Growing up performing, Rich trained at the Margie Haber Studio, can speak French, Spanish and Mandarin and has also appeared in stage adaptations of Footloose and Much Ado About Nothing.