1. Alexander Michael Tahquitz Ebert was born on May 12,1978 and is an American singer-songwriter and composer.
15 Facts About Alex Ebert
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Alex Ebert is best known for being the lead singer and songwriter for the American bands Ima Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
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On January 12,2014, Ebert won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for his musical score to the film All Is Lost.
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Alex Ebert was born in Los Angeles in 1978, the son of a psychotherapist, Michael Alex Ebert, and actress Lisa Richards.
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Alex Ebert's grandfather, Carl Ebert, had been Intendant of Deutsche Oper, Berlin; he was a famous actor trained by Max Reinhardt.
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Alex Ebert later discovered that Tahquitz is the name of a "demon" in the Native American language of the Cahuilla people.
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Alex Ebert's father influenced young Alexander by playing music by artists like Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash.
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Alex Ebert enjoyed listening to hip-hop as a teenager, and originally intended to be a rapper.
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Alex Ebert's mother supported his budding passion and Ebert consequently was enrolled in extracurricular filmmaking classes.
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Alex Ebert attended Oakwood School for high school, and then Emerson College for a time before dropping out.
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Alex Ebert began writing and recording music with his longtime friend Tim "Timmy the Terror" Anderson in 1997.
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Alex Ebert was quoted as saying that "most of the songs were recorded between two and four years ago", but that he looks forward to making music with Anderson and Nikolic again.
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Alex Ebert appeared on Conan on September 12,2011, to promote his solo album.
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Alex Ebert wrote the song "Daddy Knows Best" for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical.
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Alex Ebert began a relationship with actress Jena Malone in 2019.