Carlos Dengler has performed in local and regional theaters like Lincoln Center Theater, Dorset Theater Festival and Fringe New York where he performed his one-person show Homo Sapiens Interruptus in 2016. He has published essays in Tablet, Mars Review of Books, n + 1 and in the anthology New Jersey Fan Club. Carlos directed his first short called Iowa (2018) and served as screenwriter, editor and composer for the film, as well as performed as the lead. As a film composer, he has scored the motion picture drama Sam’s World (2023) and the animation shorts series, Love Letters to the Subway (2023). He has recorded six albums of New Age compositions from 2022 to 2024. He is a cofounder of and performed as the bass player and keyboardist for the band Interpol until 2010. He was also a professional DJ in the 2000s and performed at Coachella and Lollapalooza. He has a BA in Philosophy (NYU, 1999) and an MFA in Acting (NYU, 2015).