Biography

Carlos Dengler is an NYC-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, essayist, actor, video artist and filmmaker. Carlos is best known as the original bassist and keyboardist of the band Interpol; he co-founded the band in 1998 and departed in 2010. Carlos has worked in other genres since leaving the greater music industry, including theater, cinema and literature, as well as continuing to explore music composition. He has a BA in Philosophy from the College of Arts and Sciences at New York University (1999) and he received his MFA in Acting from NYU Grad Acting in 2015. He is also a naturalist, an avid backpacker and amateur nature photographer.
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As a DJ, Carlos paired with DJ Mistress McCutchen on Theatrumaethereum, a radio show at WNYU dedicated to ethereal, experimental, dark classical and ambient music from 1997 to 1998. He also DJed when on/off tour with Interpol and would spin new wave, obscure, and current music. He has spun at a variety of venues, including Coachella and Lollapalooza.

Studied philosophy and history and wanted to pursue a career as an academic while at NYU.

Has a BA in Philosophy from the College of Arts and Sciences at New York University (1999) and he received his MFA in Acting from NYU Grad Acting in 2015.

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.

As an essayist, he has been published in Tablet, Compact, Tidal, The Mars Review of Books, n + 1 and in an anthology called New Jersey Fan Club on Rutgers University Press.