Alex Kovas

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'''Alex Kovas''' (born 1977) is a Russian-British actor and male model in the fitness and fashion industries. He is 188 cm tall, and came to London in 2001.

== Alex Kovas and furry ==

Alex Kovas gained notoriety within the [[furry fandom]] after a number of videos featuring Kovas were posted to his [[YouTube]] account. The videos depict Kovas posing in a combination of body paint and latex animal prosthetic masks. Make-up and costuming for the pieces are provided by a variety of people, including Beatriz Lopez, Sammm Agnew. Lauren Baker, Dean Rudd and [[NorthFur FX & Mascots]].

He currently works for a British performance company called ''[http://www.humanimals.co.uk/ Humanimal]'', consisting of Kovas and a number of make-up artists, which books events for performances by Kovas.

===Reception===

His videos were featured on an episode of the "[[wikipedia:ja:世界おもしろ珍メダル_バカデミービデオ大賞|Bakademi Awards]]" comedy variety show on Fuji TV in Japan<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94T7DT5vfw|title = バカデミービデオ・増殖する鹿男|publisher = YouTube|date = Apr 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDVTcRBpAx4|title = バカデミービデオ・鹿男の正体|publisher = YouTube|date = Apr 30, 2011}}</ref>.

====Response by Kovas====

In a January 2011 interview with Vice.com, Kovas commented that he views himself as simply "a male who performs nude (almost!)" and that "so far I haven’t personally encountered anything more than people just admiring my physique or how good the make-up is." He also stated that he hadn't heard of furries until reading the reactions by furries to his videos on YouTube, but, while finding parallels between the fandom and his Humanimal modeling ("as much as we both try to portray some kind of animal"), he contrasted the perceived "fetish or a lifestyle" of the furry fandom against his profession as a "performance artist, who does it as a job, motivated by the creative and artistic aspects of the process"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.vice.com/read/the-humanimal-isnt-in-it-for-the-kicks|title = THE HUMANIMAL ISN'T IN IT FOR THE KICKS|author = Robert Lanham|publisher = Vice.com|date = January 2011}}</ref>.

==Filmography==

* ''[[wikipedia:RocknRolla|RocknRolla]]'' (2008) - Russian ex-militarian

==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://www.imdbm/name/nm3149464/ IMDb profile]
* [http://www.wix.com/humanimal/humanimal Humanimal]
* [http://www.wix.com/humanimal/humanimal#!__credits A full list of contributors to the costumes.]
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