Today we’d like to introduce you to Alexander Kilcullen.
Hi Alexander, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
Well I originated from the stars amongst a far away realm in a separate section of the universe. Once it was my time to descend upon the world of our dearest mother Earth I was granted the experience as a formulated sentient organism that took shape to being a member of the human species. However, if I did have to define the means of my existence through the lens of personality I’d say that I am a celestial being having a human experience. Identified as a spiritual universalist and a proud heretic but any governing party I share ideology and connection with can be simplified to the position of being a socially liberal, anarchistic communal omniast. I found a deep gravitational resonation towards the esoteric teachings of the Toltec coupled with the philosophies of Transcendentalism, Taoism, Altruism, and a little bit of Stoicism. I’m very fascinated with a variety of many different subject matters. Within the aspects of spiritual classification and/or methods of the mystical practices I’m quite fond of astrology, quantum mechanics, scared geometry, shamanism, dharma, wicca, alchemy, astral travel, saining, reiki, specific forms of yoga and meditation, martial arts, medicinal therapy, and tarot/oracle readings or card guidance if you will. On the physical spectrum of internal and external developments in culture and behavior of life amongst different species there lies much interest in the research of biology, zoology, marine biology, animal husbandry, botany, agriculture, environmental climate and ecosystems, and factual history. Other particular studies that I feel are important to take into account and be aware of also register within sciences of psychology, chemistry, mathematics, sociology, criminology/law, architecture/graphic design, mechanical engineering, navigation, linguistics, environmental/elemental adaptation, and medical education. Now upon the activities and hobbies that I participate in or hold passionate advocation towards those interests reside within nature and space exploration, rock/mountain climbing, deep-sea water diving, skydiving, cave diving, wing suit flying, speed flying, paragliding, bungee jumping, surfing, snowboarding, skate/longboarding, jet skiing, snowmobiling, vehicular stunt driving, motorcycling/dirt biking, ATV riding, horseback riding, aviation, sea sailing, and culinary experimentation. In addition to my humanoid programming the blood that courses through these veins share lineage within a multitude of different cultures. My ethnic ancestry results in the Irish, Sicilian, Native nation of the Cherokee, Russian, Slovakian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, French, and Polish-Hebrew. Now I would like to acknowledge that prior to my arrival, and before the initiated process of my flesh vessel’s development in the womb and eventual deliverance through the birth canal, the individuals who would come to be my biological parents did try to bring forth an elder sibling into this world. Unfortunately, my late brother’s health failed to generate to the fullest capacity and was rendered to the condition of being stillborn. The forfeit of complete conception certainly left my parents in a period of devastation and while the loss was significant it was understood that my dear brother’s journey was not meant to be taken amongst the pathway of this lifetime. He is not forgotten and still very much alive out there on another plane. My journey in this world began in Norristown, Pennsylvania on the morning of December 12th at the time of 12:21 a.m. in the year of 1997. I was a 3 day labor and even then I certainly expressed the characterized quality of being rebellious. My mother is Lysbeth Olexy, born 1961. My Father is Thomas Kilcullen, Born 1964. My parents were married in 1991 until their divorce finalized in 2003, I was 5. My mother remarried my stepfather, Harry Feliciano, in 2004, and with such matrimony I gained an older sibling by 10 years my stepbrother Michael Feliciano. I’ve lived in many different sections surrounding the Philadelphia area that border each other, but half to most of the time I’ve lived in King of Prussia and still remain in the town today. As a younger lad my experience through the education system started with Candlebrook Elementary but only for kindergarten till I transferred to another school on the opposite side of town but closer to the house that would be my home till my graduating year of 2016. That school was Roberts elementary and from there I had gone on to gradually transition into the Upper Merion Area School District from middle to high school. I graduated UM in 2016 and attended Montgomery County Community College in Bluebell, Pennsylvania for about 3 semesters before dropping out and joining the work force and embracing the endeavors I had afterwards. I’ve worked as a sales associate, in an office at cubical for a small period of time at a company that is no longer in operation called Gotham Distributing Co. I’ve as well worked in sales and performed custodial duties at my local theater Regal Cinemas for a little over a year before Covid. I’ve been a lifeguard and a pool technician. I worked as a groundskeeper for 2 years on a small patch of land for the local township called Norview Farms. During my employment at the farm I had plenty of duties to perform such as attending to the treatment of the animals, property maintenance, landscaping, event supervision and operations. It was one of the most memorable occupations I ever had. After my time on the farm I had taken employment in the healthcare system as a caretaker for both corporate and independent clientele and during that period I had encountered a colleague who would graciously become the source of how I came to formulate my relationship with the talent agency that represents me today. Collectively, thus far, the extent of my travels have met the reaches of visitation in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, New York, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago, Florida, Texas, Connecticut, and Bermuda. I’ve lived in a grand total of 48 tangible structures. 34 homes between living with my family, 2 with friends, 1 apartment, 5 substance treatment centers, 5 recovery houses, and 1 county jail. All between 9 separate towns. Whilst there have been very impactful encounters that have registered in areas of pain and trauma I can assure you a grand and profoundly sensational amount of fascinating beauty, joy, adventure, and love has indeed accumulated during the course of my experience amongst this lifetime. Right now I’m in a place where things, apart from the state of our world for which I hold in high regards to eradicate and liberate, are accelerating. My aspirational goals are taking shape and I feel my life has reached points of transcendence in refreshing beginnings and continuations of significant areas that were delayed but presently are being met for growth and increased expansion. Particularly in the foundations of my career, spirituality, community, and personal relations.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Well one could say I grew up in a broken home and it certainly wasn’t easy especially given the fact that my upbringing didn’t come from quite very humble beginnings and the households were mostly full of a conflicting or patronizing nature. A strong case of symbolism of that stemmed from an incident when I was an infant and my mother’s father took me for a walk in the stroller amongst the neighborhood and I had fallen out and was lying in the middle of the road. It wasn’t until my grandfather returned to the house and everybody noticed that I wasn’t present. Luckily nothing escalated to greater severities and my mother ran down the street to retrieve me. I’m a child of an eventful divorce, during which my father had procured work down in Florida and on the day of departure woke me up in the early hours of the morning without consulting my mother and took me with him. I remained down there for 3 months and of course I was not aware of the circumstances. Key identifier is that just because one mainly grows up in a suburban area does not mean the glitters are gold. A variety of different formations of abuse and trauma have transpired during my childhood. Negligence, narcissism, manipulation, violence, addiction, mental health disorders, repression, abandonment and bigotry are all signified traits within the characterizations of dysfunctionality that has infested the dynamic of my immediate family branches, which majorly are products of the middle working class. There are as well accounts of explored environments that possess developments of toxic controversies and conflicts due to unfortunate circumstances bound by an unhealthy quality of domesticated conditions through generational and environmental mistreatment and indoctrination. Now I can certainly identify all the sources in my narrative as to who, how, and why that points to accountability and responsibility regarding said treatments I’ve endured or witnessed but I’m not here to vilify anybody. There are indeed particular individuals and experiences that have crossed my path that have left marks and holding resentments to them would only leave the wound open. However, it is very true that forgiveness does not mean compliance or tolerance for any further damage but it does also mean recognizing the difference between a troubled situation and an entity of evil. Meeting others at where their at, to the best of their ability within what’s been dealt is a crucial piece of acceptance and personal maintenance. So it’s important to take heed towards that which may present itself upon you and how the moves in your reaction creates the response of interaction. Right now all I can do is be honest and take accountability towards myself. Stemming from the experience of how I was raised in addition to the weight of the world’s long standing factors of persecution and oppression, I was an addict for 11 years and admittedly kind of a troublemaker in some aspects. Started my trip of substance abuse at the early age of 12 and will have been in recovery for 6 years this august. My dependency adhered to a selection of different vices. Alcohol was half the pot the rest was filled with a collection of depressants, stimulants, opiates, and hallucinogens. My first time in rehab was when I was 16 years old at a facility located in Quakertown called Pyramid healthcare for 28 days because prior to being a patient I was expelled from my high school for coming in high and drunk during testing season and had to finish the remains of 11th grade at an alternative school. My second time around came in the months that followed was when I was 17 and spent 6 months at an establishment called Caron treatment. After my time at Caron I was offered to return to my regular school with exception of being entered into a gateway to college program which allowed me to finish my senior year at Upper Merion in the first half and the rest at Montco. The program secured me into entering college right after graduation. My college experience was short lived but nothing short of interesting, I spent half to most of my time outside the classroom curious about what kind of people and subjectivity I could encounter and learn from. I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the idea of having to spend my energy and time in a process of proving my worthiness of being educated in areas I was trying to grow in, by being instilled or tested with material that I didn’t find very challenging or fulfilling towards my aspirations. Then again I wasn’t fully committed to staying completely free from my addictive behavior either so I continued using till months after I dropped out and was working my first job in sales and was met with a terrible case of illness. I was a child of secondhand smoke and that was the beginning contribution to the development of my gastric disease, certainly didn’t help that I too later had became a smoker. From the years of exposure and consumption towards the drugs, unhealthy particles and diet, I was diagnosed with an extreme case of esophagitis in November of 2017. It was an absolutely horrible time. My esophagus all the way down into my digestive system had inflamed and completely eroded. I couldn’t eat or drink anything and keep it down, I could barely drink water without regurgitating it back out. I was bed ridden and barely functioning properly. It took 5 separate hospital visits before anybody even suggested seeing a gastroenterologist. After a couple of tests I was prescribed the correct medication that would help with repairment. Of course I was heavily cautioned that I could no longer drink, smoke, or consume anything that was going to damage my body including the foods and beverages I had ingested most of my life and of course that wasn’t an easy break from all I had become accustomed to. Naturally I still sought ought to catch the same high I was chasing to get me through the days. In my mind I knew I could keep popping pills just couldn’t inhale, smoke or drink. With all this going on I had lost employment with the company I had worked for because of too much time away. It was during this time that I had broken my left wrist and I was trying to maintain sobriety but I was prescribed pain meds and of course I took advantage of that and one evening in the month of February of 2018 I got into a fight with a family member which resulted in my placement in Montgomery county corrections of Eagleville, PA for 6 months. I was looking at 2 years if charged with aggravated assault but my lawyer was able to strike up a misdemeanor and it was decided I spend 6 months for simple assault. After serving my time I was introduced to my first recovery house that was operated by an organization called connect the dots. It is no longer in service due to a conflict in management. From the remains of 2018 till the fall of 2021 I went through a period of trials and errors in my journey of recovery and personal endeavors that ultimately led to me officially no longer participating in the consumption of poisonous substances or being actively engaged in circles that are detrimental to my well being. It took a little while but out came a true sensation of igniting the process of eradication, healing, and liberation from the old paradigm of being. Not all is perfect or has been met to full completion but much progress has been made and there is still plenty more to achieve because 24 years of dealing with the particular circumstances takes time and consistent practice to become fully reformed. My time inside was indeed a point of initiation to really get the gears turning on deconditioning myself but of course it took plenty of years of mistakes that followed before I enabled the type of progress needed to turn the pages. I completely understand the hurt I’ve endured, particularly in ways that led me to being a perpetrator of such unto others as well, but I also recognize how it originated and the impact of those I’ve encountered of whom were dispatchers and/or recipients. Mistakes have been made and I’m not afraid to own mine and there is plenty more to explain and explore, but all is not tragic. It has been said that the past is prolonged to the future, but such a concept is only true if you make it so. Our sense of meaning and worth for how we choose to recover from wounds and faults, what we decide to implement into the foundation of our personal growth and mastery, and where we aim to move forward during the remains of our experience in this life is not dictated by what is now behind.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I invest in my love for the arts. Particularly in filmmaking, acting, music and singing, dancing, writing, photography, painting/drawing, sorcery and while there is indeed a variety of different art forms I am fascinated by and appreciate, my participation lies mainly in storytelling. Specifically performing and writing. I am currently a non-sag cinematic actor and published poet. I am represented by John Casablancas model and talent management, I have been associated with them for almost 2 years now, and a client of Broken soul publishing since 2024, which has published my work twice now for their previous and latest anthology installments. Since working with JC I have starred as an extra for 5 productions which of 3 were for major studio. Dope Thief – Apple TV+, Tires season 2 – Netflix, and Song Sung Blue – Focus Features. After my involvement in those productions I participated in a background role for an independent film called Madonna Non Grata by 2020 visions entertainment as an EMT Paramedic. It was quite significant because I was given a brief moment of dialogue to say on camera and the design of the sequence was fascinating material to take into account regarding filmmaking dynamics. Since those delightful experiences I was blessed with the opportunities to perform in character roles. Starring in 4 locally shot short film projects. 2 college film productions and 2 independent pieces, one that’s a subjective narrative aimed towards the promotion of opposing firearm violence. It’s called “What have you been doing with your life?”, this project has been selected to screen at the Global Film Festival Awards in Los Angeles as well as being selected for the International Black and Diversity Film Festival. Following those productions I also just recently starred in my first motion picture as a main supporting character for a local independent Philadelphia film production company called garden of Eden productions. The film is called “Button Lips” written and directed by Bethel Bates and I am very proud to have collaborated with her and the team that was put together to create this significant story. This film was my first real crack at playing a significant role that was vital to the tale of a full length feature and it was definitely an interesting and important journey in my career. Gracious for this experience, it most certainly comes to be a team effort but I do thank my agency and those I’ve had the privilege to work with because I have met and worked alongside an astounding amount of different intellectuals and it has been a very impactful. From these developments has come to the point of arrival to the current circumstances of my career as a performer and I am grateful to now be tackling my first leading role and this one is very special and specific because it is a biopic. I’ve never played a real life individual before let alone one that’s so close to home. This film recounts the life and times of state local musician Steve Brosky. Brosky has been in the music scene since 1980 and has cultivated quite notable work and a loyal fan base that has provided so much love and appreciation for his work that it is a beautiful remark towards his life. This wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for Steve making it through the events that transpired in his life coupled with my bona fide director Michael Judkins putting forth his ambition towards the creative arts and utilizing his companionship with Steve to honor his legacy, let alone formulate such a group of aspiring talents and mindful innovators to help bring Steve’s story to further heights. It’s an absolute privilege to have been presented this opportunity and interact with such a crew that it shall forever be a remarkable period within my journey as well. While there is so much more to look forward to and plenty of other areas that I am striving towards accomplishing, especially alongside many other individuals who share the same passions, it is in essence that we’re just getting started and y’all ain’t seen nothing yet.
How do you think about luck?
Well other than being embraced with the support of friends, particular family, colleagues, and the kindness of caring individuals, I do feel the sensations of universal alignment. For it is working with you as you are working it through the faith and efforts you place within the divine source as well as the creation of your destined purposes and soulful activity. However there is indeed significant credence to the collective of beings such guides, ancestors, loved ones who I feel deeply have been looking out for me and it’s with much love that I acknowledge their presence and impact. There have been plenty of cases where I’ve hit some hard walls of adversity, both external and internal, and by the grace of the support of the inner circles that helped me through I’ve been gifted the chances to try again and overcome those obstacles. It’s really just been a matter of taking those chances to try and step up into my best self and utilize it for good deeds to give back and the gravitation of my heart’s affection to live and share a beautifully phenomenal life.
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