Alexander "Alex" Briley performs the "G.I." role in the disco era music group, Village People. Briley was born and raised in Harlem, New York and later Mount Vernon, New York. A minister's son, he sang in church from an early age and studied voice at the University of Hartford. Briley was introduced to producer/composer Jacques Morali by Village People member Victor Willis. He originally performed in jeans and a t-shirt but he took the role of a soldier for the album Cruisin' in 1978 and when the group recorded "In The Navy" in 1979 he appeared as a sailor. In 2005, Briley's brother Jonathan was identified by several people as The Falling Man ? the figure depicted in the iconic photo of a man falling from the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. 

April 12th, 1947 in Harlem (Age 77)