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Alex Breaux

Alex Breaux (born 1986, Richmond, Virginia) is an American actor, writer, and director, a Harvard and Juilliard graduate. Known for Timothy McVeigh in Waco: The Aftermath, Wild Bill Hickman in American Primeval, Lt. Robert Akers in Stranger Things season 5, and Dr. Brenner in the Broadway prequel.

Alex Brooker

Alex Brooker, full name Alexander James Brooker, is an English journalist, presenter, and comedian who has co-hosted Channel 4's The Last Leg with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe since 2012.

Alex Cord

Alex Cord (Alexander Viespi Jr., 1933-2021), American actor and former rodeo performer; played Archangel (Michael Coldsmith Briggs III) on Airwolf (1984-86); films included Synanon, Stagecoach, and The Brotherhood; later a western novelist.

Alex D. Linz

Alex D. Linz (Alexander David Linz) is an American former child actor, born 1989 in Santa Barbara, California, known for Home Alone 3 (1997), One Fine Day, and voicing Young Tarzan; he left acting around 2007 for UC Berkeley.

Alex Désert

Alex Désert (born 1968) is an American actor and musician known for Becker, Boy Meets World, The Flash, and voicing Carl Carlson on The Simpsons.

Alex Dimitriades

Alex Dimitriades (born 1973) is an Australian actor from Sydney, son of Greek immigrants, known for The Heartbreak Kid, Heartbreak High, Head On, The Slap (AACTA winner) and The Principal (2016 Logie).

Alex Duong

Alex Duong (1984-2026), American comedian, actor, and writer from Dallas; played Sonny Le on Blue Bloods, first Vietnamese man on Comedy Central's Roast Battle, wrote for Netflix's Historical Roasts; died of septic shock after alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.

Alex Fine

Alex Fine (born 1993, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor and producer, former Division 1 football player and professional bull rider, known as Grady in 1883, Gant in American Primeval, and Donnie in MobLand; married to Cassie Ventura.

Alex Fitzalan

Alex Fitzalan (Alex Hunter Fitzalan), Australian actor born 1996 in Brisbane, known for Harry Bingham in Netflix's The Society (2019), Seth Novak in The Wilds, Philippe in Chevalier (2022), and Lincoln Trout in The Hunting Wives season 2.

Alex García López

Alex García López (Alejandro García López) is an Argentine television director from Buenos Aires, trained at Berklee College of Music. Known for Misfits, Utopia, The Witcher, The Acolyte, Cowboy Bebop, and Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude; distinct from the Spanish actor Álex García.

Alex Garfin

Alex Garfin (Alexander Garfin, born 2003, Manhattan) is an American actor, the voice of Linus in The Peanuts Movie (2015) and Jordan Kent in all 53 episodes of The CW's Superman & Lois (2020–2025).

Alex Garland

Alex Garland (born 1970, London) is a British novelist, screenwriter, and director: author of The Beach (1996), writer of 28 Days Later, director of Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men, Civil War, Warfare, and the 2028 Elden Ring film for A24.

Alex Gonzaga

Alex Gonzaga (Catherine Cruz Gonzaga Morada, born 1988, Taytay, Rizal) is a Filipino actress, TV host, and vlogger; ABS-CBN/TV5 star, sister of Toni Gonzaga, YouTube channel about 15.3 million subscribers.

Alex Hirsch

Alex Hirsch (Alexander Robert Hirsch), American animator and voice actor from Piedmont, California; CalArts 2007 graduate; creator of Gravity Falls (2012–2016), voice of Grunkle Stan and Soos; not the Burlington, Vermont journalist of the same name.

Alex Hyde-White

Alex Hyde-White (born 1959, London), English-born American actor and son of Wilfrid Hyde-White; first film Reed Richards in the 1994 unreleased Roger Corman Fantastic Four; also Pretty Woman, Landman, audiobooks.

Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings (born 1957, Essex) is an English stage and screen actor, Bristol Old Vic-trained, three-time Olivier Award winner, known for The Queen, The Lady in the Van, The Crown, and Victoria. Distinct from the New Orleans novelist Alex Jennings.

Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)

Alex Jones (Charlotte Alexandra Jones, born 1977) is a Welsh BBC presenter, co-host of The One Show since 2010, distinct from the American Infowars conspiracy theorist of the same name.

Alex Jordan

Alex Jordan is a British actor and voice actor known for Asher Forrester in Telltale's Game of Thrones, Mr. Hands in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and voicing Jan Dolski plus all 11 Alters in The Alters.

Alex Karpovsky

Alex Karpovsky (born 1975, Newton, Massachusetts) is an American actor and filmmaker, Ray on HBO's Girls, Jed in Tiny Furniture, and director-star of The Hole Story, Rubberneck, and Red Flag.

Alex Kendrick

Alex Kendrick (born 1970, Athens, Georgia) is an American Baptist pastor, director, writer, and actor behind Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Courageous, War Room, Overcomer, and The Forge (2024), first via Sherwood Pictures, then Kendrick Brothers Productions.

Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston (born 1963) is an English actress, RADA-trained and a former RSC member, known for Dr Elizabeth Corday in ER (1997-2009), BAFTA-nominated in Moll Flanders, and Professor River Song in Doctor Who.

Alex Lawther

Alex Lawther (Alexander Jonathan Lawther, born 1995) is an English actor known for young Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, James in The End of the F*ing World, Karis Nemik in Andor, and Hermit in Alien: Earth.

Alex Macqueen

Alex Macqueen (Alexander Tulloch Macqueen), English actor born in Epsom, Surrey, known for Julius Nicholson in The Thick of It, Neil's Dad in The Inbetweeners, Holby City's Dr Keith Greene, and a 2019 BAFTA nomination for Sally4Ever.

Alex Mechanik

Alex Mechanik (born 1986, Tampa, Florida) is an American filmmaker, husband of Samy Burch, Oscar-nominated with her for the May December screenplay, and editor of Architectural Digest's Open Door series.

Alex Meneses

Alex Meneses (Alexandra Estella DeAnna Meneses), American actress and producer born 1965 in Chicago; known for Dr. Quinn, Everybody Loves Raymond, Telenovela, and Walker, plus philanthropy and producing.

Alex Norton

Alex Norton (born 1950, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor, DCI Matt Burke in Taggart and Eric in Two Doors Down, with films including Gregory's Girl, Braveheart, and Pirates of the Caribbean II, and voice work in Dragon Quest XI.

Alex O'Loughlin

Alex O'Loughlin (Alexander O'Lachlan), Australian actor born 1976 in Canberra, NIDA graduate, star of Oyster Farmer, Moonlight, and Steve McGarrett on CBS's Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020, 240 episodes); also directed, produced, and wrote for the series.

Alex Pettyfer

Alex Pettyfer (born 1990, Stevenage) is an English actor, producer, and director known for Stormbreaker, I Am Number Four, Magic Mike, and his 2018 directorial debut Back Roads.

Álex Pina

Álex Pina (born 1967, Pamplona) is the Spanish showrunner and Vancouver Media founder behind La casa de papel (Money Heist), Netflix's most-watched non-English series in 2018, plus Vis a vis, El Embarcadero, White Lines, Sky Rojo, and Berlín.

Alex Rocco

Alex Rocco (Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr., 1936-2015), American character actor; played Moe Greene in The Godfather and Emmy-winning Al Floss in The Famous Teddy Z; former Winter Hill Gang associate from Somerville, Massachusetts.