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Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Alexander Richard "Alex" Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is an English actor and model. He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role.He has been seen as a model in several advertising campaigns for Burberry.His next two…
Known for
- Under the Stars — Ian2025
- 5lbs of Pressure — Leff2024
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare — Capt. Geoffrey Appleyard2024
- Chief of Station — John Branca2024
- Sunrise — Fallon2024
- Black Noise2023
- The Infernal Machine — Dwight Tufford2022
- Warning — Liam2021
- Collection — Brandon2021
- Echo Boomers — Ellis Beck2020
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Key facts
- Born
- Alexander Richard Pettyfer , ( 1990-04-10 ) 10 April 1990 (age 36) , Stevenage , England
- Alma mater
- Sylvia Young Theatre School
- Occupations
- Actor model
- Years active
- 2005–present
- Spouse
- Toni Garrn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2020 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stevenage
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- alex-pettyfer.net
- Image
- Alex Pettyfer - Stormbreaker premiere - 2006.jpg
- Height
- 181
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1990-04-10
- birth name
- Alexander Richard Pettyfer
- Commons category
- Alex Pettyfer
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Dianna Agron
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Richard Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is an English actor and model. He started acting in school plays and on television before his breakthrough portraying Alex Rider in the spy film Stormbreaker (2006), for which he received various accolades including nominations for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role. His career progressed with starring roles in the films Wild Child (2008), I Am Number Four (2011), in which he portrayed titular lead, and Beastly (2011).
Pettyfer has since acted in a number of films, with his biggest successes being the comedy drama Magic Mike (2012), and historical dramas The Butler (2013) and Elvis & Nixon (2016), as well as in the Netflix science fiction miniseries The I-Land (2019). Outside of acting, he has modeled in several advertising campaigns for Burberry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alex Pettyfer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.