The film was shown at art houses during the summer and was theatrically released on 13 November 2015. The film was directed and written by Alison Bagnall, who directed The Dish & the Spoon, while Alexander was a co-writer together with the other two leads. In the indie film Funny Bunny, which first premiered at SXSW 2015, Alexander plays Titty, a troubled teenager.
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Alexander briefly portrayed the vampire Fenton in the British-American horror series Penny Dreadful in episodes aired in 2014. Īlexander also appeared in The Riot Club, the film adaptation of Laura Wade's stage play Posh alongside British actors Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth. The film was written and directed by Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of the group Belle and Sebastian, as part of the God Help the Girl project. Īlexander plays one of the main characters in the 2014 musical feature film God Help the Girl, where he also sings and plays guitar. Also in 2013 Google Analytics released an internal corporate video which features Alexander as a demanding shopper under the sub-heading "That is what happens when you save on usability". Alexander also had a supporting role in the final series of Skins, playing Cassie Ainsworth's stalker in the two-part episode " Skins Pure", which aired in July 2013. įrom March to June 2013, Alexander starred as Peter Pan in the West End play Peter and Alice acting alongside Ben Whishaw and Judi Dench. In 2012, he appeared in the theatre production of Mercury Fur, taking the part of Naz at The Old Red Lion, Islington. Alexander contributed to the script and music for indie film The Dish & the Spoon, released in early 2011. In 2010 he played Evan in the Bush Theatre production of The Aliens.
He acted in the 2009 released films Tormented starring Alex Pettyfer and Enter the Void. His next film Bright Star was nominated for an Academy Award in the United States for Best Achievement in Costume Design.
Career Acting career Īlexander's acting career began in the film Summerhill released in 2008. He further expanded on his bullying, bulimia and early life experiences during a 2021 interview in the same publication. Alexander was interviewed about his mental health by Guardian columnist Owen Jones. But you're never bullied in drama class because the weird kids do well in drama class. I really hated school because I was totally bullied. It was never something I'd set my heart on being. I dropped out of school to work around the world, which was amazing." "I really wanted to become a singer or a musician. In a YouTube video uploaded from NylonMagazineTV, Alexander said he dropped out of the Hereford College of Arts to pursue his acting career as parts were offered, stating: "I started acting when I was young it just sort of happened.
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He obtained the services of an agent when he was 16, while auditioning for a part in British TV series Skins. His parents separated when he was 13, and he and his brother Ben, who is autistic, were thereafter brought up solely by his mother. The New York Times reported that he wrote his first song on his father's Casio keyboard aged 10. After completing his GCSEs, Alexander studied Performing Arts at the Hereford College of Arts. While at Monmouth Comprehensive School, he acted in two school plays: Guys and Dolls, as Benny, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle, as the Corporal. Alexander attended St John's Primary School in Coleford and Monmouth Comprehensive School. His mother, Vicki Thornton, was one of the founders of the Coleford Music Festival.
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Alexander is a six-time Brit Awards nominee and has also been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television.Īlexander was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He is best known as the lead singer of Years & Years and for his performance as Ritchie Tozer in the Channel 4 drama series, It's a Sin. Oliver Alexander Thornton (born 15 July 1990) is a British singer and actor.
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