Alec Newman

Alec Newman
Alec Newman in 2017
Born	Mark Alexander Newman (1974-11-27) 27 November 1974 (age 50) Glasgow, Scotland
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Heather Stewart ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1

Mark Alexander Newman (born 27 November 1974) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune . He played Adam Smasher in Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and main character Cameron "Caz" McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep , for which he won the British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role. ^[1]

Early life

Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Berkshire at the age of four. ^[2] His father is Sandy Newman, a member of Scottish band Marmalade. ^[3] He has a brother, John James Newman, who appeared on The Voice UK in 2012. ^[2] Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, Newman considered becoming a professional footballer. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. ^[2]

Career

After graduating from LAMDA Newman built up a steady list of television and film credits before landing the lead role in the Sci Fi channel's Emmy award winning miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune . This led to a string of appearances in US TV and film, which culminated in winning the coveted role of Barnabas Collins in a WB reboot of Dark Shadows . The show was not picked up for series despite promising performances.

The 2004 Hallmark Channel version of Frankenstein with Newman leading an all star cast including William Hurt and Donald Sutherland, met with favourable reviews and won an Emmy. This period also found Newman consistently working on film - in Penny Woolcock's The Principles of Lust and in the Stephen Fry directed Bright Young Things . Both played at festivals around the world including Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival.

From 2011 to 2013 Newman played head teacher Michael Byrne in the BBC school drama Waterloo Road .

Series regular roles in Kurt Sutter's The Bastard Executioner , Amazon's Rogue, and HBO's Strike Back saw him in edgier and often action oriented territory, yet in Guy Pitt's 2014 film Greyhawk Newman's more intimate and emotional performance contributed to a nomination for the Michael Powell award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He has since worked with directors Tomas Alfredson, Amma Asante and George Clooney.

Newman has often played edgy and complex characters. Performances in the BBC's Showtrial and World Production's Karen Pirie are recent examples of roles with a moral conflict at their core.

He regularly returns to work in the theatre. The Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear in which he played Edmund, transferred to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. The National Theatre's 2015 production of The Motherfucker with the Hat featured Newman in the title role and was nominated at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Best Play. More recently, he played Bruno Bischofberger in the Young Vic production of Anthony McCarten's new play The Collaboration opposite Paul Bettany, Jeremy Pope and Sofia Barclay.

He is also a prolific voice artist appearing in numerous video games including Cyberpunk 2077 , Assassin's Creed Valhalla , Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga .

Personal life

In 2013, Newman became engaged to Heather Stewart. ^[3] They married in Ayrshire in June 2014. He lives with his family in Surrey, England.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time	Charlie
2002	Long Time Dead	Liam
2003	Bright Young Things	Tiger
	The Death of Klinghoffer	Young Benjamin
	The Principles of Lust	Paul
2005	Staring at the Sun	Clay Roberts	Short
	Constellation	Kent Seras
	Four Corners of Suburbia	Benjamin Winters
2007	The Fifth Patient	Dr. Stevenson
	The Gene Generation	Christian
2008	Blackwater	David	Short
2009	Moonlight Serenade	Nate Holden
2011	A Lonely Place to Die	Rob
	Disco	Mike	Short
2014	Greyhawk	Mal
2016	The Head Hunter	John
2017	The Snowman	Mould Man
2018	The Marine 6: Close Quarters	Patrick Dillon
	Where Hands Touch	Juttner
	Suzanne & Martin	Martin	Short
	Mary Anning	Mr. Cromwell
2021	All That Glitters	David	Short
	Code of Silence	Wright
	The Visit	Patrick	Short
2022	Chevalier	Poncet
2023	Pray	Vlad
	The Boys in the Boat	Harry Rantz
	Anna	Major Popov
2024	Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2	Alan Robin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1996	Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge	John	Episode: "Cold Season"
1997	Rag Nymph	Ben	TV miniseries
	Taggart	Stephen Burns	Episode: "Apocalypse" (Part One)
1998	Dangerfield	Michael Dyson	Episode: "The Last Picture"
	Heartbeat	Johnny Wyler	Episode: "Local Knowledge"
	Peak Practice	Sean Hollings	Episode: "A Matter of Principle"
	Silent Witness	Nick Arnold	2 episodes: "An Academic Exercise: Part 1" & "An Academic Exercise: Part 2"
1999	The Blonde Bombshell	Jimmy Stanford	Episode: "1.1"
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune	Paul Atreides / Muad'Dib	TV miniseries
	Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes	Thomas Neill	Episode: "The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes: Part 1" Episode: "Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle: Part 1 (U.S. Title)"
2001	Judge John Deed	Heathcote Machin	Episode: "Rough Justice"
2002			Episode: "Nobody's Fool"
	Night Flight	Young "Flash" Harry Peters	TV movie
2003	Frank Herbert's Children of Dune	Paul Atreides / Muad'Dib	TV miniseries
	Coming Up	Marc	Episode: "Loveless"
2004	Tru Calling	Michael Mancuso	Episode: "The Longest Day"
	Angel	Drogyn	2 episodes: "A Hole In The World" and "Power Play"
	Dark Shadows	Barnabas Collins	Unaired pilot
	Frankenstein	Viktor Frankenstein	TV miniseries
	Star Trek: Enterprise	Malik	3 episodes: "Borderland", "Cold Station 12" & "The Augments"
2006	Spooks	Richard Dempsey	Episode: "The Criminal"
2007	Reichenbach Falls	Jim Buchan	TV movie
2008	Casualty	Craig	Episode: "Hurt"
	Heroes and Villains	Villafana	Episode: "Cortes"
2009	Hope Springs	Euan Harries	TV series
2010	Casualty	Robert Ludlow	Recurring role (9 episodes)
	Silent Witness	John Carmody	Episode: "Run: Part 1"
		Peter Carmody	Episode: "Run: Part 2"
	The Bill	Mark Pierce	Episode: "Paying the Price"
2011–2013	Waterloo Road	Michael Byrne	Recurring role (47 episodes)
2013	Dracula	Josef Cervenka	Episode: "From Darkness to Light"
2014	24	Kevin Cordero	2 Episodes: "Day 9: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m" and "Day 9: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m"
	Lewis	Graham Lawrie	Episode: "Beyond Good and Evil" (2 parts)
	Rogue	Ray Williams	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2015	The Bastard Executioner	Leon Tell	Recurring role (9 episodes)
	The Last Kingdom	King Aethelred	2 episodes
2016	Him	Ross Brodie	TV miniseries
	Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay	John	Episode: "The Head Hunter Part 1"
2017	Fearless	Tony Pullings	5 episodes
2018	Outlander	Joseph Wemyss	Episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole"
	Eullenia	Marcus Hammond	3 episodes
2019	Strike Back	Pavel Kuragin	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2020	Call the Midwife	Father Duncombe	Episode: "9.1"
2021	Grace	Joe Baker	Episode: "Dead Tomorrow"
	Unforgotten	Mark Tomlinson	3 episodes
	Love in the Lockdown	Giovanni	Recurring role (9 episodes)
	Showtrial	Stephen Vendler	2 Episodes: "Little Horses" and "Lady Tease"
	Shetland	Niven Guthrie	6 episodes
2022	Karen Pirie	Ziggy Snr	Episode "1.1"
	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners	Adam Smasher	Voice; episode: "My Man My Moon"
2023	The Nurse	Nils Lundin	Voice; English version (4 episodes)
	Sister Boniface Mysteries	Stanley Fawcett	Episode: "The Star of the Orient"
2024	Protection	Edward Crowther	Recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2010	Fable III	Additional voices
	GoldenEye 007	Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky		[4]
	Xenoblade Chronicles	Vangarre	English version
2011	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Sakharine
	Brink	Security
	Dragon Age II	Sebastian Vael - The Exiled Prince DLC, Seneschal Bran, Fenarel, Ser Theodore of Wildervale
	Killzone 3	Helghast Soldiers		[4]
	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Apprentice Maraad, Captain Joris, Imperial Scientist, Imperial Soldier, Imperial Special Forces Soldier, Imperial Trooper, Lieutenant Mei, Lieutenant Orawn, NK-33, Private Cote, Private Ganbar, Private Wicke, Ri Farrona, Sapper, Sergeant, Sergeant Jaymis, Sergeant Pratt, Sith, Sith Apprentice, Soldier, Technician, Thanaton's Servant, The Old Man Imperial Form, Thul Scout, Thul Soldier, Transport Pilot, Warden Khel
	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine	Orc Boyz
	The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings	Arthur Tailles, additional voices	English version
2013	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate	Simon Belmont, Night Watchman		[4]
	Company of Heroes 2	The Officer	In The British Forces DLC
	Soul Sacrifice	Praeco
2014	Assassin's Creed Unity	Revolutionary Leader, Parisian Civilian
	Divinity: Original Sin	Additional voices
	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Finn, Gurd Harofsen, Hakkonite	In the Jaws of Hakkon DLC
2015	Assassin's Creed: Syndicate	Jack	In the Jack the Ripper DLC
	Assassin's Creed Unity	Additional voices	In the Dead Kings DLC
	Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser	Seneshal Bran
	Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below	Kiryl	English version	[4]
	Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward	Lahabrea
	Soma	Automated Voice, Steve Glasser, additional voices
	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Graden	English version
2016	Battlefield 1	Additional voices
	Dragon Quest Heroes II	Kiryl	English version	[4]
	Hitman	Oybek Nabazov, Brendan Conner, Wen Ts'ai, Pavel Frydel, Keratoplasty Patient, Elusive Target Cast, Supporting Cast
	RIGS: Mechanized Combat League	Ferguson
	Steep	Nate Smith		[4]
	Total War: Warhammer	Additional voices
2017	Divinity: Original Sin II	Beast
	Get Even	Additional voices
	Nioh	The Others
	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Kram Namwen
	The Surge	Additional voices
	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III	Gabriel Angelos
2018	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom	Additional voices
	Vampyr	Benjamin, Mason, Richard, Booth		[4]
2019	A Plague Tale: Innocence	Robert, Soldier 2
	The Surge 2	Buccaneer, various voices
2020	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Walla
	Cyberpunk 2077	Anders Hellman, Adam Smasher, Arthur Jenkins, Reyes		[4]
2021	Gloomhaven	The Narrator
	Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker	Hephaistos, Cagnazzo		[4]
2022	Dying Light 2	Aitor
	The Diofield Chronicles	Donovar Sullion, Engram
2024	Still Wakes the Deep	Cameron "Caz" McLeary	Main character	[5]
	Elden Ring	Dane	Shadow of the Erdtree DLC	[6]
	Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail	Ketenramm, Geode, Frantic Man

References

1. Welsh, Oli (4 March 2025). "Hellblade 2 leads very different set of nominations for BAFTA Games Awards". Polygon.
2. "Home truths: Alec Newman of BBC One's Waterloo Road". The Herald. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
3. "Waterloo Road's Alec Newman says school drama has changed his life as he starts final term as Michael Byrne". Daily Record . 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
4. "Alec Newman (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 3 June 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
5. "Still Wakes the Deep announces voice talent". Sumo Digital. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
6. FromSoftware (25 February 2022). Elden Ring. Bandai Namco Entertainment. Scene: Credits.

External links

• Alec Newman at IMDb