Alex Barima

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Alex Barima
Born (1991-05-28) May 28, 1991 (age 33)
OccupationActor

Alex Barima (born 28 May 1991) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles in Daniel Spellbound , [1] Schmigadoon! and Resident Alien . [2]

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Early life

Barima was born in Montreal, Canada, to immigrant parents from the Ivory Coast, West Africa. [3] In college, he coached an improvised acting team. [4] He "always wanted to work in film and TV", but his parents didn't initially support his career. [3] He earned a post-secondary theater degree before relocating to Vancouver to continue pursuing his career, where he graduated from the Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts. [5]

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Grave Encounters 2Dead Michaelas Alex Barmia
2013If I Had WingsMitchell
2015Badge of HonorVictor
2015 Tomorrowland Jetpack Buddy
2016Barbie & Her Sisters in A Puppy ChaseMarco (voice)
2017 Adventures in Public School Wes
2017CypherThelloShort film
2018Day 34MalShort film
2019ParabolaLloydShort film
2021Andie the GreatAdam
2021Rise and GrindAlexShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Once Upon a Time Lost Boy #1, Twin #12 episodes
2014Almost HumanLucaEpisode "Straw Man"
2014 Continuum NathanEpisode "Waning Minutes"
2014 The Flash College BoyEpisode "Power Outage"
2015 The Returned Trace3 episodes
2016 iZombie HostEpisode "Reflections of the Way Liv Used to Be"
2016TipsEliEpisode "Welcome to Leftovers"
2016 Legends of Tomorrow AbrahamEpisode "Abominations"
2016 Travelers NickEpisode "Protocol 5"
2017 Supernatural Drexel3 episodes
2017 The Exorcist Shelby10 episodes
2018RachelJayden2 episodes
2018 Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own Chicken, Roget Lapin, Vincent Goldenpup (voices)2 episodes
2018-2020 The Hollow Reeve (voice)11 episodes
2018 Zoids Wild Bastion (English voice)3 episodes
2019Project Blue BookGeneEpisode "War Games"
2019 The Man in the High Castle Oscar Watson5 episodes
2019 Riverdale Johnathan12 episodes
2020 The 100 KwameGuest, 3 episodes
2020The Gourmet DetectiveBaileyEpisode "Roux the Day"
2020LEGO Marvel Avengers: Climate ConundrumJames "Rhodey" Rhodes, War Machine (voice)Mini series, 4 episodes
2021LEGO Marvel Avengers: Loki in Training Nick Fury (voice)Television movie
2021 Most Dangerous Game MonroeGuest; 2 episodes
2021 Schmigadoon! FreddyGuest; 2 episodes
2022Les moments parfaitsBrianEpisode "Biscuit chinois"
2021-2024 Resident Alien David Logan18 episodes
2022Mixed BaggageRaymondTelevision movie
2022-2023 Daniel Spellbound Daniel Spellbound (voice)Main cast; 20 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Zoids Wild: Blast UnleashedBastion (English voice)
2020 Hyper Scape Paladin (voice)

Awards and nominations

YearFilmAwardCategoryResult
2017CypherUBCP/ACTRA AwardsUBCP/Actra Best Actor 2017 [6] Nominated

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