Alex Price

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Alex Price
Born8 May 1985 (1985-05-08) (age 40)
Manchester, England, UK
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Children1

Alex Price (born 8 May 1985) is a British actor who has appeared in various television programmes including Being Human , Merlin and Doctor Who . [1] He starred in feature-length films, such as A Horse with No Name , and in a variety of short films. [2]

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From 2013 to 2022, he played Sid Carter, one of the main characters in the television series Father Brown . [3] Price was praised by critics for his performance of Proteus in the television series Penny Dreadful . [4] [5] [6] [7] He has appeared in a vast number of stage productions like Is Everyone OK? (Nabokov Touring Project), Colourings (Old Red Lion), The Duchess of Malfi (National Theatre Studio), and Birdland (Royal Court Theatre). [8] In 2016, he was cast as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child . Most recently he appeared in The Capture , a BBC drama about deep fake technology.

Personal life

Alex Price has a younger sister and is married and has a son (2011). [9]

Television

YearTitleFormatRoleNotes
2008 Casualty Television seriesDaniel Freed1 episode
2009 Being Human Television series Gilbert 1 episode
Merlin Television series Sir William of Daira 1 episode
Merlin: Secrets and Magic Documentary seriesHimself1 episode
Mouth to MouthTelevision seriesTyler6 episodes
2010 Doctors Television seriesSam Griffin1 episode
Doctor Who
"The Vampires of Venice"
Television seriesFrancesco1 episode
Doctor Who Confidential Documentary seriesNarrator13 episodes
Going Postal Television seriesRoger
Lewis "Falling Darkness"Victor ClervalS4:E4
2012 Above Suspicion: Silent Scream Television seriesDan Hutchkins3 episodes
Vera: Sandancers Television seriesLance Corporal "Budgie" O'Connor
2013–16 Father Brown Television series Sid Carter 4 series
As regular
2017–20204 episodes
guest star
20226 episodes
as regular cast
2014–15 Penny Dreadful Television seriesProteus4 episodes
2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Television seriesKoll
Doctor Thorne Television seriesReverend Caleb Oriel

Film

YearTitleFormatRole
2006InternalFilmExtra
2007Saturday 3pmFilmPatrick
2007FervourFilmHans
2008ClubbedFilmPluto
2010 A Horse with No Name FilmVince Vinyl
2010Eric & ErnieFilmNigel
2012 Storage 24 FilmJake

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreLocation
2008ColouringsMarkOld Red Lion TheatreLondon, United Kingdom [10]
2010BingoSonMinerva Studio Chichester, United Kingdom [11] [12]
2011 Beautiful Thing TonyRoyal Exchange TheatreManchester, United Kingdom [13] [14]
2011 Electra Orestes Gate Theatre London, United Kingdom [15]
2012BingoSonYoung VicLondon, United Kingdom [16]
2013Before the PartyDavid Almeida Theatre London, United Kingdom [17]
2014BirdlandJohnny Royal Court Theatre London, United Kingdom [18]
2016–2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Draco Malfoy Palace Theatre London, United Kingdom
2018 Lyric Theatre New York City, United States [19]

References

  1. "SF's Serial Guest Stars. The Top 10 telefantasy actors we love to see putting in a special appearance, by our special guest star Jayne Nelson". Sfx.co.uk. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. Joanne Black (2011): Where have I seen... Alex Price (Gilbert)? In: Joanne Black: A guide to being human [series 1-3]. Cambridge. Classic TV Press S.45-46
  3. "Father Brown". Imdb.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. Neil Genzlinger (9 May 2014). "Literary Help Sending a Shiver Down Your Spine 'Penny Dreadful,' Showtime's Supernatural Entry". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  5. Emily Verona (28 May 2014). "'Penny Dreadful' Cast: Alex Price Returning As Proteus In Future Episodes Of Showtime Series?". Enstarz.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. Robert Berg (19 May 2014). "Penny Dreadful 1.02: "Séance"". Dreampunk.me. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  7. Wednesday Lee Friday (20 May 2014). "Penny Dreadful Season 1, Episode 2 Review: "Séance"". Geekbinge.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  8. "Alex Price". Cft.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  9. "Alex Price on Twitter Sept 2015". Twitter.
  10. Natalie Li. "Therapy for a 'negative type'. COLOURINGS. Old Red Lion Theatre". thecnj.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  11. "Cast list, Bingo (2010)". passiton.cft.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  12. Ian Shuttleworth. "Bingo, Minerva Studio, Chichester". Financial Times . Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  13. Jonathan Brown. "Beautiful Thing, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester" . independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  14. Dominic Cavendish. "Beautiful Thing, Manchester Royal Exchange/ Next Time I'll Sing To You, Orange Tree, Richmond, review". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  15. Aleks Sierz. "Electra review at Gate Theatre London". thestage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  16. Michael Billington. "Bingo – review". theguardian.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  17. Matt Bourne. "News: Before The Party - Production Images". theatreone.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  18. Aleks Sierz (10 April 2014). "Birdland, Royal Court Theatre". Theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  19. McPhee, Ryan (2 August 2017). "Original Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Trio to Reunite on Broadway; Additional Casting Announced | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2 August 2017.