Alexander Arnold (actor)

Alexander Arnold
Born	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 32) Ashford, Kent, England
Other names	Alex Arnold
Occupations	Actor musician singer
Years active	2010–present

Alexander Arnold ^[1] (born 21 December 1992) is an English actor, singer, and musician, best known for his role as Rich Hardbeck in the E4 teen drama Skins . ^[2]

Career

Acting

Arnold made his professional debut in the fifth and sixth series of the E4 teen drama Skins , playing the keen metalhead Rich Hardbeck. He got the role while still in the sixth form through the open audition process in London. ^[3] In September 2011, he starred in the music video “Death Cloud” by Cloud Control. Directed by the award-winning Luke Snellin, it was shot in Spain over two days. ^[4]

He starred in a two-part ITV drama called A Mother's Son , written by Chris Lang and first screened in September 2012. ^[5] In 2013, he appeared in the BBC Three zombie drama In the Flesh , and in the third series of crime drama Vera . ^[6] He also earned a starring role as Adam in the television series What Remains . ^[7] In 2015, he joined the cast of Poldark , a new BBC series based on The Poldark Novels. ^[8]

Arnold landed his first film role in the 2014 western The Salvation , shot in South Africa. ^[9]

Music

Arnold enjoys playing the bass guitar, ^[10] and is the lead singer of an indie band called Circuithouse. ^{[11] [12]}

Charity work

In April 2011, Arnold donated a painting of his childhood bear to The Bristol Autism Project, which helps autistic children in Bristol. ^{[13] [14]}

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–2012	Skins	Rich Hardbeck	16 episodes
2012	A Mother's Son	Jamie	2 episodes
2013	In the Flesh	Alex	1 episode No.1.1
2013	Vera	Sam Bishop	1 episode No.3.1
2013	What Remains	Adam Moss	4 episodes
2014	Silk	David Cowdrey	1 episode No.3.1
2015	Poldark	Jim Carter	4 episodes
2015	Capital	Parker	2 episodes
2016	Death in Paradise	Matt Holt	1 episode No.5.6
2018	Save Me	Luke	6 episodes
2022	Pistol	Jamie Reid	Miniseries
2022	Signora Volpe	Sasha Pavlenko	1 episode No.1.3

Feature film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Salvation	Voichek
2016	David Brent: Life on the Road	Pog
2017	My Cousin Rachel	Young Lad
2017	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool	Anaesthetist
2019	Yesterday	Gavin
2020	The Outpost	SGT Christopher T. Griffin
2023	The Entertainer†	Joe	Post-production
2024	The Last Breath	Brett

Short film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Moths	Noble
2013	Mickey & Michaela Bury Their Dad	Mickey
2014	Apprehension
2014	Nighthawks	Jack
2015	The Son	The Kid
2015	The Removal	Mick
2017	What is Transference And Why It Matters	Ryan
2022	The Chromakey Man	Dan
2023	Fine Dining†	Luke
TBA	Meet Me by the Sea†	Oliver	Completed
TBA	Marble Dust†		Post-production

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist
2011	Death Cloud	Cloud Control
2016	Painkillers	Brian Fallon
2019	The Races	Sports Team

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref
2014	Four Minutes Twelve Seconds	Nick	Hampstead Theatre, London	[15]
2015	Luna Gale	Peter	Hampstead Theatre, London	[16]
2015	Crushed Shells and Mud	Vince	Southwark Playhouse, London	[17]
2016	Shopping and Fucking	Robbie	Lyric Theatre, London	[18]
2019	Bitter Wheat	Roberto	Garrick Theatre, London	[19]

References

1. Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1916–2005 A45B
2. "The new Skins cast revealed - BBC Newsbeat". BBC News. 6 August 2010.
3. "Alexander Arnold plays Rich - Channel 4 - Info - Press".
4. "Cloud Control 'Death Cloud' by Luke Snellin on Promo News".
5. "Hermione Norris and Martin Clunes to front new ITV Drama". Radio Times. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
6. Lynn (26 October 2012). "Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson to star in new BBC3 zombie drama, In The Flesh". Unreality Primetime. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
7. "David Threlfall leads all-star cast in Tony Basgallop's compelling new BBC One drama What Remains". BBC. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
8. Jeffery, Morgan (11 April 2014). "Poldark: new BBC One drama adds '70s series star Robin Ellis". Digital Spy. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
9. "The Salvation". spierfilms. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
10. "Alex Arnold previews Rich's episode". digitalspy. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
11. "Circuit House's Open Mic". vimeo. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
12. "Circuit House". facebook. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
13. "Art Explosion for Bristol Autism Project". ecojam. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
14. TotallyLayouts.com. "Hello, Sweetie".
15. "FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS: FULL CAST ANNOUNCED". Hampstead Theatre. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
16. Billington, Michael (23 June 2015). "Luna Gale review – to whom does a baby really belong?". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 June 2023.
17. Hitchings, Henry (7 October 2015). "Crushed Shells And Mud, theatre review: Teen spirit in the apocalypse". Evening Standard . Retrieved 9 June 2023.
18. Lukowski, Andrzej (13 October 2016). "Shopping and Fucking". Time Out . Retrieved 9 June 2023.
19. "BITTER WHEAT". Nimax Theatres . Retrieved 9 June 2023.

External links

• Alexander Arnold at IMDb
• Alexander Arnold on Twitter