Keon Alexander

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Keon Alexander
Keon Mohajeri with Norman Jewison and guests at the 2011 Canadian Film Centre (CFC) Annual BBQ -b.jpg
Alexander in 2011
Born
Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2009 – present

Keon Alexander is a Canadian actor best known for his television roles as Marco Inaros in The Expanse , Rami Said in Tyrant , Dominick Baptiste in Impulse and as Javad Rahmani in the Netflix series The Night Agent .

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Career

Alexander's early roles included a guest appearance in an episode of Flashpoint (2009) and a six-episode stint in the television adaptation of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010), playing the part of Sri. This was followed by his first film role in Circumstance (2011), [1] which won the Audience Award: Dramatic at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was ranked one of the 50 best movies of 2011 by Paste magazine. [2]

Alexander was named one of Canada's Rising Stars by the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. [3]

Over the next few years, Alexander appeared in many TV series—including Murdoch Mysteries (2012), Republic of Doyle (2012), Legends (2014), and Remedy (2015)—before landing the Recurring Role of Rami Said in FX's Tyrant , in which he appeared in the second and third seasons from 2015 to 2016. [4]

Alexander has had recurring roles as Dominick Baptiste in the television series Impulse (2018) [5] and as Marco Inaros in the science fiction series The Expanse . [6] [7] [8] He became a series regular on The Expanse in Season 5. [9]

Alexander joined the Netflix series The Night Agent as a regular for its second season. [10] His role Javad Rahmani drew much attention and the series' showrunner Shawn Ryan lauded it as a "tremendous" performance.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Flashpoint John MartensTV series (1 episode)
2010Bloodletting & Miraculous CuresSri Mini-series (6 episodes)
2011 Circumstance JoeyFilm
2011 Good Dog Doctor WilliamsTV series (1 episode)
2012 Murdoch Mysteries Fouad SharifTV series (1 episode)
2012 Republic of Doyle Holden NeelyTV series (1 episode)
2013The Resurrection of Tony GitoneMale HipsterFilm
2013Rewind [11] CharlieTV movie
2014 Taxi Brooklyn ArashTV series (1 episode)
2014 Legends Chief AbdelTV series (1 episode)
2015 Remedy Jason KazemiTV series (3 episodes)
2015–2016 Tyrant Rami SaidTV series (10 episodes)
2016 Killjoys Sam RomwellTV series (1 episode)
2016Eugenia and JohnCarlosFilm
2016 Pure Genius Bashir MasoodTV series (1 episode)
2018 Impulse Dominick BaptisteTV series (5 episodes)
2018 NCIS Nazy RickmanTV series (1 episode)
2019 A Simple Wedding KamranFilm
2019–2022 The Expanse Marco InarosTV series (18 episodes)
2024 Quantum Leap 2022 Ricardo BaraganTV series (1 episode)
2025 The Night Agent JavadTV series (10 episodes)

References

  1. ↑ Hachard, Tomas (2 January 2012). "'Circumstance' Shows Just How Desolate the View Can Be from the Ground". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunaway, Michael (27 December 2011). "The 50 Best Movies of 2011". Paste .
  3. ↑ Jackson, Emily (9 September 2012). "TIFF 2012: Actors Sarah Gadon, Charlie Carrick discuss TIFF Rising Stars program". The Star. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Flook, Ray (23 May 2018). "Tyrant's Keon Alexander Jumping to Doug Liman Series 'Impulse' for YouTube Red". Bleeding Cool .
  5. ↑ Petski, Denise (22 May 2018). "'Impulse': Keon Alexander Set To Recur In Doug Liman's YouTube Red Series". Deadline Hollywood .
  6. ↑ Petski, Denise (25 February 2019). "'The Expanse': Rosa Gilmore, Keon Alexander & Jess Salgueiro To Recur In Season 4". Deadline Hollywood.
  7. ↑ Spencer, Samuel (13 December 2019). "'The Expanse' Season 4 Cast: Who Stars In The Amazon Prime Video Series?". Newsweek .
  8. ↑ Church, Ricky (26 February 2019). "The Expanse season 4 adds Keon Alexander and Jess Salgueiro, Rosa Gilmore's role revealed". Flickering Myth.
  9. ↑ Petski, Denise (21 January 2020). "'The Expanse' Ups Three To Series Regulars For Season 5 Of Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  10. ↑ Vary, Adam B. (16 February 2024). ""The Night Agent" Season 2 Adds Stars From "Vampire Diaries," "The Expanse," "Homeland," "Station 19" (Exclusive)". Variety . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (11 April 2012). "Quartet of Actors Join Syfy Pilot 'Rewind'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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