Lex Shrapnel

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Lex Shrapnel
Born
Alexander Carey Shrapnel

(1979-10-06) 6 October 1979 (age 45)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
Parent(s) John Shrapnel
Francesca Ann Bartley
Relatives Norman Shrapnel (grandfather)
Tony Bartley (grandfather)
Deborah Kerr (grandmother)

Alexander Carey Shrapnel (born 6 October 1979) is an English actor.

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Early life

Shrapnel was born on 6 October 1979 in London, the second of three boys for actor John Shrapnel and Francesca Ann (née Bartley). [1] He is the brother of director/writer Tom Shrapnel and writer Joe Shrapnel and, through his mother, the grandson of Academy Award-nominated actress Deborah Kerr. [1] He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Career

He has appeared in many film and television roles such as K-19: The Widowmaker , Nine Lives , Thunderbirds , Breakfast on Pluto , Flyboys , Ministry of Mayhem and The Last Detective . He also appeared in the Doctor Who audio play, Shadow of the Past.

Shrapnel's Hotspur in Henry IV in the Royal Shakespeare Company's critically acclaimed 2008 production was described as 'thrillingly charismatic'. [2] He also has appeared on stage in 2011 in Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. He is quoted as saying "Before going in you set a high bar for yourself, but you've just got to get into rehearsals, do the work and hope it comes together". [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker Kornilov [1]
2002 Nine Lives Tom
2004 Thunderbirds John Tracy [1]
2005 Breakfast on Pluto Soldier at Roadblock
2006 Minotaur Tyro
2006 Flyboys Grant
2007The Tonto WomanSpringfield
2009An Organisation of DreamsLex
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Gilmore Hodge
2014 SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines Case
2018Hamlet Revenant
2018 Extinction Ray

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Ministry of Mayhem Himself
2005Beneath the SkinFred
2006 Sharpe's Challenge Captain Lawrence
2007 The Last Detective Young Billy1st episode
2009 Minder Jamie Cartwright [1] 6 episodes
2012 Hunted Ian Fowkes [4]
2013 Endeavour Roy Adamson [5] Episode: "Fugue"
Casualty Mark CaffolaEpisode: "Garage Flowers"
By Any Means DI CampbellEpisode #1.2
2014 The Assets Mitch Weaver
2016 Medici: Masters of Florence Rinaldo degli Albizzi
2022 Infiniti Anthony Kurz [6] Main cast
2023 A Town Called Malice Leonard LordMain cast
2024 The Bay David WallaseySeries 5

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