Lex Shrapnel

Lex Shrapnel
Born	Alexander Carey Shrapnel (1979-10-06) 6 October 1979 (age 45) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–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.

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2007	The Tonto Woman	Springfield
2009	An Organisation of Dreams	Lex
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Gilmore Hodge
2014	SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines	Case
2018	Hamlet Revenant
2018	Extinction	Ray

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Ministry of Mayhem	Himself
2005	Beneath the Skin	Fred
2006	Sharpe's Challenge	Captain Lawrence
2007	The Last Detective	Young Billy	1st episode
2009	Minder	Jamie Cartwright [1]	6 episodes
2012	Hunted	Ian Fowkes [4]
2013	Endeavour	Roy Adamson [5]	Episode: "Fugue"
	Casualty	Mark Caffola	Episode: "Garage Flowers"
	By Any Means	DI Campbell	Episode #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 Lord	Main cast
2024	The Bay	David Wallasey	Series 5
2025	Father Brown	Father Vincent Lazarus	Episode: “The Cup of Calabria”, Character debut

References

1. Dessau, Bruce (2 February 2009). "Lex Shrapnel, the new Minder star". TimesOnline.co.uk. 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY: Times Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
2. Spencer, Charles (18 April 2018). "Shakespeare's Histories: The best I've seen in thirty years". Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group Limited . Retrieved 22 November 2018.
3. Giles, Hannah (29 January 2011). "Brief Encounter With ... Lex Shrapnel". Whatsonstage.com . Retrieved 25 October 2012.
4. "Radio Times Cast list for Hunted". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
5. "Lex Shrapnel". IMDb. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
6. "Infiniti". IMDb. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

External links

• Lex Shrapnel - Fan Website Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Lex Shrapnel at IMDb