River Alexander

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River Alexander
River Alexander at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on the The Way Way Back panel.jpg
Alexander at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival
Born (1999-11-29) November 29, 1999 (age 25)
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

River Alexander [1] (born November 29, 1999) is an American actor.

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Early life

Alexander was born in Southwest Ranches, Florida. [2] He attended American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida. [3]

Career

Alexander's first professional performance was on stage at the age of 11 in New York City at the Public Theater in the musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson . He then went on to perform in the Broadway national tour of Billy Elliot the Musical . He has had several episodic roles on television. His first film role was in 2013's summer indie hit The Way, Way Back in the role of Peter. [4] He was also in Boychoir, which was released in 2015. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2013 The Way, Way Back Peter
2014 Boychoir Rafael "Raffi" Abrams
2016 Teenage Cocktail Nick Fenton
2018 Please Stand By Sam
2021 This Is the Night Dov Sabian
TBA Slay [6]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Person of Interest Young EliasEpisode: "Flesh and Blood"
2012 2 Broke Girls ShmuleyEpisode: "And the Kosher Cupcakes"
2012GibbyFlipUnaired Pilot
2012 The First Family Sam BarrettEpisode: "The First Crush"
2013The GabrielsJosh GabrielTV movie
2013 Sam & Cat DilbenEpisode: "#NewGoat"
2013 Mob City Young Mickey CohenEpisode: "Reason to Kill a Man"
2014 Good Luck Charlie PaulEpisode: "Accepted"
2014 Family Guy Kid (voice)Episode: "Peter Problems"
2014 Rake Louis GoodmanEpisode: "Mammophile"
2015 Hot in Cleveland LanceEpisode: "The Young and the Restless"
2015 Married GriffinEpisode: "The Sandwich"

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Lyncoya The Public Theater
2010 A Christmas Story: The Musical Schwartz 5th Avenue Theatre
2011Dani GirlMarty New World Stages
2011 Billy Elliot the Musical Tall BoyBroadway National Tour

Discography

Cast albums

YearTitleRole
2010 A Christmas Story: The Musical Schwartz
2010 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Lyncoya

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2014 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor The Way, Way Back Nominated

References

  1. "Website Resume" . Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  2. "Southwest Ranches Website" . Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  3. "River's Website" . Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  4. "Movie Web Credits". Movie Web. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  5. "Variety Article" . Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  6. Grobar, Matt (2025-05-19). "Zoey Luna & Aya Cash To Star In Genre-Bender Slay Penned By Jimmi Simpson". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2025-05-20.