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Alex Roe

Alex Roe

Alexander Michael Roe-Brown (born 9 May 1990) is an English film and television actor, best known for playing Jay Keaton in the series The Fugitives, Elliott Baden in The Cut and Ben in Siren. He has also played major roles in a number of films, including The 5th Wave, Hot Summer Nights, Rings and Forever My Girl.

Alex Roe
Born
Alexander Michael Roe-Brown

c. 1990 (age 28–29)
Chiswick, London, England
NationalityEnglish
Other namesAlex Roe-Brown
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Early life and education

Roe was born in London,[1] and grew up in Ladbroke Grove. His father worked as a plumber and his mother was a ballet dancer.[2] He won a sixth-form scholarship to Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith where he studied until 2009.[2]

He enjoys sports, especially association football playing as a striker. He joined a Division Two football club when he was 16, and then played in Spain for a year.[3] After he returned to school in England and before his acting career took off, he played semi-professional football with Chalfont St Peter.[2] While he was acting on network television, he was also playing for a Hayes Middlesex Sunday league football team Chiswick Albion in 2010.[4] He continued playing football after he relocated to Los Angeles, where he plays for an amateur team Atlético Silverlake.[3]

Career

Roe first appeared in an advert for Milky Way as a child.[5] He made his acting debut in 2000 in the horror film The Calling when he was 10 years old.[2] Roe also played the lead role of Jay Keaton in CITV's 2005 children's science fiction series The Fugitives.

Jennifer Saunders saw him performing in a school production of Our Country's Good and asked him to audition for her comedy Jam & Jerusalem.[2] After appearing in this production in 2009, he began to land more acting roles. In 2010, Roe played Elliott Baden, a popular competitive swimmer in BBC Two's teen drama The Cut. In 2011, Roe appeared in guest appearances in episodes of Holby City as Connor Lane, Doctors as Matt Goonan, Hollyoaks as Toby, and The Jury as Schoolboy.

In 2014, Roe landed his first television role in the United States and played the male lead as Luke Holt in ABC Family's tennis drama film Unstrung.[6] He relocated to Los Angeles and worked in a number of Hollywood films. Roe played one of the lead roles, Evan Walker, in the 2016 science fiction film The 5th Wave, followed with a starring role as Holt Anthony in the 2017 horror film Rings.[7]

Roe appears in the coming-of-age film Hot Summer Nights, which premiered at the South by Southwest festival in March 2017 and released in 2018. He played the leading role as a country singer in Forever My Girl in 2018 and learned to sing for the role. He also plays the lead in Freeform’s 2018 TV series, Siren, as Benjamin Pownall.[8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000The CallingDylan St. Clair
2013A German WordDeanShort film
2014Sniper: LegacyReese
2016The 5th WaveEvan Walker
2017RingsHolt Anthony
2017Hot Summer NightsHunter Strawberry
2018Forever My GirlLiam Page

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The FugitivesJay Keaton7 episodes
2009Jam & JerusalemChristopher MartinEpisode: "Dinner Party", also known as Clatterford
2010The CutElliott Baden21 episodes, short series
2011Holby CityConnor LaneEpisode: "Damage Control"
2011DoctorsMatt GoonanEpisode: "Tricky Dicky"
2011HollyoaksToby1 episode
2011The JurySchoolboy2 episodes
2014UnstrungLuke HoltTelevision film
2018–presentSirenBen PownallMain cast

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.bfi.org.uk"Alex Roe". British Film Institute.
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[2]
Citation Linkwww.standard.co.ukDella-Ragione, Joanna (22 January 2016). "Alex Roe, interview: 'I try to avoid being friends with actors — most of my tickets for the premiere were for my football team'". Evening Standard.
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[3]
Citation Linkschonmagazine.com"interview: alex roe". Schön! Magazine. 17 January 2018.
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Citation Linkwww.getwestlondon.co.ukStreet, Tim (18 March 2011). "Chiswick hat-trick hero is BBC The Cut star". getwestlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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Citation Linkpop.inquirer.net"Get to know Alex Roe, the male lead of new horror-thriller "Rings"". InqPOP!. 17 February 2017.
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Citation Linkdeadline.comAndreeva, Nellie (5 May 2014). "Alex Roe Set To Star In ABC Family Drama Pilot 'Unstrung'; Jay Karas To Direct". Deadline.
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[7]
Citation Linkwww.hollywoodreporter.comFord, Rebecca (10 February 2016). "Berlin: Alex Roe to Star in Romantic Drama 'A Moment to Remember' (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter.
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Citation Linkcollider.comRadish, Christina (22 January 2018). "Alex Roe on 'Forever My Girl' and Freeform's Spooky Mermaid Drama 'Siren'". Collider.
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Citation Linkwww.imdb.comAlex Roe
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Citation Linkwww.bfi.org.uk"Alex Roe"
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[11]
Citation Linkwww.standard.co.uk"Alex Roe, interview: 'I try to avoid being friends with actors — most of my tickets for the premiere were for my football team'"
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[12]
Citation Linkschonmagazine.com"interview: alex roe"
Sep 26, 2019, 7:38 PM
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Citation Linkwww.getwestlondon.co.uk"Chiswick hat-trick hero is BBC The Cut star"
Sep 26, 2019, 7:38 PM
[14]
Citation Linkpop.inquirer.net"Get to know Alex Roe, the male lead of new horror-thriller "Rings""
Sep 26, 2019, 7:38 PM
[15]
Citation Linkdeadline.com"Alex Roe Set To Star In ABC Family Drama Pilot 'Unstrung'; Jay Karas To Direct"
Sep 26, 2019, 7:38 PM
[16]
Citation Linkwww.hollywoodreporter.com"Berlin: Alex Roe to Star in Romantic Drama 'A Moment to Remember' (Exclusive)"
Sep 26, 2019, 7:38 PM
[17]
Citation Linkcollider.com"Alex Roe on 'Forever My Girl' and Freeform's Spooky Mermaid Drama 'Siren'"
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Citation Linkwww.imdb.comAlex Roe
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