Alex McSweeney

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Alex McSweeney
Born
Coventry, West Midlands, UK
Alma materAcademy Drama School
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Alex McSweeney is a British actor, best known for playing Graham Foster in EastEnders from 2003 to 2005.[1] Other programmes he has appeared in include Silent Witness and Holby City. He also appeared in Lewis, in 2007. He has also portrayed 'Captain Wilder' in the third series of the ITV show Primeval in 2009. He was also a regular guest actor on The Bill between 1994 and 2003, before taking on the role of series regular David Radford in 2004.[2]

Career[]

Following training at London Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA), and the Academy Drama School, he appeared in such roles as 'One Ball Bill' in Keen Eddie comedy-drama television series for the Fox network, alongside Sienna Miller in 2003. He was in Steven Berkoff's groundbreaking production of On The Waterfront at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2008.[3] In the summer of 2011, while performing in Steven Berkoff's "Oedipus" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Alex directed a cast of young actors in the play A Hero of Our Time. The play, written by Alex was a take on the Russian Novel by Mikhail Lermontov and was generally received well by critics.[4] He played the recurring role of D.S. Sykes in Hollyoaks from 2013 until his character was killed by gangster Fraser Black in April 2014.[5] He played a lecturer who has a motorbike accident in BBC Doctors in 2015. In an episode of Call the Midwife (March 2016), he played Joe Blacker.[6]

Alongside his acting career, he is also a Doctor of Literature and lectures at two London Universities in English & Drama. Drama at Kingston University and is a Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at London Southbank University.[7] He wrote 'Out of the Cage' a play about women munition workers in the First World War in 2013/14. It subsequently got published and premiered at the Park Theatre London in January 2015.[8] A national tour of the play was put in motion for 2017. He then appeared in Endeavour in 2017 as 'Terence Bakewell'.[9]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Rumic World: The Laughing Target Student (1994) (English version, voice, uncredited) (Video)
1988 Demon City Shinjuku Chibi (English version, voice, credited as Alan Sherman) (Video)
1997 Table 5 Bill Chamberlain
1999 The Escort Taxi Driver
2000 Gangster No. 1 Bloke In Tailor's
2001 Sunday Morning Hustler (Short film)
2003 Courts mais GAY: Tome 6 Hustler (segment "Dimanche matin")
2004 Secrets Robert (Short)
2007 Shoot on Sight PC Brian Andrews
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Policeman
Brixton 85 Ward Policeman (Short)
2011 A Little Bit of Grief Peg (Short)
2012 Oedipus Shepherd / Ensemble (Video)

TV[]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Violence Jack Thug (English version, voice, uncredited) (TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Violence Jack, Part 3: Hell's Wind"
1990 Genocyber Scientist (English version, voice, uncredited) (TV Mini-Series), 2 episodes: "Vajranoid Attack" and "Global War"
1994-2004 The Bill Lighterman (1994) / Eddie Peacock (1998) / Hall (2000) / Chris (2003) / David Radford (2004) (TV Series), 22 episodes
1999 Maisie Raine Ski Mask 2 (TV Series), 1 episode: "European Forty Five"
2000 The Apocalypse Lucius (credited as Alex Mc Sweeney) (TV Movie)
2001 Submerged Seaman Lawrence Gainor (TV Movie)
2002 Get Carman: The Trials of George Carman QC Geoff Knights (TV Movie)
2003-2004 Keen Eddie One Ball Bill (TV Series), 3 episodes: "Horse Heir (2003)", "Sticky Fingers (2004)" and "Keeping Up Appearances (2004)"
2003 In Deep Ian (TV Series), 2 episodes: "Full Disclosure: Part 1" and "Full Disclosure: Part 2"
2003-2005 EastEnders Graham (TV Series), 17 episodes
2003-2012 Silent Witness DS Rufus Smith (2003) / Frank McAteer (2012) (TV Series), 4 episodes: "Fatal Error: Part 1 and Part 2" and "Domestic: Part 1 and Part 2"
2004-2015 Doctors Colin Murphy (2004) / Iain Johnson (2015) (TV Series), 2 episodes: "Primary Care" and "In Search of Happiness"
2005 The Commander PC Mick Camel (TV Series), 2 episodes:"Blackdog Part 1 and Part 2
The Last Detective Warrant Officer Tony Monkford (TV Series), 1 episode: "Towpaths of Glory"
2005-2009 Holby City Derek Johns (2005) / Sean Andrews (2009) (TV Series), 2 episodes: "The Long Goodbye" and "Take Her Breath Away"
2007 Inspector Lewis Paul (TV Series), 1 episode: "Old School Ties"
2009 Primeval (TV Series) Captain Wilder (TV Series), 4 episodes: "#3.4", "#3.5", "#3.8" and "#3.9"
2011 Sirens Dennis Bayldon (TV Series), 1 episode: "Cry"
2012 Crime Stories Patrick Johnson (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.13"
2016 Call the Midwife Joe Blacker (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #5.7"
2017 Endeavour Terence Bakewell (TV Series), 1 episode: "Lazaretto"
2018 The Athena Tony (Sam's Dad) (TV Series), 1 episode

References[]

  1. ^ Dray, Kayleigh (5 November 2015). "EastEnders cast: Everything you need to know about the characters". Closer online. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Going Native". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ Fricker, Karen (29 April 2008). "On the Waterfront". Variety. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ Jones, Eleanor (24 August 2011). "A Hero of our Time @ Zoo". theskinny. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (10 April 2014). "Hollyoaks: Ste, Fraser clash again". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Series 5, Episode 7 Credits". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Dr Alex McSweeney Senior Lecturer". lsbu.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  8. ^ Palleschi, Mel (15 January 2015). "Interview with Alex McSweeney , Writer & Director of Out Of The Cage at the Park Theatre Jan 20th". eastlondonradio.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  9. ^ Wheeler, Gem. "4.3 Lazaretto". 24 January 2017. denofgeek.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

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