Kai Alexander
Kai Alexander | |
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Born | 7 June |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2015-present |
Kai Alexander is an actor known for appearing as Dante Gunnarsson in Netflix's The Stranger and Jeffrey in Catastrophe.
Early life and education[]
He attended the Arts Educational Schools in London.
Career[]
In 2015, he was cast as the lead in the BBC Original Drama Short, Oakwood. In 2016, he joined the cast of Channel 4 and Amazon comedy Catastrophe in a recurring role playing Jeffrey, the on-screen child of characters portrayed by Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar.[1][2] He first appeared in season three, and reprised his role in the fourth and final season which was released in 2019.[3][4]
In March 2019 he began shooting The Stranger, a Netflix adaptation of the novel by Harlan Coben.[5][6] It was released on 30 January 2020.[7]
In 2021, he joined the cast of upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries, Masters of the Air. He will next be seen as Richard Branson, in the upcoming Danny Boyle miniseries, Pistol.
Filmography[]
Television[]
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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TBA | Masters of the Air | Sgt. William Quinn | Upcoming Apple TV+ Miniseries |
TBA | Pistol | Richard Branson | Upcoming FX Miniseries |
2020 | The Stranger | Dante Gunnarsson | Netflix, 7 episodes |
2016–2019 | Catastrophe | Jeffrey Beasley | Amazon & Channel 4 Recurring role (season 3 & 4) |
Film[]
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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2015 | Oakwood | William Oakwood | BBC Short film |
References[]
- ^ McCarthy, Patrick (2004), "Why and how we read The Stranger: a guide to further reading", Albert Camus: The Stranger, Cambridge University Press, pp. 96–109, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511803062.007, ISBN 978-0-511-80306-2
- ^ Chaplin, Jocelyn (June 2013). "Spectre of the Stranger: Towards a Phenomenology of the Stranger. By ManuBazzano. (2012). Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press. 144 pp". Psychotherapy and Politics International. 11 (2): 176–178. doi:10.1002/ppi.1296. ISSN 1476-9263.
- ^ "Catastrophe: Rotting Bodies and Panic Attacks". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ Adams, Erik. "Catastrophe shifts gears to winningly crack wise about birth and death". TV Club. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Netflix thriller The Stranger". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "Netflix's The Stranger: Cast & Character Guide". ScreenRant. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "To seem the stranger lies my lot, my life", The Poetical Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1990-08-30, ISBN 978-0-19-811883-1, retrieved 2020-01-31
External links[]
- Living people
- 21st-century English male actors
- People educated at the Arts Educational Schools
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- 1997 births
- British male film actors
- British male television actors