Keon Alexander
Keon Alexander | |
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Born | Canada |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2009–Present |
Keon Alexander is an actor best known for his television roles as Marco Inaros in The Expanse, Rami Said in Tyrant and Dominick Baptiste in Impulse.
Career[]
Alexander's early roles included a guest appearance in an episode of Flashpoint (2009) and a six-episode stint in the television adaptation of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010), playing the part of Sri. This was followed by his first film role in 2011, in Circumstance,[1] which won the Audience Award: Dramatic at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was ranked one of the 50 best movies of 2011 by Paste Magazine.[1]
Keon was named one of Canada's Rising Stars by the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011.[2]
Over the next few years, Alexander appeared in many TV series—including Murdoch Mysteries (2012), Republic of Doyle (2012), Legends (2014) and Remedy (2015)—before landing the Recurring Role of Rami Said in FX's Tyrant, in which he appeared in the 2nd and 3rd Seasons from 2015 to 2016.[3]
Aside from other film and television appearances, Alexander has had two further significant Recurring Roles: Dominick Baptiste in the television series Impulse (2018) from acclaimed action director Doug Liman;[4] and Marco Inaros in the critically acclaimed science fiction series, The Expanse.[5][6][7] As of season 5, he became a series regular on The Expanse.[8]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Flashpoint | John Martens | TV series (1 episode) |
2010 | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures | Sri | Mini-series (6 episodes) |
2011 | Circumstance | Joey | Film |
2011 | Good Dog | Doctor Williams | TV series (1 episode) |
2012 | Murdoch Mysteries | Fouad Sharif | TV series (1 episode) |
2012 | Republic of Doyle | Holden Neely | TV series (1 episode) |
2013 | The Resurrection of Tony Gitone | Male Hipster | Film |
2013 | Rewind[9] | Charlie | TV movie |
2014 | Taxi Brooklyn | Arash | TV series (1 episode) |
2014 | Legends | Chief Abdel | TV series (1 episode) |
2015 | Remedy | Jason Kazemi | TV series (3 episodes) |
2015–2016 | Tyrant | Rami Said | TV series (10 episodes) |
2016 | Killjoys | Sam Romwell | TV series (1 episode) |
2016 | Eugenia and John | Carlos | Film |
2016 | Pure Genius | Bashir Masood | TV series (1 episode) |
2018 | Impulse | Dominick Baptiste | TV series (5 episodes) |
2018 | NCIS | Nazy Rickman | TV series (1 episode) |
2019 | A Simple Wedding | Kamran | Film |
2019–present | The Expanse | Marco Inaros | TV series (11 episodes) |
References[]
- ^ Tomas Hachard (2012-01-02). "'Circumstance' Shows Just How Desolate the View Can Be from the Ground". PopMatters. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ Emily Jackson (2012-09-09). "TIFF 2012: Actors Sarah Gadon, Charlie Carrick discuss TIFF Rising Stars program". The Star. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Tyrant's Keon Alexander Jumping to Doug Liman Series 'Impulse' for YouTube Red".
- ^ "'Impulse': Keon Alexander Set To Recur In Doug Liman's YouTube Red Series".
- ^ "'The Expanse': Rosa Gilmore, Keon Alexander & Jess Salgueiro To Recur In Season 4".
- ^ "'THE EXPANSE' SEASON 4 CAST: WHO STARS IN THE AMAZON PRIME VIDEO SERIES?".
- ^ "The Expanse season 4 adds Keon Alexander and Jess Salgueiro, Rosa Gilmore's role revealed".
- ^ Denise Petski (21 January 2020). "'The Expanse' Ups Three To Series Regulars For Season 5 Of Amazon Series". Deadline. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (2012-04-11). "Quartet of Actors Join Syfy Pilot 'Rewind'". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
External links[]
- 21st-century Canadian male actors
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- Living people
- Canadian actor stubs