Alex was born in Manchester on 19 September 1994. His acting career began in 2004 when he was 10. To read the full story of how Alex became an actor read 'my story' written by Alex.
In 2004 Alex took the star role of Damian Cunningham in Millions, a family film directed by Danny Boyle.
He played the lead in his second film, Jay Russell's The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. The film, based on a Dick King Smith story about a boy who adopts a monster sea creature, opened in North America on Christmas Day, 2007 and in other countries in early 2008. The film is set in Scotland during World War II, although all the scenes involving the creature itself were shot in New Zealand.
Alex also played the bright-eyed ragamuffin Harry Gregson in the six-part TV adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford" for the BBC and WGBH, which was transmitted on BBC 1 in the autumn of 2007 and co-starred Philip Glenister, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Imelda Staunton.
In 2008 Alex Alex played Tolly in "From Time to Time", an adaptation of The Chimneys of Green Knowe directed by Julian Fellowes. This film has its UK premiere in London in October 2009
Alex is currently scheduled to appear in two projects for release in 2010: "Easter Sixteen" set in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916 and another film which is still in the process of negotiation
Alex enjoys football, swimming, listening to music, PlayStation, Trampolining, go-carting, and playing cricket, and qualified as a scuba diver following his experience on The Waterhorse. He hopes one day to play for Manchester United, his favourite team.
