Alex Hassell
Known For
Acting
Born
1980-09-17 in Southend, Essex, England, UK
Biography
Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor. He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. Hassell was born in Southend, England, the youngest of four, to a vicar. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after completing GCSE and A-Level courses at Moulsham High School, in Chelmsford, Essex. He has appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Hal in Henry IV Parts I and II, and Henry in Henry V, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first Hollywood role was in George Clooney's Suburbicon (2017), and later that year he appeared in his first major television role in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, which first aired on Boxing Day. He also appeared as Translucent in the first season of The Boys (2019) on Amazon Prime Video, and played Vicious in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop in 2021.
Most Known For
The Boys
as Translucent
His Dark Materials
as Metatron
Genius
as Manach
Torchwood
as Mark Lynch
Legend of the Seeker
as Eryn
Hustle
as Viscount Manley
Cowboy Bebop
as Vicious
Murder in Mind
as Jules
Violent Night
as Jason
Rivals
as Rupert Campbell-Black
Cold Mountain
as Orderly
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Ross
Suburbicon
as Louis
Everything Now
as Rick
The Miniaturist
as Johannes Brandt
The Bisexual
as David
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Max Rose
Young Woman and the Sea
as Harry Horlick
Locked In
as Dr. Robert Lawrence
Anonymous
as Spencer