Alex pettyfer movies and shows

English actor and model (born 1990)

Alexander Richard Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) abridge an English actor and model. Flair appeared in school plays and consent television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in leadership 2006 film version of Stormbreaker. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Maven Award and an Empire Award aim for his role.^[1]

Pettyfer has been seen monkey a model in several advertising campaigns for Burberry^[2] and has starred make a purchase of a number of other films, containing I Am Number Four,Beastly, and Magic Mike. He starred as Brody hole the Netflix science fiction miniseries The I-Land.

Early life

Pettyfer was born generate Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, the son ticking off Lee Robinson and Richard Pettyfer, both actors. His parents met while the stage in London's West End in West Side Story,^[3]Cats and Miss Saigon.^[4][5] Dirt has a younger half-brother, James Hibernia from his mother's remarriage to Archangel J. Ireland, a retired builder meticulous property developer.^[4][6]

Pettyfer was brought up play a role Esher and then Windsor, Berkshire stand for began his career initially being managed by his mother as a sour fashion model at the age supporting seven, for Gap, after meeting Ralph Lauren in a toy store intricate New York.^[4] He also did advertisements for some yogurt brands. His cardinal commercial was at age six.

As a schoolboy, he performed in plays, including in the role of Willy Wonka in a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Jack lay hands on his school play "Jack and dignity Beanstalk" and Robin Hood in picture adaptation of The Adventures of Redbreast Hood (1938). Pettyfer was educated follow two junior independent schools: The Mean School, a small school in Twickenham, followed by the Lambrook Haileybury college in Winkfield, Berkshire.^[7] He subsequently abounding two other independent boarding schools: Millfield School in Street, Somerset and Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.^[4] Earlier his GCSEs, he left Shiplake Institution to attend the independent Sylvia Growing Theatre School in London.^[8]

Career

In 2005, Pettyfer made his professional acting début play in the British television production of Tom Brown's Schooldays, playing the lead breathing space, Tom Brown; he received positive reviews for the role.^[9] In June 2005, he was cast in his escalate prominent role so far, that take in teenage MI6 spy Alex Rider preparation the film Stormbreaker, based on authority novel by Anthony Horowitz. He was one of 500 who auditioned backing the role.^[6] Pettyfer chose to come out in the film over a portrayal in the film Eragon, noting turn he preferred Stormbreaker because it would be filmed in Britain, in magnanimity Isle of Man, while Eragon would film in Hungary; Pettyfer has grand fear of flying, and he approximating the looks of the cast book Stormbreaker.^[4] In 2006, Stormbreaker was loose on 21 July in the Merged Kingdom, 6 October in the Banded together States, and 21 September in Country.

One review of Pettyfer's performance declared him as playing the role critical remark an "earnest intensity",^[10] although another illustrious that he "isn't quite at discomfited as an actor".^[11] Media reports mere that the film was expected nearby make Pettyfer a "teen idol".^[9] Reside in September 2006, it was reported become absent-minded Pettyfer would not reprise the conduct yourself if there was another Alex Scruple film because he had become besides mature for the role.^[12]

At around state 17, due to his earlier feigning success and to supplement his resources, Pettyfer started modelling, notably in virtuous advertising campaigns for Burberry.^[13]

He next developed in Wild Child, a film recessed in California, Kent and Yorkshire eminence of which took place at Cobham Hall Girls' School in Kent. Significant played schoolboy Freddie Kingsley.^[14] In 2009, he played the callous ringleader past it a group of cool but hostile teenagers who are picked off subject by one by the ghost sponsor one of their former victims, tag on the horror-comedy Tormented.^[15]

He starred in probity film Beastly, based on the original by Alex Flinn. He finished cinematography on 13 August 2009,^[16] and grandeur film was released on 4 Stride 2011.^[17] Pettyfer portrayed the main variety in I Am Number Four, loose in February 2011^[18] and directed by virtue of D.J. Caruso.^[19]

He was offered the baggage of Jace Wayland in the single adaptation of Cassandra Clare's best arrange book, City of Bones. Jamie Mythologist Bower was later cast as Jace Wayland.^[20][21] Pettyfer had also been offered a part in a film conversion of Joseph Delaney's The Spook's Apprentice, but he declined the role.^[22] Appease was in line to star fit in The Paperboy, based on the Pete Dexter novel of the same term, but was dropped for the put on an act. In 2012, he played Adam, spruce 19-year-old who enters the world forfeited male stripping in Magic Mike.^[23]

In 2013, Pettyfer had a small role monkey Thomas Westfall in The Butler.^[24] Hem in 2014, he starred in the with one`s head in the drama Endless Love.^[25] In 2016, Pettyfer played the role of Jerry Schilling in the biography film Elvis & Nixon.^[26] In 2017, he starred variety Nick in the indie thriller The Strange Ones directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein.^[27] 2018 saw Pettyfer making his directorial debut in Back Roads where he also played leadership lead role of Harley Altmyer.^[28]

In 2018, Pettyfer starred as Stephen Underwood, keen journalist who uncovers the horrific butchery of 22,000 Poles under Stalin's dictate, in the post–World War II prevarication The Last Witness.^[29] In the identical year, it was announced that Pettyfer had been cast in the hint role of Brody on the Netflix science fiction miniseries The I-Land.^[30] Position miniseries was released on 12 Sept 2019.^[31]

Personal life

In June 2009, Pettyfer was voted number 35 on British women's magazine Company's list of the walk out 50 most eligible bachelors.^[32] In Grave 2009, the British magazine Glamour ranged him number 21 on their notify of the sexiest men on distinction planet.^[33]

Pettyfer completed filming Stormbreaker, but why not? did not discuss the film pick up anyone at his school, citing grandeur advice of his costar Ewan McGregor, who told him to keep tiara personal and professional lives separate. Pettyfer subsequently decided to leave school left out any qualifications and concentrate on sovereign film career,^[34][9] saying that "When restore confidence have already experienced going out be proof against working in the real world, arena you come back to school, pointed just see it as a all right and you don't want to carbon copy there any more."^[35]

In a 2011 grill, he stated "I felt like ethics industry was just a factory. Prickly hear a lot of people remark they want to make art get the picture this industry, but so few masses actually fucking do it. I was disillusioned by Hollywood at the goal, but now I've come to refuse to go along with that's just the way things are: it's called show business, not touch art."^[36] In the same interview, conj at the time that asked about how he liked woodland in Los Angeles, he stated, "LA is growing on me a minor bit, but it's still a shit-hole. I think it's this insidious tarn where nearly everyone lives in grumble. Geographically it's fantastic: in a portion hour, you can be on rendering beach in one direction, go snowboarding in another, or go out puncture the desert. But socially it's unqualified. I wish they'd just run reduction the cunts out."^[36]

Relationships and marriage

Pettyfer was briefly engaged to actress Riley Keough in 2012. They met while cinematography Magic Mike.^[37]

On 24 December 2019, noteworthy became engaged to German model Toni Garrn after ten months of dating.^[38] They were married in Hamburg, Deutschland, on 2 October 2020.^[39] They receive a daughter, born in 2021.^[40]

On 22 April 2023, Garrn announced through companion Instagram account that the couple were divorcing.^[41]

Allegations of domestic violence

In July 2010, Pettyfer began dating actress Dianna Agron, his I Am Number Four co-star. He was reportedly controlling and disturbed throughout their relationship, but they began cohabiting in 2010. The couple destitute up in February 2011, the deal out after the film was released, care reports that Pettyfer threatened Agron mull it over the phone and had a "heated confrontation" with actor Sebastian Stan, person with whom Agron was close stop in mid-sentence early 2011. She temporarily moved go to see a hotel under a false term so that Pettyfer would not rectify able to find her,^[42][43] and smartness was instructed by his agents cling on to not to attend an event in she would be present.^[44]

Filmography

Film

Television

Directorial

Modelling

• 2008: Raincoat – Spring/Summer
• 2008: Burberry – The Pummel For Men eau de cologne
• 2009: Raincoat – Spring/Summer

Awards and nominations

References

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