Alec Newman
| Alec Newman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mark Newman 27 November 1974 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Parents | Sandy Newman |
Alec Newman is a Scottish stage, television and film actor. He was born in Glasgow on 27 November 1974. Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, he considered becoming a professional footballer. He trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
His highest profile appearances are tied to science fiction works.
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[edit] Career
Newman starred as Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune and reprised the role in its 2003 sequel, Children of Dune. Newman has had guest appearances on U.S. television series Angel, Star Trek: Enterprise and Tru Calling. He also guested on the British spy drama Spooks and played the Rebus-inspired Jim Buchan in BBC 4's Reichenbach Falls . He took the title role of "Victor Frankenstein" in the 2004 Frankenstein US TV miniseries, opposite Donald Sutherland and William Hurt.
On film in the UK, Newman played the lead role in Penny Woolcock's 2003 "Principles Of Lust", nominated for a British Independent Film Award and selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Other British films include Long Time Dead, G;MT, and the Stephen Fry directed "Bright Young Things".
In 2004, he landed the much sought after role of "Barnabas Collins" in a pilot for a revival series of Dark Shadows on the WB Network. The pilot was not picked up that year, but In 2008 Newman guest-starred in the Dark Shadows audio dramas Clothes of Sand and The Ghost Watcher for Big Finish Productions.
Other film work in the US include roles in the Independent "Four Corners of Suburbia", and "Moonlight Serenade", playing the protagonist Nate Holden opposite Academy Award nominee Amy Adams.
Newman starred in the short lived BBC One series Hope Springs as Euan Harriesin 2008. He also played the recurring role of Robert Ludlow in Casualty for a run of 10 episodes in 2010 as well as guesting in a "Silent Witness" two parter entitled "Run".
He appeared in the British thriller A Lonely Place to Die, opposite Melissa George and Ed Speleers.
In 2010/11 he played Edmund in the Donmar Warehouse production of Shakespeare's King Lear. The production subsequently toured the UK and played a six week engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Brooklyn, New York. This followed massive critical success in the National Theatre's production of Dantons Death, in which Newman portrayed the powerful, persuasive Saint Just. Both productions were directed by Michael Grandage.
On 30 May 2011, it was announced that Newman has joined the cast of BBC One drama series Waterloo Road in the role of the new head teacher, Michael Byrne. He appeared on screen since the Spring Term started.[1]The new series will be filmed in Greenock, and will again feature Newman as Michael Byrne.
He is also a voice-over for a character on the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic and regularly lends his voice to other high profile video games and movie tie - ins including Goldeneye, Dragon Age 2, Fable 3, and BRINK.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Waterloo Road (2011- ) - Michael Byrne
- Dragon Age II (Sebastian Vael) (2011)
- GoldenEye 007 (Valentin Zukovsky) (2010)
- A Lonely Place to Die (2010)
- Silent Witness (2010) - Peter Carmody
- The Gene Generation (2007) - Christian
- Reichenbach Falls (2007)
- Moonlight Serenade (2006) - Nate Holden
- Spooks (2006) - Richard Dempsey
- Constellation (2005) - Kent
- Four Corners of Suburbia (2005) - Benjamin Winters
- Staring at the Sun (2005) - Clay Roberts
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2004) - Malik (3 episodes)
- Frankenstein (2004) - Victor Frankenstein
- Bright Young Things (2003) - Tiger La Bouchère
- Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003) - Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib
- The Death of Klinghoffer (2003) - Young Benjamin
- The Principles of Lust (2003) - Paul
- Long Time Dead (2002) - Liam
- Night Flight (2002) - Young "Flash" Harry Peters
- Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) - Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib
- Murder Rooms (2000) - Thomas Neill
- G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time (1998) - Charlie
- Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph (1997) - Ben
[edit] References
- "10 Questions: Alec Newman, IGN FilmForce, 11 March 2003.
[edit] External links
- Alec Newman at the Internet Movie Database
- Alec Newman at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Staring at the Sun official site of short
