Alex Ferns
| Alex Ferns | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexander Ferns 13 October 1968 Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993– |
| Television | EastEnders |
| Spouse | Jennifer Woodburne (m. 1996) |
| Children | 2 sons |
Alexander "Alex" Ferns (born 13 October 1968) is a Scottish actor and television personality, best known for his EastEnders role as Trevor Morgan, "Britain's most-hated soap villain".
Ferns made an appearance in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) before various TV roles, including EastEnders from 2000 ro 2002. In 2003, Ferns played Lieutenant Gordon in the highly-acclaimed trilingual film Joyeux Noël, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, Golden Globe Awards and the BAFTAs.
In 2004 he played Commander Martin Brooke, the lead role, in the short-lived ITV series Making Waves. In the same year he appeared in Man Dancin', a Festival Film & TV production, which won a number of awards on the festival circuit, including Outstanding Original Screenplay at the Sacramento Film Festival as well as Critics Choice and Gold Remi at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. He has also appeared on Coronation Street.[citation needed]
He has also appeared in the 1996 movie Shadow Man, as Schmitt, also starring Steven Seagal.
His theatrical work includes the role of the "tapeworm" (a hallucination) in I.D., a play about Dimitri Tsafendas and his assassination of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the 2008 national tour of Agatha Christie's murder mystery And Then There Were None, and Little Shop of Horrors as the Dentist. In 2011 he took the role of Scottish gangster Jimmy Boyle in the play about his life, The Hardman, during a Scottish tour to positive reviews.[1]
He also made a brief appearance in the Smirnoff Vodka advert in 2009.
Ferns took part in TV series Celebrity Coach Trip, partnered with friend Ricky Groves.[2]
[edit] Personal life
Born in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, he lived in South Africa for 17 years and studied drama at the University of Cape Town.
Ferns has been married to South African-born actress Jennifer Woodburne since 1996. They currently live in London with their two sons, Cameron and Mackenzie.
He won the final of Kitchen Burnout in May 2010.
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