Alexander Hanson (actor)
| Alexander Hanson | |
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| Born | 28 April 1961 England |
| Spouse | Samantha Bond |
Alexander Hanson (born 28 April 1961) is a British stage actor who has appeared in numerous plays and musicals in the West End, and recently on Broadway.
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[edit] Personal life
Hanson is an alumnus of Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[citation needed] He is married to actress Samantha Bond,[1]and has two children with her, Molly and Tom.[2][3]
[edit] Career
He is appearing in the West End production of An Ideal Husband since November 2010, opposite his wife Samantha Bond.[4] He starred in the West End production of A Little Night Music, and also appeared in the transfer of that production to Broadway in 2009-2010.[5]
Hanson starred in the high-profile West End revival of The Sound of Music as Captain Georg Von Trapp. He was brought in to replace Simon Shepherd, who bowed out of the show during previews.[6][7] Hanson originated the role of Khashoggi in London's We Will Rock You but left the production after seven months.
He also played Captain Macheath in the Royal National Theatre production of The Villain's Opera, Nick Dear and Stephen Warbeck's updating of The Beggars Opera in 2000.[8][9]
[edit] Theatre
- Marguerite as Otto
- The Sound of Music
- Talking to Terrorists for Out of Joint and Royal Court Theatre
- We Will Rock You (original cast) as Khashoggi
- Enter the Guardsman and Brel
- The Things We Do For Love
- Shallow End
- Sunset Boulevard
- Arcadia
- Aspects of Love
- Valentine's Day
- Copenhagen
- The Villain's Opera
- Troilus and Cressida
- Candide
- The Merchant of Venice and The London Cuckolds
- Cracked and The Memory of Water
- A Little Night Music
- An Ideal Husband
[edit] Film and television
Party Animals, The Bill, Kidulthood, The Fugitives, Murder City, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Last Detective, Rosemary & Thyme, Heartbeat, Beech is Back, Relic Hunters, Casualty, The Merchant of Venice, The Escort, Unfinished Business, Peak Practice, Doctor Finlay, Poetry Readings, Ffizz, Fellow Traveller, Museums of Madness, The Black Candle, Taking the Floor, Boon, The Chief and Six Characters in Search of an Author.
[edit] References
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic."An Ideal Husband: sex and shopping with Oscar Wilde"The Telegraph, 27 October 2010
- ^ Philby, Charlotte."My Secret Life: Samantha Bond, Actress, 47"The Independent, 13 December 2008
- ^ Wolf, Matt."Samantha Bond on Her Ideal London Role Opposite Real-Life Husband Alexander Hanson" broadway.com, January 5, 2011
- ^ Probst, Andy."Samantha Bond, Alexander Hanson, et al. Open in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal" theatermania.com, November 11, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Goodbye for "Now": Olivier Nominee Alexander Hanson Departs Broadway's Night Music Sept. 26" playbill.com, September 26, 2010
- ^ "Sound of Music Leading Man Replaced" dailymail.co.uk
- ^ [1] guardian.co.uk, 18 November 2006
- ^ "Archive for 'Villain's Opera'" albemarle-london.com, accessed February 6, 2011
- ^ Beeny, Stephen.'Villain’s Opera' gaydarnation.com, 27 April 2000
