Kai Alexander
Kai Alexander | |
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Born | 7 June |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2015-present |
Kai Alexander is an actor known for appearing as Dante Gunnarsson in Netflix's The Stranger and Jeffrey in Catastrophe.
Early life and education
He attended the Arts Educational Schools in London.
Career
In 2015, he was cast as the main role in the BBC Original Drama Short, Oakwood. In 2016, he joined the cast of Channel 4 and Amazon Studios comedy Catastrophe in a recurring role.[1][2] His character, Jeffrey, is the on-screen child of characters portrayed by Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar. He first appeared in season three, and reprised his role in the fourth and final season which was released in 2019.[3][4]
In March 2019 he began shooting The Stranger, a Netflix adaptation of the novel by Harlan Coben, playing the character, Dante Gunnarsson.[5][6] Season 1 was released on 30 January 2020.[7]
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Roles | Network | Notes |
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2020 | The Stranger | Dante Gunnarsson | Netflix | 7 episodes |
2016-2019 | Catastrophe | Jeffrey Beasley | Amazon & Channel 4 | 4 episodes |
Film
Year | Title | Roles | Network | Notes |
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2015 | Oakwood | William Oakwood | BBC | Short |
References
- ^ McCarthy, Patrick (2004), "Why and how we read The Stranger: a guide to further reading", Albert Camus: The Stranger, Cambridge University Press, pp. 96–109, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511803062.007, ISBN 978-0-511-80306-2
- ^ Chaplin, Jocelyn (June 2013). "Spectre of the Stranger: Towards a Phenomenology of the Stranger. By ManuBazzano. (2012). Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press. 144 pp". Psychotherapy and Politics International. 11 (2): 176–178. doi:10.1002/ppi.1296. ISSN 1476-9263.
- ^ "Catastrophe: Rotting Bodies and Panic Attacks". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ Adams, Erik. "Catastrophe shifts gears to winningly crack wise about birth and death". TV Club. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Netflix thriller The Stranger". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "Netflix's The Stranger: Cast & Character Guide". ScreenRant. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "To seem the stranger lies my lot, my life", The Poetical Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1990-08-30, ISBN 978-0-19-811883-1, retrieved 2020-01-31