Alexander Carey Shrapnel (born 6 October 1979) is an English actor and voice actor.

Early life

Shrapnel was born on 6 October 1979 in London, the second of three boys for actor

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and Francesca Ann (née Bartley). He is the brother of director/writer Tom Shrapnel and writer Joe Shrapnel and, through his mother, the grandson of Academy Award-nominated actress

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. He graduated from the

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Career

He has appeared in many film and television roles such as '' K-19: The Widowmaker'', '' Nine Lives'', '' Thunderbirds'', ''

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'', '' Flyboys'', ''

Ministry of Mayhem ''Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown'' (previously titled ''Ministry of Mayhem'' and ''MoM'') was a British children's entertainment programme, which was broadcast on ITV (later CITV) from 10 January 2004 to 1 July 2006. Overview ''Ministry ...

'' and ''

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''. He also appeared in the

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audio play Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine t ...

, ''Shadow of the Past''. Shrapnel's Hotspur in Henry IV in the

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...

's critically acclaimed 2008 production was described as 'thrillingly charismatic'. He also has appeared on stage in 2011 in

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's '' The Deep Blue Sea'' performed at the

West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Having originally opened in 1970 in a different location in Leeds, it reopened as West Yorkshire Playhouse, on Quarry Hill, in March 1990. After a refurbishment in 2018-20 ...

. He is quoted as saying "Before going in you set a high bar for yourself, but you've just got to get into rehearsals, do the work and hope it comes together". According to actress

Emily Blunt Emily Olivia Leah Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards. ...

on ''

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'', he once played Romeo to her Juliet in a production of the Shakespeare play.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Lex Shrapnel - Fan Website
* 1979 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male film actors English male television actors English people of Scottish descent Male actors from London People from Birmingham, West Midlands {{England-actor-stub