Sacha Alexander (born 8 May 1972) is a British actor,

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and

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. Alexander most recently starred in ''Freddi'' with

Rob Brydon Robert Brydon Jones (; born 3 May 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He played Dr Paul Hamilton in the Australian/British comedy series ''Supernova'', Bryn West in the BBC sitcom ''Gavin & Stacey'' a ...

. ''Freddi'' is a

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comedy drama commissioned by

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in 2008 about Freddi, a wealthy, bored

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living in London. Alexander devised the show and wrote it with scriptwriter Mark Staheli, and produced with Brydon's production company Arbie. ''Freddi'' was scheduled for TV broadcast in 2009.

''The Gigolos''

With Trevor Sather, Alexander co-wrote and co-starred in the 2006 British movie ''

The Gigolos ''The Gigolos'' is a 2005 British comedy film directed by Richard Bracewell, starring Sacha Tarter, Trevor Sather and Ben Willbond alongside Susannah York, Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence and Siân Phillips. Bracewell's debut feature, ''The Gigol ...

'', directed by

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. Sather played the 'gent' to Alexander's 'player' in the movie about a fantasy world of London

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s and their clients. The movie also starred

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Anna Massey Anna Raymond Massey (11 August 19373 July 2011) was an English actress. She won a BAFTA Award for the role of Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Anita Brookner's novel ''Hotel du Lac'', a role that one of her co-stars, Julia McKenzie, ha ...

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, and British actor and singer

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. ''The Gigolos'' premiered in the international feature competition at

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and was released in UK cinemas in 2007 and on DVD by the

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on 9 February 2009. The UK network premiere of the film was on

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on 20 July 2009. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh in ''

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'' described Alexander as "one to watch"." and told readers to "seek out this cliché-confounding, utterly intriguing debut Brit flick", adding that ''The Gigolos'' is a "real rough gem.". ''

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s Derek Elley described the film as an "accomplished debut" and a "likable Brit character comedy". Alexander is credited as Sacha Tarter in the film. Extras on the DVD include ''The Big Idea'', a previously unreleased

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about the business world made by Alexander, Sather and Bracewell.

References

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The 3-Legged Tight clip from The Big Idea
* * English male television actors British writers 1972 births Living people English male film actors People educated at St Paul's School, London Male actors from London {{UK-film-actor-stub