
Alex Hassell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-09-17 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Southend, Essex, England, UK
Alex Hassell
Biography
Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor. He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. Hassell was born in Southend, England, the youngest of four, to a vicar. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after completing GCSE and A-Level courses at Moulsham High School, in Chelmsford, Essex.
He has appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Hal in Henry IV Parts I and II, and Henry in Henry V, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first Hollywood role was in George Clooney's Suburbicon (2017), and later that year he appeared in his first major television role in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, which first aired on Boxing Day. He also appeared as Translucent in the first season of The Boys (2019) on Amazon Prime Video, and played Vicious in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop in 2021.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Two Down
as John Thomas
(2024)
Young Woman and the Sea
as Harry Horlick
(2023)
Locked In
as Dr. Robert Lawrence
(2022)
Violent Night
as Jason
(2021)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Ross
(2019)
National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running
as Jack Gould
(2019)
The Isle
as Oliver Gosling
(2019)
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Max Rose
(2017)
Suburbicon
as Louis
(2017)
(2017)
The Miniaturist
as Johannes Brandt
(2016)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Various
(2015)
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
as Prince Hal
(2015)
RSC Live: Henry V
as Henry V
(2015)
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
as Prince Hal
(2014)
Miss in Her Teens
as The Player
(2011)
Anonymous
as Spencer
(2009)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Live at Middle Temple Hall
as Lysander / Francis Flute
(2008)
The Sickhouse
as Nick
(2003)
Cold Mountain
as Orderly
(2003)
Boudica
as Roman Officer
(2003)
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
as Balty
(2003)
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as Stephen Cameron