Born: February 13, 1993
Birthplace: Kent, England
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Alexander James Sawyer is an English
actor, singer, songwriter, and director.
Sawyer is best known for his roles as
Alfie Lewis in House of Anubis and Topher at The End of the F***ing
World.
In 2018, he began portraying David
Oumou in Get Shorty.
Sawyer began acting at nine in a
production of Oliver! as one of the chorus members in a local theatre.
He attended classes at Laine Theatre
Arts from the age of 11, and in 2010 after appearing in a school production of
Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange was scouted by an agent, starting his career as an
actor.
He starred as Alfie Lewis on House of
Anubis for Nickelodeon, which he appeared in up to and inclusive of the third
season and the TV Movie Special Touchstone of Ra.
Sawyer and the rest of the cast won
two Kid's Choice Awards for Favorite Show over the series in 2011 and 2013.
In late 2013, Sawyer released his
debut single, "Relapse," featuring Tasie Lawrence.
At the end of 2016, Sawyer was cast as
Michael Hoffman in the BBC series Eve.
The following year, he appeared in BBC
One's Father Brown as Oscar Bergeres and Kofi, the novice monk on US network
Starz's The White Princess.
Sawyer began 2017 as one of the
players in the 50th-anniversary revival of Tom Stoppard's
Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern Are Dead at London's Old Vic Theatre, directed by
David Leveaux and featuring Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire.
In the summer of 2017, he released
another single, "Sunlite.”
In early 2018, Sawyer appeared as
Topher in the critically acclaimed Netflix/Channel 4 series The End of the
F***ing World.
Later that year, he joined the cast of
the Epix series Get Shorty for the second season.