Alex Hassell
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.
44 acting credits
Acting · 44
The Boys
2019
Hustle
2004
Rivals
2024
Torchwood
2006
His Dark Materials
2019
Genius
2017
Legend of the Seeker
2008
Murder in Mind
2001
Cowboy Bebop
2021
Murphy's Law
2001
Cold Mountain
2003
Violent Night
2022
Wasteman
2026
Suburbicon
2017
The Miniaturist
2017
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
Locked In
2023
Everything Now
2023
Young Woman and the Sea
2024
Anonymous
2011
The Bisexual
2018
Life of Crime
2013
Death in Holy Orders
2003
TFI Unplugged
2026
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
Boudica
2003
The Miniaturist
2017
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
2015
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003
The Isle
2019
The Sickhouse
2008
Dog & Bull
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National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running
2019
RSC Live: Henry V
2015
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
2015
A Midsummer Night's Dream Live at Middle Temple Hall
2009
Two Down
2025
Miss in Her Teens
2014
Health, Wealth & Happiness
2017
Los Cuentos de Albion (Antología)
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Big Thunder
2013