
Alexander Vlahos
Acting
Biography
Alexander is a Welsh actor, writer and director, born on the 30th of July, 1988 in Swansea, South Wales. Since graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff in 2009, Alex has had a very successful career across all platforms. As an actor he's most recognised for playing Mordred (BBC One MERLIN), Philippe d'Orléans (Canal+ VERSAILLES) and Dorian Gray (Big Finish). As a director, Alexander won several awards for his debut short film LOLA, which was later acquired by US network Showtime. His BBC Wales short entitled I AM ONE, a 1964 Mods vs Rocker piece set in Porthcawl, Wales, won Best Drama at the It's My Shout Celebration of 20 Years. He's a co-owner of production company CowHouse Films.
Known For

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Outlander

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Death in Paradise

The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Merlin

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.
Genius

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.
Versailles

The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The most recent series began on 27 February 2012 and concluded on 2 March. It is a period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village.
The Indian Doctor

Loner Sam's life is transformed when he comes into possession of a gun and starts to break the law. His ambitious policewoman sister Gina is paid to uphold it and makes it her mission to find the owner of the weapon. The family saga plays out against an inquiry into the shooting of a local businessman that raises questions for Sam and Gina about their father's murder when they were young children.
Bang

Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate.
Irish Wish

A group of friends are lured to an isolated cabin by a promise of heavy partying, only to find themselves in a nightmarish game of truth or dare.
Truth or Dare

Privates is a 2013 BBC One drama television series set in 1960 which follows the stories of eight privates who are part of the last intake of National Service, and their relationships with their officers and non-commissioned officers, civilian staff and families. The series was written by Damian Wayling, directed by Bryn Higgins and produced by Nick Pitt. The setting is the fictional North Yorkshire Regiment, although for dramatic effect the characters are from a variety of backgrounds including London, Liverpool, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Filmed in Northern Ireland, extras were provided by soldiers, wives and families of 2nd Battalion, The Rifles. Locations were Ballykinler Army Base, Tyrella Beach, South Promenade Newcastle.
Privates

When a heist goes dramatically wrong, leaving a hostage in peril, an unlikely trio find themselves fighting for their lives and their sanity on bonfire night.
Firecracker
A grieving young woman moves into her Grandmother's home, concerned she might be pregnant
Maggie Makes a Cherry Pie

Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth

In 1972 the tranquility of a coastal town in California is broken as hitch-hiking girls begin to go missing and corpses start showing up. Welcome to Murder City.
Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter

The fear of acceptance is breaking down the relationship of Ruby and Paul. A secret is tearing the pair apart and today is the day Ruby's curiosity gets the better of her. She must discover what is causing the silence between them, and in doing so finds a beautiful truth that she wasn't expecting.
Lola

When Freddie hits rock bottom Lily offers a way out. Freddie must overcome his demons and allow Lily's love to be his source of strength, or lose the life they share forever.
Watchtower

The intimate story of a young couple and their weekend away in an isolated country home.
Here We Are
Two actors run into each other at an audition but the job is the last thing on their minds.
Rival

It's 1964, and mod Billy returns home from a violent encounter on Brighton beach. His dad tries to talk to him about it, and they realise they have more in common than they thought.
I Am One
As a British ornithologist arrives in Sicily to research the climate change effects on migration, he witnesses a series of dramatic events. Relinquishing his role of a detached observer will be more challenging than it seems.