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September 2024

MUSIC AND SOUND AWARDS 2024

Alec has been nominated for a Music and Sound Award for his performance as Caz in Still Wakes The Deep.

The Music and Sound Awards are the worlds only global platform recognizing the incredible impact of music and sound design in media. Winners will be announced October 10th.

260 DAYS

July 2024

Shooting is complete on the Jakov Sidlar directed "260 Days". Set in the conflict in Croatia in the 1990's this harrowing film also stars Sam Hazeldine, Tim Roth and Camilla Rutherford.

STILL WAKES THE DEEP

July 2024

"Still Wakes The Deep" was released in mid June to critical acclaim. The game stars Alec as oil rig worker Caz McCleary, on the run from the "polis", and soon dragged into a supernatural horror. It breaks yet more new ground in the medium for UK based studio The Chinese Room.

DEPARTMENT Q

June 2024

Alec filmed two episodes for the Netflix thriller "Department Q" executive produced and directed by Scott Frank. The show stars Matthew Goode as battered cop Carl Morck and is based oin the Danish series of the same name.

KING LEAR

February 2024

Alec opened in King Lear at the Almeida playing an "exemplary" and "captivating" Kent in Yael Farber's critically heralded production. Danny Sapani starred as the titular monarch alongside Clarke Peters as the Fool.

PROTECTION

September 2023

Alec appears across all 6 episodes of police thriller “Protection”made by New Pictures for ITV. Stars Siobhan Finneran, David Hayman and Katherine Kelly.

THE SISTER BONIFACE MYSTERIES

July 2023

Alec has now completed filming a lead guest role for a feature length special of the hit Britbox show. More details later in the year.

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT

June 2023

MGM will release George Clooney's "The Boys In The Boat" December 25th, 2023.

Alec plays a key role in the film adaptation of Daniel James Brown's bestseller which charts the story of the US Olympic rowing team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

CHEVALIER

June 2023

Fox-Searchlight's "Chevalier" will be released in UK cinemas June 9th, 2023. The film features Alec as Guillaime Poncet, and stars Kelvin Harrison Jnr and Lucy Boynton.

MACBETH

April 2022

Alec plays Macduff in the BBC radio 4 production of Macbeth starring David Tennant. Directed by Clive Brill, the production airs 23/24th April before becoming available on BBC iPlayer.

THE COLLABORATION

March 2022

The Collaboration opened to universally great reviews with critics noting a "sharp", "nicely determined" and "amusingly smooth" performance from Alec as Bruno Bischofberger. The sold out Young Vic run ended April 2nd.

GRACE

December 2021

Alec has filmed scenes for the third film of ITV drama Grace. He plays Joe Baker in "Dead Tomorrow" based on the Peter James novel. The new series will air in 2022.

"SHOWTRIAL" AND "KAREN PIRIE"

November 2021

Alec features in two new shows from World Productions. "Showtrial" is available now on iplayer having received huge acclaim. Early next year Alec also appears in cop drama "Karen Pirie".