Alex Beckett

Alex Beckett

Nacimiento : 1982-06-30, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

Muerte : 2018-04-10

Historia

Alex Beckett (1982-2018) was a Welsh actor famous for his role as Perfect Curve hipster Barney Lumsden in the BBC2 comedy Twenty Twelve and its spin-off W1A. His theatre credits included Grimly Handsome at the Royal Court, Headlong's Pygmalion and Edward II at the National Theatre, whilst his film credits included the 2014 Paolo Sorrentino film Youth. He was performing in The Way of the World at the Donmar when he died suddenly at the age of 35.

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Alex Beckett

Películas

María, reina de Escocia
In Memory Of
Relato biográfico de una etapa de la vida de la reina María Estuardo de Escocia, que se enfrentó a su prima Isabel I cuando, al volver de Francia tras haber enviudado, reclamaba su derecho a la corona de Inglaterra.
María, reina de Escocia
Sir Walter Mildmay
Relato biográfico de una etapa de la vida de la reina María Estuardo de Escocia, que se enfrentó a su prima Isabel I cuando, al volver de Francia tras haber enviudado, reclamaba su derecho a la corona de Inglaterra.
The Scandalous Lady W
Captain Leversuch
Cuenta la vida de Lady Seymour Worsley, una mujer que escandalizó a la sociedad británica por su libertinaje. Se dice que tuvo 27 amantes, un número alarmante para una dama de la sociedad de la época Georgiana.
La juventud
Bearded Screenwriter
Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine), un gran director de orquesta, pasa unas vacaciones en un hotel de los Alpes con su hija Lena y su amigo Mick, un director de cine al que le cuesta acabar su última película. Fred hace tiempo que ha renunciado a su carrera musical, pero hay alguien que quiere que vuelva a trabajar; desde Londres llega un emisario de la reina Isabel, que debe convencerlo para dirigir un concierto en el Palacio de Buckingham, con motivo del cumpleaños del príncipe Felipe.
Much Ado About Nothing
Borachio
Two young lovers, Claudio and Hero, are to be married imminently but the devious scheming of a resentful Prince looks set to thwart the nuptials. Meanwhile, marriage seems inconceivable for reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick whose endless witty sparring threatens to keep them apart forever. Directed by Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s great plays and reminds us all of the failings and triumphs of the human condition in our never ending search for perfect love.
Beautiful Enough
(voice)
When a young girl, fixated on images of beautiful women, hears her parents go to bed she sets to work on her secret project.
A Child's Christmases in Wales
Carol Singer
One-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s, written by comedian Mark Watson and inspired by a Dylan Thomas short story. Christmas in this household may be a less than poetic affair, but it is just as eventful. So much changes across a decade in any family, and yet so much manages to remain the same.
The Hotel In Amsterdam
Six London friends, whose lives and work are overshadowed by a demanding film producer, flee the country for a weekend to escape his clutches. Having managed to escape for a rare weekend away from the nameless director's demands, the friends subsequently discover that it is hard to shake off his influence, even whilst safely ensconced in a hotel in Amsterdam. A revival of the John Osborne play filmed at The Donmar and broadcast on BBC4 in 2004