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Alec Newman (born 27 November 1974) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.

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Alec Newman
Alec Newman in 2017
Born	Mark Alexander Newman (1974-11-27) 27 November 1974 (age 47) Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Heather Stewart ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1
Website	Official Site

Early life

Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father is Sandy Newman, a member of Scottish band Marmalade. He has a brother, John James Newman, who appeared on The Voice UK in 2012. Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, Newman considered becoming a professional footballer. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

After graduating from LAMDA Newman built up a steady list of television and film credits before landing the lead role in the Sci Fi channel's Emmy award winning miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune. This led to a string of appearances in US TV and film, which culminated in winning the coveted role of Barnabas Collins in a WB reboot of Dark Shadows. The show was not picked up for series despite promising performances.

The 2004 Hallmark Channel version of Frankenstein with Newman leading an all star cast including William Hurt and Donald Sutherland, met with favourable reviews and won an Emmy. This period also found Newman consistently working on film - in Penny Woolcock's The Principles of Lust and in the Stephen Fry directed Bright Young Things. Both played at festivals around the world including Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival.

Series regular roles in Kurt Sutter's The Bastard Executioner, Amazon's Rogue, and HBO's Strike Back saw him in edgier and often action oriented territory, yet in Guy Pitt's 2014 film Greyhawk Newman's more intimate and emotional performance contributed to a nomination for the Michael Powell award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He has since worked with directors Tomas Alfredson, Amma Asante and George Clooney.

Newman has often played edgy and complex characters. Performances in the BBC's Showtrial and World Production's Karen Pirie are recent examples of roles with a moral conflict at their core.

He regularly returns to work in the theatre. The Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear in which he played Edmund, transferred to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. The National Theatre's 2015 production of The Motherfucker with the Hat featured Newman in the title role and was nominated at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Best Play. More recently, he played Bruno Bischofberger in the Young Vic production of Anthony McCarten's new play The Collaboration opposite Paul Bettany, Jeremy Pope and Sofia Barclay.

He is also a prolific voice artist appearing in numerous video games including Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

Personal life

In February 2013, Newman became engaged to Heather Stewart. They married in Ayrshire in June 2014.

Newman is a huge football fan and has indulged a love for the outdoors, twice trekking in the Everest region of Nepal.

He lives with his family in Surrey, England.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Greenwich Mean Time	Charlie
2002	Long Time Dead	Liam
2003	Bright Young Things	Tiger
2003	The Death of Klinghoffer	Young Benjamin
2003	The Principles of Lust	Paul
2005	Staring at the Sun	Clay Roberts	Short
2005	Constellation	Kent Seras
2005	Four Corners of Suburbia	Benjamin Winters
2007	The Fifth Patient	Dr. Stevenson
2007	The Gene Generation	Christian
2008	Blackwater	David	Short
2009	Moonlight Serenade	Nate Holden
2011	A Lonely Place to Die	Rob
2011	Disco	Mike	Short
2014	Greyhawk	Mal
2016	The Head Hunter	John
2017	The Snowman	Mould Man
2018	The Marine 6: Close Quarters	Patrick Dillon
2018	Where Hands Touch	Juttner
2018	Suzanne & Martin	Martin	Short
2018	Mary Anning	Mr. Cromwell
2021	All That Glitters	David	Short
2021	Code of Silence	Wright
2021	The Visit	Patrick	Short
2022	Chevalier	Poncet

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge	John	Episode: "Cold Season"
1997	Rag Nymph	Ben	TV Miniseries
1997	Taggart	Stephen Burns	Episode: "Apocalypse" (Part One)
1998	Dangerfield	Michael Dyson	Episode: "The Last Picture"
1998	Heartbeat	Johnny Wyler	Episode: "Local Knowledge"
1998	Peak Practice	Sean Hollings	Episode: "A Matter of Principle"
1998	Silent Witness	Nick Arnold	2 Episodes: "An Academic Exercise: Part 1" & "An Academic Exercise: Part 2"
1999	The Blonde Bombshell	Jimmy Stanford	Episode: "1.1"
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune	Paul Atreides / Muad'Dib	TV Miniseries
2000	Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes	Thomas Neill	Episode: "The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes: Part 1" Episode: "Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle: Part 1 (U.S. Title)"
2001	Judge John Deed	Heathcote Machin	Episode: "Rough Justice"
2002			Episode: "Nobody's Fool"
2002	Night Flight	Young 'Flash' Harry Peters	TV Movie
2003	Frank Herbert's Children of Dune	Paul Atreides / Muad'Dib	TV Miniseries
2003	Coming Up	Marc	Episode: "Loveless"
2004	Tru Calling	Michael Mancuso	Episode: "The Longest Day"
2004	Angel	Drogyn	2 Episodes: "A Hole In The World" & "Power Play"
2004	Dark Shadows	Barnabas Collins	Unaired Pilot
2004	Frankenstein	Viktor Frankenstein	TV Miniseries
2004	Star Trek: Enterprise	Malik	3 Episodes: "Borderland" & "Cold Station 12" & "The Augments"
2006	Spooks	Richard Dempsey	Episode: "The Criminal"
2007	Reichenbach Falls	Jim Buchan	TV Movie
2008	Casualty	Craig	Episode: "Hurt"
2008	Heroes and Villains	Villafana	Episode: "Cortes"
2009	Hope Springs	Euan Harries	TV Series
2010	Casualty	Robert Ludlow	Reoccurring role (9 Episodes)
2010	Silent Witness	John Carmody	Episode: "Run: Part 1"
		Peter Carmody	Episode: "Run: Part 2"
2010	The Bill	Mark Pierce	Episode: "Paying the Price"
2011–2013	Waterloo Road	Michael Byrne	Reoccurring role (47 Episodes)
2013	Dracula	Josef Cervenka	Episode: "From Darkness to Light"
2014	24	Kevin Cordero	2 Episodes: "Day 9: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m" & "Day 9: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m"
2014	Lewis	Graham Lawrie	Episode: "Beyond Good and Evil" (2 Parts)
2014	Rogue	Ray Williams	Reoccurring role (10 Episodes)
2015	The Bastard Executioner	Leon Tell	Reoccurring role (9 Episodes)
2015	The Last Kingdom	King Aethelred	2 Episodes: "1.2" & "1.3"
2016	Him	Ross Brodie	TV Miniseries
2016	Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay	John	Episode: "The Head Hunter Part 1"
2017	Fearless	Tony Pullings	5 Episodes: "1.1" & "1.2" & "1.3" & "1.4" & "1.5"
2018	Outlander	Joseph Wemyss	Episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole"
2018	Eullenia	Marcus Hammond	3 Episodes: "Make a Good Deal" & "Respect the Deal" & "Persist in the Face of All Obstacles"
2019	Strike Back	Pavel Kuragin	Reoccurring role (10 Episodes)
2020	Call the Midwife	Father Duncombe	Episode: "9.1"
2021	Grace	Joe Baker	Episode: "Dead Tomorrow"
2021	Unforgotten	Mark Tomlinson	3 Episodes: "4.1" & "4.3" & "4.5" (Uncredited for 4.5)
2021	Love in the Lockdown	Giovanni	Reoccurring role (9 Episodes)
2021	Showtrial	Stephen Vendler	2 Episodes: "Little Horses" & "Lady Tease"
2021	Shetland	Niven Guthrie	6 Episodes: "6.1" & "6.2" & "6.3" & "6.4" & "6.5" & "6.6"
2022	Karen Pirie	Ziggy Snr	Episode "1.1"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2010	Fable III
2010	Final Fantasy XIV	Lahabrea (English version, voice)
2010	GoldenEye 007	Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
2010	Xenoblades Chronicles	Vangarre (English version, voice)
2011	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Sakharine (voice)
2011	Brink	Security (voice)
2011	Dragon Age II	Sebastian Vael - The Exiled Prince DLC / Seneschal Bran / Fenarel / Ser Theodore of Wildervale (voice)
2011	Killzone 3	Helghast Soldiers (voice)
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Apprentice Maraad / Captain Joris / Imperial Scientist / Imperial Soldier / Imperial Special Forces Soldier / Imperial Trooper / Lieutenant Mei / Lieutenant Orawn / NK-33 / Private Cote / Private Ganbar / Private Wicke / Ri Farrona / Sapper / Sergeant / Sergeant Jaymis / Sergeant Pratt / Sith / Sith Apprentice / Soldier / Technician / Thanaton's Servant / The Old Man Imperial Form / Thul Scout / Thul Soldier / Transport Pilot / Warden Khel (voice)
2011	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine	Orc Boyz (voice)
2011	The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings	Arthur Tailles / Additional Voices (English version, voice)
2013	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate	Simon Belmont / Night Watchman (voice)
2013	Company of Heroes 2	The Officer - The British Forces DLC (voice)
2013	Soul Sacrifice	Praeco
2014	Assassin's Creed: Unity	Revolutionary Leader / Parisian Civilian (voice)
2014	Divinity: Original Sin
2014	Dragon Age Inquisition	Finn - Jaws of Hakkon DLC / Gurd Harofsen - Jaws of Hakkon DLC / Hakkonite - Jaws of Hakkon DLC (voice)
2015	Assassin's Creed: Syndicate	Jack (voice)
2015	Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper	Jack the Ripper (voice)
2015	Assassin's Creed: Unity - Dead Kings
2015	Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser	Seneshal Bran (voice)
2015	Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below	Kiryl (English version, voice)
2015	Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward	Lahabrea (voice)
2015	Soma	Automated Voice / Steve Glasser / Additional Voices (voice)
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Graden (English version, voice)
2016	Battlefield 1
2016	Dragon Quest Heroes II	Kiryl (English version, voice)
2016	Hitman	Oybek Nabazov / Brendan Conner / Wen Ts'ai / Pavel Frydel / Keratoplasty Patient / Elusive Target Cast / Supporting Cast (voice)
2016	RIGS: Mechanized Combat League	Ferguson (voice)
2016	Steep	Nate Smith (voice)
2016	Total War: Warhammer
2017	Divinity: Original Sin II	Beast (voice)
2017	Get Even	Additional Voices (voice)
2017	Nioh	The Others (voice)
2017	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Kram Namwen (voice)
2017	The Surge
2017	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III	Gabriel Angelos (voice)
2018	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
2018	Vampyr	Benjamin / Mason / Richard / Booth (voice)
2019	A Plague Tale: Innocence	Robert / Soldier 2 (voice)
2019	The Surge 2	Buccaneer / Various
2020	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Walla (voice)
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Anders Hellman / Adam Smasher / Arthur Jenkins / Reyes (voice)
2021	Gloomhaven	The Narrator (voice)

References

External links

• Alec Newman at IMDb
• awards Awards for Eullenia at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Alec Newman

Mark Alexander „Alec“ Newman (* 27. November 1974 in Glasgow) ist ein schottischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler.

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- [en] Alec Newman

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[ru] Ньюман, Алек

А́лек Нью́ман (англ. Alec Newman; 27 ноября 1974, Глазго, Шотландия) — шотландский актёр театра и кино.

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