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Alexander Ferns (born 13 October 1968) is a Scottish actor and television personality, best known for his EastEnders role as Trevor Morgan, who was described as "Britain's most-hated soap villain" when he played the role between 2000 and 2002. He is also known for his role as Rick Harper in BBC Scotland soap opera, River City, between 2017 and 2018. For his performance as coal miner Andrei Glukhov in the 2019 miniseries Chernobyl he received a BAFTA Scotland Award.

Alex Ferns
Born	Alexander Ferns (1968-10-13) 13 October 1968 (age 54) Lennoxtown, East Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Nationality	British
Education	University of Cape Town
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Television	EastEnders River City
Spouse	Jennifer Woodburne ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2

Career

Alex Ferns is the oldest of three children of his family, who left Scotland for South Africa, when Ferns was 11 years old.[1] The family took up residence in Secunda, where Ferns′ father worked as an electrician during the construction of a power plant.[1] After he finished school, he joined the South African Defence Force and fought in Angola between 1987 and 1989.[1] Afterward he studied drama at the University of Cape Town.[2] In the mid 1990s he moved back to the United Kingdom and started his career in acting.

Ferns made an appearance in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) before various television roles, including Trevor Morgan in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2000 to 2002, for which he won the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer.[3] In 2005, Ferns played Lieutenant Gordon in the highly acclaimed trilingual film Joyeux Noël, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, Golden Globe Awards and the BAFTAs.

In 2003, Ferns appeared as Draco Malfoy in a Harry Potter sketch for Comic Relief. In 2004, he played Commander Martin Brooke, the lead role, in the short-lived ITV series Making Waves. In the same year he appeared in Man Dancin', a Festival Film & TV production, which won a number of awards on the festival circuit, including Outstanding Original Screenplay at the Sacramento Film Festival. He has also appeared on Coronation Street.^{[citation needed]} He has also appeared in the 2006 movie Shadow Man, as Schmitt, also starring Steven Seagal.

His theatrical work includes the role of the "tapeworm" (a hallucination) in I.D., a play about Dimitri Tsafendas and his assassination of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the 2008 national tour of Agatha Christie's murder mystery And Then There Were None, and Little Shop of Horrors as the Dentist. In 2011 he took the role of Scottish gangster Jimmy Boyle in the play about his life, The Hardman, during a Scottish tour to positive reviews.[4]

He also made a brief appearance in the Smirnoff Vodka advert in 2009.

Ferns took part in TV series Celebrity Coach Trip, partnered with friend Ricky Groves.[5] He starred as Luther in the 2011 London revival and subsequent UK tour of South Pacific.

In 2013, he starred as Lee in True West at Glasgow's Citizen's Theatre. In 2014, he starred in 24: Live Another Day. In 2016, Ferns starred in ITV's Vera series 6 episode 4 ("The Sea Glass") as Michael Quinn. He also appeared in BBC's Wallander series 4 episode 1 ("The White Lioness") as Axel Hedeman.

He played the leader of Tula coal miners Andrei Glukhov in the HBO 2019 miniseries Chernobyl. For this performance, he received a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television.[6]

Ferns appeared in Netflix's The Irregulars (2021) as Vic Collins. He plays Gotham Police Commissioner Pete Savage in the superhero film The Batman (2022).

Personal life

Ferns has been married to South African-born actress Jennifer Woodburne since 1996. They currently live in London with their two sons, Cameron and Mackenzie.

He won the final of Kitchen Burnout in May 2010.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Ghost and the Darkness	Stockton
2003	Man Dancin'	Jimmy Kerrigan
2005	Joyeux Noël	Lieutenant Gordon
2009	Farewell	Scottish Agent
2015	Legend	McLean
2016	Hot Property	J.P. De Cock
	The Legend of Tarzan	Force Publique Officer
2017	Romans	Jo
2020	Knuckledust	Major Vaughn
2021	Wrath of Man	John
2022	The Batman	Commissioner Pete Savage
2024	Untitled Godzilla vs. Kong sequel[7]		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Rhodes	John Grimmer	Miniseries, 6 episodes
1997	Tarzan: The Epic Adventures	Jimmy Dorgo	1 episode
1998	The Bill	Johno	1 episode
1999	Psychos	Policeman	Miniseries, 1 episode
1999	Taggart	Lenny Kerr	1 episode
2000	Britannic	Stoker Evans	Television film
2000	Holby City	Stuart	1 episode
2000	Doctors	Dan Thomas	1 episode
2000-2002	EastEnders	Trevor Morgan	Main role, 112 episodes
2001	Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)	Mad Alex	1 episode
2004	Making Waves	Commander Martin Brooke	Main role, 6 episodes
2006	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Mark Antony	Miniseries, 1 episode
2007	M.I. High	General Scarp	1 episode
2007	Casualty	Tom Dart	1 episode
2014	The Widower	DCI Neil Thompson	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2014	24: Live Another Day	Radko	Miniseries, 1 episode
2014	The Passing Bells	David Edwards	Miniseries, 3 episodes
2015	The Coroner	Nolan Prince	1 episode
2015	Wallander	Axel Hedeman	1 episode
2016	Vera	Michael Quinn	1 episode
2016	Wolfblood	Alistair	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2017	Taboo	Hall	1 episode
2017-2018	River City	Rick Harper	Recurring role, 9 episodes
2019	Chernobyl	Andrei Glukhov	Miniseries, 1 episode
2020	Barkskins	Gay Bill	4 episodes
2021	The Irregulars	Vic Collins	4 episodes
2021	Danny Boy	Gavin Wood	Television film
2022	Andor	Sergeant Linus Mosk	2 episodes
2022	The Devil's Hour	DS Nick Holness	Miniseries, 4 episodes

References

External links

• Alex Ferns at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Alex Ferns

Alexander „Alex“ Ferns (* 13. Oktober 1968 in Lennoxtown, Schottland) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Alex Ferns

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[ru] Фернс, Алекс

Алекс Фернс (англ. Alex Ferns); род. 13 октября 1968, Леннокстаун, Стирлингшир, Шотландия) — шотландский актёр, наиболее известный ролью Тревора Моргана в сериале «Жители Ист-Энда».

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