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Alexander Carey Shrapnel (born 6 October 1979) is an English actor and voice actor.

Lex Shrapnel
Born	Alexander Carey Shrapnel (1979-10-06) 6 October 1979 (age 42) London, England
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1997–present
Parent(s)	John Shrapnel Francesca Ann Bartley
Relatives	Norman Shrapnel (grandfather) Tony Bartley (grandfather) Deborah Kerr (grandmother)

Early life

Shrapnel was born on 6 October 1979 in London, the second of three boys for actor John Shrapnel and Francesca Ann (née Bartley).[1] He is the brother of director/writer Tom Shrapnel and writer Joe Shrapnel and, through his mother, the grandson of Academy Award-nominated actress Deborah Kerr.[1] He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Career

He has appeared in many film and television roles such as K-19: The Widowmaker, Nine Lives, Thunderbirds, Breakfast on Pluto, Flyboys, Ministry of Mayhem and The Last Detective. He also appeared in the Doctor Who audio play, Shadow of the Past.

Shrapnel's Hotspur in Henry IV in the Royal Shakespeare Company's critically acclaimed 2008 production was described as 'thrillingly charismatic'.[2] He also has appeared on stage in 2011 in Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. He is quoted as saying "Before going in you set a high bar for yourself, but you've just got to get into rehearsals, do the work and hope it comes together".[3]

According to actress Emily Blunt on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, he once played Romeo to her Juliet in a production of the Shakespeare play.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	K-19: The Widowmaker	Kornilov[1]
2002	Nine Lives	Tom
2004	Thunderbirds	John Tracy[1]
2005	Breakfast on Pluto	Soldier at Roadblock
2006	Minotaur	Tyro
2006	Flyboys	Grant
2007	The Tonto Woman	Springfield
2009	An Organisation of Dreams	Lex
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Gilmore Hodge
2014	SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines	Case
2018	Hamlet Revenant
2018	Extinction	Ray

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Ministry of Mayhem	Himself
2005	Beneath the Skin	Fred
2006	Sharpe's Challenge	Captain Lawrence
2007	The Last Detective	Young Billy	1st episode
2009	Minder	Jamie Cartwright[1]	6 episodes
2012	Hunted	Ian Fowkes[4]
2013	Endeavour	Roy Adamson[5]	Episode: "Fugue"
	Casualty	Mark Caffola	Episode: "Garage Flowers"
	By Any Means	DI Campbell	Episode #1.2
2014	The Assets	Mitch Weaver
2016	Medici: Masters of Florence	Rinaldo degli Albizzi

References

External links

• Lex Shrapnel - Fan Website
• Lex Shrapnel at IMDb 

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