Alexander Arnold (actor)

Alexander Arnold
Born (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992
Ashford, Kent, England
Other names Alex Arnold
Occupation Actor, singer, musician

Alexander Arnold[1] (born 21 December 1992) is an English actor, singer, and musician, best known for his role as Rich Hardbeck in the E4 teen drama Skins.[2]

Early life

Arnold was born in Ashford, Kent. He was educated at The Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, where he pursued his interests in art and drama in his GCSE choices.[3] Outside of school, he has been involved in several plays with Ashford Youth Theatre and was a member of the National Youth Theatre for two years.[4]

Career

Acting

Arnold made his professional debut in the fifth and sixth series of the E4 teen drama Skins, playing the keen metalhead Rich Hardbeck. He got the role while at sixth form through the open audition process in London.[5] In September 2011, he starred in the music video "Death Cloud" by Cloud Control. Directed by the award-winning Luke Snellin, it was shot in Spain for two days.[6]

He appeared in a two-part ITV drama called A Mother's Son, written by Chris Lang and first screened on September 2012.[7] In 2013, he appeared in the BBC Three zombie drama In the Flesh, and in the third series of crime drama Vera.[8] He also earned a starring role as Adam in the television series What Remains.[9] In 2015, he joined the cast of Poldark, a new BBC series based on The Poldark Novels.[10]

Arnold landed his first film role in the 2014 western The Salvation, shot in South Africa.[11]

Music

Arnold enjoys playing the bass guitar[12] and is the lead singer of an indie band called Circuithouse.[13][14]

Charity work

In April 2011, Arnold donated a painting of his childhood bear to The Bristol Autism Project, which helps autistic children of Bristol.[15][16]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Moths Noble Short film
2013 Mickey & Michaela Bury Their Dad Mickey Short film
2014 The Salvation Voichek
2014 Apprehension Short film
2014 Nighthawks Jack Short film
2015 The Son The Kid Short film
2015 The Removal Mick Short flm

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011–2012 Skins Rich Hardbeck 16 episodes
2012 A Mother's Son Jamie 2 episodes
2013 In the Flesh Alex 1 episode
2013 Vera Sam Bishop 1 episode
2013 What Remains Adam Moss 4 episodes
2014 Silk David Cowdrey 1 episode
2015 Poldark Jim Carter
2016 Death in Paradise Matt Holt Episode 5.6

Music videos

Year Song Artist
2011 "Death Cloud" Cloud Control
2016 "Painkillers" Brian Fallon

References

  1. Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1916–2005 A45B
  2. BBC: The new Skins cast revealed
  3. NKS School: Alex Arnold on Skins
  4. The Dominion Post: The kids are aight
  5. C4 Info Press: Alexander Arnold plays Rich
  6. Promonews: Cloud Control ‘Death Cloud’ by Luke Snellin
  7. "Hermione Norris and Martin Clunes to front new ITV Drama". Radio Times. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  8. Lynn (26 October 2012). "Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson to star in new BBC3 zombie drama, In The Flesh". Unreality Primetime. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  9. "David Threlfall leads all-star cast in Tony Basgallop's compelling new BBC One drama What Remains". BBC. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  10. Jeffery, Morgan (11 April 2014). "Poldark: new BBC One drama adds '70s series star Robin Ellis". Digitalspy. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  11. "The Salvation". spierfilms. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  12. "Alex Arnold previews Rich's episode". digitalspy. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  13. "Circuit House's Open Mic". vimeo. Retrieved 11 Sep 2012.
  14. "Circuit House". facebook. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  15. "Art Explosion for Bristol Autism Project". ecojam. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  16. http://www.thefutondimension.tumblr.com

External links

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