Alexander Mercury

Alexander Mercury
Native name Александр Терентьев
Born Alexander Terentyev
(1983-09-05) 5 September 1983
Krasnoyarsk, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Occupation Actor, director
Years active 2000–present

Alexander Mercury (aka Alexander Terentyev, born 5 September 1983) is a British-Russian actor and director.

Early life

Alexander attended Primary school in Krasnoyarsk (Siberia), Secondary school 1251 (a French lycée) - in Moscow and received higher education in London. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (2003–2006) together with Luke Treadaway, Harry Treadaway, Emily Beecham and Harry Haddon-Paton.

Career

Upon graduation, Alexander was cast as a Tartar Officer in a family fantasy film The Golden Compass (2007). In Frankenstein's Army (2013) he portrayed Dimitri.[1] Most recent projects are the TV-series Londongrad (2015) for the Russian entertainment channel STS in which he plays Marcus Stapleton, a British diplomat, and Okkupert (2015), a Norwegian political thriller TV-series based on an idea by Jo Nesbø, which was filmed on location in Norway.

Alexander shot his debut short Mama – Saint Sebastian on location in St. Petersburg and Moscow in early 2015. The film is due for completion in November 2015.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ John DeFore. "Frankenstein's Army: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

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