Alexander Mercury (born 5 September 1983) is a bilingual British actor
and film director of Russian origin.Alexander attended primary school
in Krasnoyarsk (Siberia), secondary school (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 (2003â€"2006) together
with Luke Treadaway, Harry Treadaway, Emily Beecham and Harry
Haddon-Paton.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. 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.In 2014, together
with a London-based writer Juja Dobrachkous, Alexander adapted an
original story called 'Mama" into a short film script 'Mama â€" Saint
Sebastian'. The film was shot on location over 10 days in St.
Petersburg and Moscow in early 2015. Post-production was completed in
March 2016. The picture was awarded Best Script Prize at St. Anne's
Film Festival, Master of Emotions (Golden Anteater) at Lublin Film
Festival, Special Jury Prize at VKRATZE Film Festival and screened at
over 25 film festivals around the world including the prestigious
London Short Film Festival.
and film director of Russian origin.Alexander attended primary school
in Krasnoyarsk (Siberia), secondary school (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 (2003â€"2006) together
with Luke Treadaway, Harry Treadaway, Emily Beecham and Harry
Haddon-Paton.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. 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.In 2014, together
with a London-based writer Juja Dobrachkous, Alexander adapted an
original story called 'Mama" into a short film script 'Mama â€" Saint
Sebastian'. The film was shot on location over 10 days in St.
Petersburg and Moscow in early 2015. Post-production was completed in
March 2016. The picture was awarded Best Script Prize at St. Anne's
Film Festival, Master of Emotions (Golden Anteater) at Lublin Film
Festival, Special Jury Prize at VKRATZE Film Festival and screened at
over 25 film festivals around the world including the prestigious
London Short Film Festival.
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