Alex Hassell
Acting • Born 1980-09-17
Biography
Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor. He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. Hassell was born in Southend, England, the youngest of four, to a vicar. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after completing GCSE and A-Level courses at Moulsham High School, in Chelmsford, Essex. He has appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Hal in Henry IV Parts I and II, and Henry in Henry V, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first Hollywood role was in George Clooney's Suburbicon (2017), and later that year he appeared in his first major television role in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, which first aired on Boxing Day. He also appeared as Translucent in the first season of The Boys (2019) on Amazon Prime Video, and played Vicious in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop in 2021.
Filmography
41 credits
The Sickhouse
Movie • 2008
Nick
Violent Night
Movie • 2022
Jason
RSC Live: Henry V
Movie • 2015
Henry V
Locked In
Movie • 2023
Dr. Robert Lawrence
Young Woman and the Sea
Movie • 2024
Harry Horlick
Los Cuentos de Albion (Antología)
Movie
Anonymous
Movie • 2011
Spencer
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
Movie • 2003
Balty
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie • 2016
Various
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
Movie • 2015
Prince Hal
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2
Movie • 2015
Prince Hal
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
Movie • 2003
Stephen Cameron
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Movie • 2019
Max Rose
Two Down
Movie • 2025
John Thomas
The Miniaturist
Movie • 2017
Johannes Brandt
The Isle
Movie • 2019
Oliver Gosling
Miss in Her Teens
Movie • 2014
The Player
Health, Wealth & Happiness
Movie • 2017
Suburbicon
Movie • 2017
Louis
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Movie • 2021
Ross
National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running
Movie • 2019
Jack Gould
Cold Mountain
Movie • 2003
Orderly
Dog & Bull
Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream Live at Middle Temple Hall
Movie • 2009
Lysander / Francis Flute
Boudica
Movie • 2003
Roman Officer
Wasteman
Movie • 2026
Paul
Rivals
TV • 2024
Rupert Campbell-Black
Hustle
TV • 2004
Viscount Manley
Life of Crime
TV • 2013
Colin Nash
Everything Now
TV • 2023
Rick
The Miniaturist
TV • 2017
Johannes Brandt
Cowboy Bebop
TV • 2021
Vicious
Genius
TV • 2017
Manach
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Metatron
Torchwood
TV • 2006
Mark Lynch
Legend of the Seeker
TV • 2008
Eryn
The Boys
TV • 2019
Translucent
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
Jules
Death in Holy Orders
TV • 2003
Peter Buckhurst
The Bisexual
TV • 2018
David
Murphy's Law
TV • 2001
Scott Garvey