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name: "Alex Beckett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-beckett"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 June 1982"
died: "10 April 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T11:45:00.565019+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alex Beckett

Actor. Born 30 June 1982 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. Died 10 April 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 June 1982, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 10 April 2018
- **Active:** 2015–2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Beckett_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51799848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2477239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1359415

## Biography

Alex Beckett (30 June 1982 – 10 April 2018) was a Welsh actor. Born in Carmarthenshire, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 2003.

He was best known for playing Barney Lumsden in the BBC comedy series *Twenty Twelve* (2011–2012) and its spin-off *W1A* (2014–2017). His film roles included the Bearded Screenwriter in *Youth* (2015) and Sir Walter Mildmay in *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018). Beckett appeared in numerous television series, such as *The End of the F***ing World* (2017) and *Stath Lets Flats* (2018), and had an extensive theatre career that included productions at the National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Youth* (2015), Fi1m 66, as Bearded Screenwriter — [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), as Sir Walter Mildmay, In Memory Of
- *Stath Lets Flats* (2018), series, as Marcus
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), series, as Jonno
- *Urban Myths* (2017), series, as J-J
- *Love, Nina* (2016), series, as Jamie
- *The Aliens* (2016), series, as Ivan
- *Cuffs* (2015), series, as 'Red' Pete Foyles
- *The Scandalous Lady W* (2015), as Captain Leversuch
- *Youth* (2015), as Bearded Screenwriter — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *I Live with Models* (2015), series, as Seth
- *Space Ark* (2014), as Bob
- *W1A* (2014), series, as Barney Lumsden
- *The Job Lot* (2013), series, as Ben Farley
- *A Touch of Cloth* (2012), series, as Max
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (2011), as Borachio
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), series, as Barney Lumsden
- *Beautiful Enough* (2011), as (voice)
- *Married Single Other* (2010), series, as Sword Swallower
- *The Persuasionists* (2010), series, as Owen
- *A Child's Christmases in Wales* (2009), as Carol Singer
- *The Hotel In Amsterdam* (2004), as Hotel Porter

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