---
name: "Alex Esmail"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-esmail"
fi1m_id: "alex-esmail"
imdb_id: "nm3906429"
tmdb_id: 972040
wikidata_id: "Q4716961"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 July 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T23:07:34.628971+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."
---

# Alex Esmail

## Identity

Alex Esmail

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-esmail
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-esmail
- **IMDb ID:** nm3906429
- **TMDB ID:** 972040
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4716961
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4716961, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3906429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/972040

Actor. Born 18 July 1993 in Islington, London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 July 1993, Islington, London, England
- **Active:** 2011–2014
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4716961, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3906429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/972040

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Attack the Block*](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alex Esmail (born 18 July 1993) is a British actor. He made his screen debut playing Pest in the 2011 science-fiction comedy *Attack the Block*.

Subsequent credits include the films *Payback Season* (2012), *Strippers vs Werewolves* (2012) and *Northern Soul* (2014), and television appearances in *Casualty* (2012) and *Switch* (2012). The *Attack the Block* ensemble, including Esmail, was nominated for Best Ensemble at the 2012 Black Reel Awards. He is also a former wrestler.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, vice.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Northern Soul* (2014), Fi1m 72, as Stee — [page](https://film.one/film/northern-soul.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), Fi1m 84, as Pest — [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Infinite* (2016), as Plod
- *Northern Soul* (2014), as Stee — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/northern-soul.md)
- *Essex Boys Retribution* (2013), as Chalky
- *Strippers vs. Werewolves* (2012), as Sean
- *Attack the Block* (2011), as Pest — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Clint Jackson — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/alex-esmail