---
name: "Alex Hassell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-hassell"
fi1m_id: "alex-hassell"
imdb_id: "nm1307435"
tmdb_id: 178634
wikidata_id: "Q4717147"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 September 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T13:50:33.432656+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 Hassell

## Identity

Alex Hassell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-hassell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-hassell
- **IMDb ID:** nm1307435
- **TMDB ID:** 178634
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4717147
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hassell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4717147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/178634

Actor. Born 17 September 1980 in Southend, Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 September 1980, Southend, Essex, England, UK
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Alexander Stephen Hassell
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 62 (1), 2020s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $174m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hassell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4717147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/178634

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rivals*](https://film.one/tv/rivals.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Tragedy of Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md) (80)
- **MUBI:** [*Wasteman*](https://film.one/film/wasteman.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Alex Hassell is an English actor. Born on 7 September 1980 in Southend, Essex, he is the youngest of four children of a vicar. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after attending Moulsham High School in Chelmsford, and is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company.

Hassell has performed extensively on stage, including as Hal in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of *Henry IV Parts I and II* and as Henry in *Henry V*. On screen he is known for roles including Translucent in *The Boys* (2019), Vicious in *Cowboy Bebop* (2021) and Metatron in *His Dark Materials* (2019–2022). He played Rupert Campbell-Black in the Disney+ series *Rivals* (2024).

His film credits include *Suburbicon* (2017) and *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021). He is married to actor Emma King.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, radiotimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Wasteman* (2026), Fi1m 72, as Paul — [page](https://film.one/film/wasteman.md)
- *Rivals* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Rupert Campbell-Black — [page](https://film.one/tv/rivals.md)
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Ross — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *Cold Mountain* (2003), Fi1m 62, as Orderly — [page](https://film.one/film/cold-mountain.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Wasteman* (2026), as Paul — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/wasteman.md)
- *Two Down* (2025), as John Thomas
- *Rivals* (2024), series, as Rupert Campbell-Black — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/rivals.md)
- *Young Woman and the Sea* (2024), as Harry Horlick
- *Locked In* (2023), as Dr. Robert Lawrence
- *Everything Now* (2023), series, as Rick
- *Violent Night* (2022), as Jason
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), as Ross — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *Cowboy Bebop* (2021), series, as Vicious
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Metatron
- *The Red Sea Diving Resort* (2019), as Max Rose
- *The Boys* (2019), series, as Translucent — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boys.md)
- *The Isle* (2019), as Oliver Gosling
- *National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running* (2019), as Jack Gould
- *The Bisexual* (2018), series, as David
- *The Miniaturist* (2017), series, as Johannes Brandt
- *The Miniaturist* (2017), as Johannes Brandt
- *Suburbicon* (2017), as Louis
- *Health, Wealth & Happiness* (2017), Actor
- *Genius* (2017), series, as Manach
- *Shakespeare Live! From the RSC* (2016), as Various
- *RSC Live: Henry V* (2015), as Henry V
- *RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1* (2015), as Prince Hal
- *RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2* (2015), as Prince Hal
- *Miss in Her Teens* (2014), as The Player
- *Life of Crime* (2013), series, as Colin Nash
- *Way to Go* (2013), series, as Philip
- *Big Thunder* (2013), as Abel White
- *Anonymous* (2011), as Spencer
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream Live at Middle Temple Hall* (2009), as Lysander / 	Francis Flute
- *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, as Eryn
- *The Sickhouse* (2008), as Nick
- *Bonkers* (2007), series, as Felix Nash
- *Torchwood* (2006), series, as Mark Lynch — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Viscount Manley
- *Cold Mountain* (2003), as Orderly — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/cold-mountain.md)
- *The Private Life of Samuel Pepys* (2003), as Balty
- *Boudica* (2003), as Roman Officer
- *Death in Holy Orders* (2003), series, as Peter Buckhurst
- *Danielle Cable: Eyewitness* (2003), as Stephen Cameron
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Scott Garvey — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, as Jules
- *Dog & Bull*, Actor
- *Los Cuentos de Albion (Antología)*, Actor
- *Army of Shadows*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Alex Hassell & Emma King at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/22128/gallery-48a6d63df154.jpg) Alex Hassell & Emma King at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Alex_Hassell_%26_Emma_King_at_BAFTAs_2026_01.jpg/1280px-Alex_Hassell_%26_Emma_King_at_BAFTAs_2026_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Hassell at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/22128/gallery-8f6b72925844.jpg) Alex Hassell at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Alex_Hassell_at_BAFTAs_2026_02.jpg/1280px-Alex_Hassell_at_BAFTAs_2026_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Hassell at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/22128/gallery-2d3d6f423e00.jpg) Alex Hassell at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Alex_Hassell_at_BAFTAs_2026_03.jpg/1280px-Alex_Hassell_at_BAFTAs_2026_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Hassell at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/22128/gallery-4a585d064e03.jpg) Alex Hassell at the TV BAFTA red carpet May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Alex_Hassell_at_BAFTAs_2026_04.jpg/1280px-Alex_Hassell_at_BAFTAs_2026_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Hassell](https://film.one/media/person/22128/gallery-d0e7961a2b04.jpg) Alex Hassell — Image via TMDB
- ![Alex Hassell](https://film.one/media/person/22128/gallery-f4cf902befbc.jpg) Alex Hassell — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Suburbicon_02_%2836379741244%29.jpg/1280px-Suburbicon_02_%2836379741244%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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