---
name: "Alexander Ludwig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alexander-ludwig"
fi1m_id: "alexander-ludwig"
imdb_id: "nm1573253"
tmdb_id: 23498
wikidata_id: "Q350601"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 May 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T01:58:12.692064+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."
---

# Alexander Ludwig

## Identity

Alexander Ludwig

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alexander-ludwig
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alexander-ludwig
- **IMDb ID:** nm1573253
- **TMDB ID:** 23498
- **Wikidata ID:** Q350601
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ludwig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1573253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23498

Actor. Born 7 May 1992 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 May 1992, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Alexander Richard Ludwig
- **Frequently works with:** [Adil El Arbi](https://film.one/person/adil-el-arbi.md), [Bilall Fallah](https://film.one/person/bilall-fallah.md), [Chris Bremner](https://film.one/person/chris-bremner.md), [Doug Belgrad](https://film.one/person/doug-belgrad.md), [Martin Lawrence](https://film.one/person/martin-lawrence.md), [Vanessa Hudgens](https://film.one/person/vanessa-hudgens.md), [Will Smith](https://film.one/person/will-smith-2888.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 56 (3), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 56 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,772m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ludwig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1573253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23498

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Vikings*](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md) (74), [*The Hunger Games*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games.md) (70)
- **Hulu:** [*Bad Boys for Life*](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*Bad Boys: Ride or Die*](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Alexander Richard Ludwig (born 7 May 1992) is a Canadian actor. He began his career as a child in Vancouver, appearing in commercials from the age of nine and in early films such as *Air Bud: World Pup* (2000) and *Race to Witch Mountain* (2009).

Ludwig received recognition for his role as Cato in *The Hunger Games* (2012). He is also known for playing Bjorn Ironside in the series *Vikings* (2014–2020), Shane Patton in *Lone Survivor* (2013), and Dorn in *Bad Boys for Life* (2020) and *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024). Other credits include *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023) and *Midway* (2019). He has also worked as a country musician.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Dorn — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md)
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), Fi1m 68, as Dorn — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)
- *Grown Ups 2* (2013), Fi1m 24, as Braden — [page](https://film.one/film/grown-ups-2.md)
- *Vikings* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Bjorn Lothbrok — [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *The Hunger Games* (2012), Fi1m 70, as Cato — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *UNABOMBER* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/unabomber.md)
- *Killing Castro* (2026), Actor
- *Marked Men: Rule + Shaw* (2025), as Rome Archer
- *Earth Abides* (2024), series, as Isherwood 'Ish' Williams
- *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024), as Dorn — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md)
- *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023), as Sergeant Declan O'Brady
- *National Champions* (2021), as Emmett Sunday
- *Night Teeth* (2021), as Rocko
- *Heart of Champions* (2021), as Alex
- *Heels* (2021), series, as Ace Spade
- *Operation Christmas Drop* (2020), as Captain Andrew Jantz
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), as Dorn — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)
- *Midway* (2019), as Lieutenant Roy Pearce
- *Recon* (2019), as Marson
- *The Final Girls* (2015), as Chris Briggs
- *Blackway* (2015), as Nate
- *Final Girl* (2015), as The Mastermind 'Jameson'
- *Vikings: Athelstan's Journal* (2015), series, as Bjorn Lothbrok (archive footage)
- *When the Game Stands Tall* (2014), as Chris Ryan
- *Lone Survivor* (2013), as Petty Officer Second Class Shane Patton
- *Grown Ups 2* (2013), as Braden — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/grown-ups-2.md)
- *Vikings* (2013), series, as Bjorn Lothbrok — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *The Hunger Games* (2012), as Cato — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games.md)
- *Race to Witch Mountain* (2009), as Seth
- *The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising* (2007), as Will Stanton
- *The Sandlot: Heading Home* (2007), as E.J.
- *A Little Thing Called Murder* (2006), as Young Kenny Kimes
- *Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy* (2005), as Jimmy (voice)
- *Eve and the Fire Horse* (2005), as Boy #2
- *MXP: Most Xtreme Primate* (2004), as Child
- *Air Bud: World Pup* (2001), as Actor (uncredited)
- *Hal*, as Hal Donaldson
- *Billings*, as Easton · Director, Writer
- *Shiver*, Actor
- *Night Comes*, Actor
- *And Love Knocked*, as Tom Kohler
- *What the F*ck Is My Password?!*, Actor
- *Grown Ups 3*, as Braden

## Gallery

- ![<a href="http://philipnelson.org" rel="nofollow">Race to Witch Mountain</a> actor, Alexander Ludwig and Philip Nelson check out the Tesla Roadster d (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-d9aeb6bac45f.jpg) <a href="http://philipnelson.org" rel="nofollow">Race to Witch Mountain</a> actor, Alexander Ludwig and Philip Nelson check out the Tesla Roadster d (2009) — Philip Nelson from San Antonio, TX, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Alexander_Ludwig_%26_Philip_Nelson_%283685245360%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alexander Ludwig photographed in 2019 by Kevin Scanlon](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-3d2b15934966.jpg) Alexander Ludwig photographed in 2019 by Kevin Scanlon — Kevinscanlon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Alexander_Ludwig_Portrait.jpg/1280px-Alexander_Ludwig_Portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![alexander ludwig photographed by zach catanzareti (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-2589dbfd3502.jpg) alexander ludwig photographed by zach catanzareti (2021) — Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Alexander_ludwig_%2851307023797%29.jpg/1280px-Alexander_ludwig_%2851307023797%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![alexander ludwig photographed by zach catanzareti (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-f5dbc0489375.jpg) alexander ludwig photographed by zach catanzareti (2021) — Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Alexander_ludwig_%2851307023797%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Alexander_ludwig_%2851307023797%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alexander Ludwig](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-814670ac1cbe.jpg) Alexander Ludwig — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexander Ludwig](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-0c1b35e541cf.jpg) Alexander Ludwig — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexander Ludwig](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-94f642da2d1f.jpg) Alexander Ludwig — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexander Ludwig](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-e66758830ae3.jpg) Alexander Ludwig — German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Alexander_ludwig_2022_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alexander Ludwig](https://film.one/media/person/11427/gallery-b63d2a7cc9ab.jpg) Alexander Ludwig — Image via TMDB

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