---
name: "Gregg Alexander"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gregg-alexander"
fi1m_id: "gregg-alexander"
imdb_id: "nm1353967"
tmdb_id: 1363962
wikidata_id: "Q2005372"
roles: ["Songs"]
born: "4 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T03:47:28.663006+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."
---

# Gregg Alexander

## Identity

Gregg Alexander

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gregg-alexander
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gregg-alexander
- **IMDb ID:** nm1353967
- **TMDB ID:** 1363962
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2005372
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Alexander, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2005372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1353967/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1363962

Songs. Born 4 May 1970 in Grosse Pointe.

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 4 May 1970, Grosse Pointe
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 73 (1), 2020s 46 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Alexander, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2005372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1353967/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1363962

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Begin Again*](https://film.one/film/begin-again.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Gregg Alexander is an American singer, songwriter, composer and record producer. Born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, he released two solo albums before forming the alternative rock band New Radicals, whose 1998 album *Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too* included the hit 'You Get What You Give'.

After the band disbanded, Alexander focused on songwriting and production for other artists, winning a Grammy Award for co-writing Santana's 'The Game of Love'. He co-wrote songs and contributed to the music for the 2013 film *Begin Again*, including the Oscar-nominated 'Lost Stars'. He later contributed the title song to the 2026 film *One Night Only*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, billboard.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *One Night Only* (2026), Fi1m 46, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-only.md)
- *Begin Again* (2013), Fi1m 73, Music, Songs, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/begin-again.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *One Night Only* (2026), as Songs — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-only.md)
- *Begin Again* (2013), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/begin-again.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2015: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Lost Stars*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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