Alex Hassell

Hassell was born in Southend, England, the youngest of four, to a vicar.^[2] After completing his education at Moulsham High School, in Chelmsford, Essex,^[3] he studied acting for a further two and a half years at the Central School of Speech and Drama.^[2]

He has appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Hal in Henry IV Parts I and II, and Henry in Henry V, for the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[2][4][5] He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company^[2] whose patrons include Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Mark Rylance and Emma Thompson.^[3]

His debut television appearance was in 2001, in an episode of Queen of Swords.^[5] His first Hollywood role was in George Clooney's Suburbicon (2017), in a cast which included Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.^[6] and later that year he appeared in his first major television role in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, which first aired on Boxing Day 2017.^[6]

In 2019, he appeared as Translucent in the first season of The Boys (2019) on Amazon Prime Video,^[7] and played Vicious in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop in 2021.,^[8] and portrayed Metatron in the final season of the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.^[9]

• Alex Hassell at IMDb