Alexander Calvert

Biography

Alexander Calvert is a Canadian born TV & movie actor. He is known for his roles Hunter Gibbs on The Returned, Lonnie Machin in Arrow, Jack in Supernatural.

His recent appearances involve playing Rufus in Gen V, Jack in The Winchesters.

Childhood- Family

Alexander Calvert was born on 15th July 1990 in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada.

Alexander has a younger sister in Rachel Calvert

Education

Alexander Calvert has studied Musical theatre & hip-hop dancing until 2005. After that he grew interest in acting.

Marriage

Alexander Calvert & Jenna Berman: Alexander is married to South African model and actress Jenna Berman. The couple had been dating for quite a while. Jenna and Alexander appear together on screen in the short film Blackout(2018)

Image: Alexander Calvert with wife Jenna Berman

Career

Alexander has appeared in numerous commercials, such as- Best Buy, General Mills, Kohl's, Mattel, Road Runner.

Alexander made his first on-screen appearance in the Mystery Drama series "The Dead Zone", he played a 12 year old boy named Greg Stillson.

In the USA Network comedy mystery series Psych, he appears in the second episode of season 1 as Jiri.

In the TV comedy drama movie To Be Fat Like Me (2007), Alexander played Robbie

In the 2007 comedy movie Kickin' It Old Skool, Alexander played the younger version of the lead character Justin Allen Schumacher played by Jamie Kennedy. The story is about Justin and his breakdancing group, The Funky Fresh Boyz.

In the 2007 Canadian horror television film Devil's Diary by Farhad Mann, Alexander Calvert and Avan Jogia play the teenage boys who find the mysterious book that opens the door to the supernatural.

In the 2008 black comedy hoor movie Lost Boys: The Tribe, he played Grom. The story was about the youth Chris Emerson and his sister Nicole moving to Luna Bay, California, where they start experiencing the supernatural.

In the teen comedy adventure series "The Troop",he played Evan in the episode: "Wrath of the Wraith"

In the FOX crime series Human Target, he played Sean in the episode The Other Side of the Mall"

In the 2012 TV mystery thriller movie "Virtual Lies" he played Tyler Sanderson, A story of an online extra marital affair going bad.

In the direct to DVD american movie "Flicka: Country Pride" directed by Michael Damian, he played Jesse.

In the 2013 short movie Homesick, he played Greg, boyfriend of the lead characters Maxine, a high schooler going through crisis in life.

In the high appreciated mystery series Bates Motel, He appears in the character Ra'uf in the episodes 8 & 9 in the first season.

In the short romance video Let It Down directed by David Tenniswood, he appeared alongside Cate Sproule, Rustin Gresiuk, Elysia Rotaru, Matthew MacCaull.

In the sports drama movie If I Had Wings(2013), he played Vince Bernard.

In the Canadian crime procedure series Motive, he played James Dent in the episode "Angels with Dirty Faces".

In the American adaption of the French supernatural series Les Revenants, "The Returned", he plays the recurring role of Hunter Gibbs. He appears in 5 episodes of the series which had 10 episodes in total.

In the Canadian horror video Lost After Dark(2015), written and directed by Ian Kessner, he played Johnnie.

In the horro movie The Blackburn Asylum(2015), directed by Lauro David Chartrand-Del Valle, he played Luke.

In the 2016 TV drama miniseries Unser Traum von Kanada, he played Josh. Katja Weitzenböck (Iris), Sonja Gerhardt (Karen) Robert Seeliger (Adrian) were also in the cast.

In the coming off age comedy mobie The Edge of Seventeen(2016) directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, Alexander played Nick Mossman, a boy that Nadine Franklin, the lead character is attracted to. The movie featured Hailee Steinfeld(Nadine Franklin), Woody Harrelson (Max Bruner), aley Lu Richardson (Krista) in main roles.

Arrow 

In the CW superhero series Arrow developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, Alexander played Lonnie Machin / Anarky. He appears in the fourth season of the series, in five episodes (S4.E2, S4.E10, S4.E21,S4.E22)

In the Anthology slasher series developed by Jill Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie for MTV, Alxander played Alex Whitman / Tom Martin in 2 episodes.

In the 2018 teen comedy movie The Package, directed by Jake Szymanski, he played Chad, boyfriend of Becky, the twin sister of Jeremy, one of the lead roles.

In the comedy series "The Hillywood Show", he appeared as a Job Interviewee in the episode "Supernatural parody 2"

Blackout(2018) 

In the short drama Blackout(2018) written and directed by Taylor Hill,  heappared in the lead role of Matt opposite Jenna Berman, who played Allie

In the 2019 coming-of-age comedy film "Good Boys" directed by Gene Stupnitsky, he played Daniel.

Supernatural

In the superhit mystery series Supernatural, he played Jack Kline, a Nephilim, the son of Lucifer. Jack later becomes a member of the Winchester family, and rescues people of the Apocalypse World, and defeating the achangel Michael. Jack eventually gets killed by God and resurrected by Billie, a new reaper on earth.

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard were in the main roles.

For one of the scenes in Supernatural, Alex ate about 15 chocolate bars. "I nearly died during that scene" jokes Alexander.

In the prequel to supernatural series The Winchesters, the story of John and Mary, their love and how they save the world, he appears in the episode "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye"

Gen V

In "The Boys" spin-off superhero series "Gen V", developed by Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke, he plays the recurring character Rufus, a psychic student at Godolkin University who possesses telepathy, astral projection, and clairvoyance.

Facts & Trivia

• Working in Restaurant: He used to work in a restaurant cleaning dishes & washing up after drunk people
• He has been critical of Donald Trump's presidency.
• He attends supernatural conventions (he is in the cast of the movie)
• Alexander is a photographer by hobby.
• He is a self admitted Feminist.
• He supports LGBT pride movement
• He used to practice hot Yoga.
• He has a pet cat named Lord Tyrion, his cat has his own instagram page & quite famous too. Alexander & his wife manage the page for Lord Tyrion
• His fellow co-stars Jared & Jensen's are said to have had many pranks on Alexander.
• Tattoos:
  • Right Arm: On his right shoulder blade and upper right arm he has tattooed "1/1"
  • Back: On the back , behind the right shoulder blade he has a bird
  • Leg: On his shin he has a scorpion tattoo
  • Left Arm: Has a tattoo of on the left arm, underside
• His favorite movie of 2019: Destroyer

Philonthropy

• Charity: He participated in the football game organized to promote "BCCH Foundation", a children's hospital.
• Helping women in Rwanda: Alexander drew and designed a t-shirt to benefit "The Land for Women" Project through "Legacy of War" and "Random Acts Org" which helped women of Rwanda gain financial freedom. [4]
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Filmography

Movies

TV Series

Quotes

• These iPhone glitch updates are killing me.
• I Wanna be a cowboy
• one thing at a time
• I'm Too dumb for New York, Too ugly for Los Angeles.
• I'm the type of guy to buy a girl flowers but not hesitate to piss in the alley
• The less I know the better
• It's insanity that the best political discourse in media is happening on Comedy Central.
• (Tweet to Donald Trump) you are an ignorant, hate spewing, racist piece of s**t
• Tell your guy friends you love them. It's important.
• only in showbiz so I can be real life friends with Shia Labeouf
• (About acting career) Sometimes it is hard, sometimes it is excellent
• I don’t trust technology, right off the bat
• I think it’s important for people to have an identity in terms of core values.. people are clinging to notions of themselves: their past selves or what they’re supposed to be - which is maybe taking away from possibilities or keeping them stuck in old patterns.
• Being able to create something intimate and special that is only there for that moment is the most exciting part and what drives me.
• To be frank, the work is easy; life is hard.
• With social media, we are all kind of directing our own image and I don’t think everyone is honest about it - and that’s fine
• In any kind of art, the truth of us is ultimately what makes the connection and has people buy it or love it or relate to it
• I have always thought that playing the ‘hero’ guy was more difficult than playing the serial killer.
• This job is very all-consuming, and I guess that is what I like about it too: that it takes so much of myself.
• I can’t help but feel what’s happening in the Hollywood “streaming era” is reminiscent of the end of CASINO. Historic buildings being demolished. The end of a historic and profitable run due to excess. Losing autonomy to faceless men in suits. The beginning of an abyss. [3]
• Pace is paramount. [X]

Sources

1. Alexander Calvert Wiki
2. BoysByGirls Magazine Interview
3. Alexander's comment on the end of an era
4. The Land For women Project T-shirt design
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