Alex Pettyfer
Biography
Alex Pettyfer is a British actor and model who began performing in school plays and on television before a professional debut in the television production Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005), playing Tom Brown to positive reviews. He broke through as teenage spy Alex Rider in Stormbreaker (2006), earning nominations for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award. He went on to star in Wild Child (2008), I Am Number Four (2011), and Beastly (2011). His biggest successes include Magic Mike (2012), The Butler (2013), and Elvis & Nixon (2016). He also appeared in the Netflix science fiction miniseries The I-Land (2019). In 2018 he made his directorial debut with Back Roads (2019), in which he also played Harley Altmyer. Outside acting, he has modeled in advertising campaigns for Burberry.
36years old
Turns 37 on April 10in 179 days
- Born Stevenage
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Alexander Richard Pettyfer (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 20 years2005 to 2025
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Big break
Pettyfer was one of 500 actors who auditioned for the role of teenage MI6 spy Alex Rider in Stormbreaker, the part that became his most prominent role at the time.
A role that slipped away
Alex Pettyfer was offered the role of Jace Wayland in the film version of Cassandra Clare's best selling book, City of Bones. Jamie Campbell Bower ended up playing Jace Wayland instead.
A role that slipped away
Pettyfer was set to appear in The Paperboy, a film adapted from Pete Dexter's novel of the same name, but he lost the part.
Behind the camera
In 2018, Pettyfer directed Back Roads for the first time and took on the lead part of Harley Altmyer as well.
Alex Pettyfer movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together5 more actors
- Jeff PopeBack Roads (2019) and Endless Love (2014)
- Patrick SchwarzeneggerWarning (2021) and Echo Boomers (2020)
- Sophie WuTormented (2009) and Wild Child (2008)
- Hugh MitchellTormented (2009) and Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
- Richard PettyferSunrise (2024) and Warning (2021)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Alex Pettyfer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$650 million
10 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$177M27.3% of the total
- 2$167M25.7% of the total
- 3$150M23.1% of the total
- 4$43M6.6% of the total
- 5$34M5.2% of the total
- 6$30M4.6% of the total
- 7$24M3.7% of the total
- 8$22M3.4% of the total
$2.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total