Alexander James Spinks - Bio


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Alexander James Spinks - Bio Since moving to Sydney from the Hunter Valley in 2013, Alexander worked swiftly to gain some work in the field of his passion before preparing for his main goal of undertaking professional training. Having just completed production on the independent film Bathing Franky (dir. Owen Elliott, written by Michael Winchester, 2012) he managed to get featured extras work on Deadly Women and worked on several short films before being cast in the Sydney Shakespeare Festival's double bill of King Lear and Measure for Measure (dir: Richard Hilliar, Old Fitz) as Oswald and Claudio, respectively. After being accepted into the Actors Centre Australia he has had the absolute pleasure of being taught and directed by some of the premier acting teachers and directors in Australia. His years' productions have yielded such roles as Luke Boyce, (The Marvellous Boy, dir. Andrew Lloyde & Jamie Irvine), Khlestakov (The Government Inspector, dir. George Ogilvie), Antigonus (The Winter’s Tale, dir. Adam Cook), Don Jon (Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Adam Cook), both Austin and Lee (True West, dir. Gale Edwards), Hatcher (Sweet Bird of Youth, dir. Gale Edwards), Dodge (Buried Child, dir. Gale Edwards), and Phil (Bed, dir. Dean Carey). As well as acting Alexander has a passion and many years of experience directing, teaching, and writing, as well as designing and operating lights, sets, and sound. Sydney productions for such work include Merchant of Venice (dir. Steven Hopley – Sydney Shakespeare Company, the TAP Gallery), Wittenberg (dir. Richard Hilliar - Brevity Theatre Company, The Old Fitz Theatre), La Ronde (dir. Steven Hopley – Enigma, The Coronations Hall, Newtown), transience (dir. Anthony Skuse and Julia Cotton – Actors Centre Australia, The Italian Forum Theatre), Tender Napalm (dir. Alexander Butt – Brevity Theatre Company, The Old Fitz Theatre), and What Happened to the Dream? (dir. Gale Edwards – Actors Centre Australia, The Italian Forum Theatre).