Most Recent Role: Richard Dempsey on Spooks
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Birthday: 11-27-1974
Birth Name: Mark Newman
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Birthday: 11-27-1974
Birth Name: Mark Newman
Alec Newman was born in Glasgow on the 27th of November 1974 to Sandy and Jan Newman. Raised both in Scotland and England he joined the National Youth theatre at 17 after injury ruled out a career in soccer. There he played various roles most notably Iago in Shakespeare's "Othello". Upon finishing his training both at the NYT and then at LAMDA, Newman went straight to work both on television...
Most Recent Appearance
Episode 9
Monday 6 November 2006 on BBC-1
MI5 is put in charge of protecting Niko Grecic, the former right-hand of Tezlia, a Serbian who is put on trial for war crimes. They know that Richard Dempsey, a former MI6 agent who turned on them, is looking for Grecic to kill him before he can testify. Adam, Jo and Zafar must protect Grecic at...
In 1995, Alec won the Jubilee Trophy, an award for stage combat.
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Alec's favourite tv show is a Scottish show called Chewin' the Fat.
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In February and March 2007, Alec performed on stage at "The Young Vic". He played the role of Courtine in Soldier's Fortune, a Restoration comedy directed by David Lan.
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Alec had not read any of the Dune books before playing the main character, Paul Atreides, in the Dune miniseries.
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Alec's father, Sandy Newman, was a member of Marmalade, a seventies rock group from Scotland.
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(about playing Detective Inspector Jim Buchan in "Reichenbach Falls")
Alec: My only problem making this film is that Buchan is a heavy smoker, but I kicked the habit two years ago. (edit) Alec: The biggest influence on my career was a footballer called Kenny Dalglish. Because of him, I thought I wanted to become a footballer. (edit) (on being Scottish and living in Los Angeles)
Alec: At the end of the day if Scotland are playing football there's only one team I will be shouting for! (edit) Alec: I have a really bad desire to play Macbeth. (edit) (on having to fight Matt Keeslar in "Dune")
Alec: I went to the gym every day, I was terrified I'd look fat. (edit)
Alec: My only problem making this film is that Buchan is a heavy smoker, but I kicked the habit two years ago. (edit) Alec: The biggest influence on my career was a footballer called Kenny Dalglish. Because of him, I thought I wanted to become a footballer. (edit) (on being Scottish and living in Los Angeles)
Alec: At the end of the day if Scotland are playing football there's only one team I will be shouting for! (edit) Alec: I have a really bad desire to play Macbeth. (edit) (on having to fight Matt Keeslar in "Dune")
Alec: I went to the gym every day, I was terrified I'd look fat. (edit)
Other Appearances
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Children of Dune
Paul Atreides |
Frank Herbert's Dune
Paul Atreides |
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Angel
A Hole in the World Drogyn |
Angel
Power Play Drogyn |
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Dangerfield
The Last Picture Michael Dyson |
Heartbeat
Local Knowledge Johnny Wyler |
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Judge John Deed
Nobody's Fool Heathcote Machin |
Judge John Deed
Rough Justice Heathcote Machin |
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