Alex Wexo
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Alex Wexo is an American movie and television actor. He is sometimes credited as Al Wexo.

At age five he and his family moved to London, England where he was raised. After graduating from high school at age seventeen, he moved to Edinburgh, Scotland where he resided for the next two years.

Wexo was introduced to director Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner
Robert "Rob" Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s...

, who cast him in the major motion picture A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men (film)
A Few Good Men is a 1992 drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore. It was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his play of the same name. A courtroom drama, the film revolves around the trial of two U.S...

. Next, Wexo ventured into the television arena with guest starring roles in such hits as NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...

and V.I.P.
V.I.P. (TV series)
V.I.P. is an American action/comedy-drama series starring Pamela Anderson. Created by J. F...

. Wexo’s first series was The Pretender
The Pretender (TV series)
The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...

appearing as "Young Sydney / Young Jacob " for the four year duration of the network run. Going from one series to the next, he was mostly seen portraying "Conner" on the former hit show The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (2000 TV series)
The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty...

. Since then Wexo has guest starred on numerous hit television show's such as The Mentalist
The Mentalist
The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer...

, CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, The Unit
The Unit
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force...

, Entourage
Entourage (TV series)
Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...

and Dexter
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...

.

Wexo has trained with Stella Adler
Stella Adler
Stella Adler was an American actress and an acclaimed acting teacher, who founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City and the The Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles with long-time protege Joanne Linville, who continues to teach and furthers Adler's legacy...

, Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn is a leading American actress of film, stage, and television. Burstyn's career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next ten years she appeared in several films and television series before joining the Actors Studio in 1967...

 and Kim Stanley
Kim Stanley
Kim Stanley was an American actress, primarily in television and theatre, but with occasional film performances....

. He also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California...

. Wexo wrote, produced, directed and starred in his own series of short films. "The Wexo-One Act's" is the first in a series of film's Alex Wexo is producing and directing.

Alex Wexo is a former United States Marine.

Film

  • WELCOME TO PARADISE - starring role
  • TOMMY HILFIGER - starring role
  • GROUND CONTROL- starring role
  • SUSPECT DEVICE- starring role
  • A FEW GOOD MEN- co-starring
  • BUFFALO HEART-Starring

Television

  • THE INVISIBLE MAN -Series Regular
  • THE PRETENDER -Series Regular
  • THE MENTALIST- Guest Star
  • ELEVENTH HOUR- Guest Star
  • ENTOURAGE- Guest Star
  • NIP/TUCK- Guest Star
  • CSI- Guest Star
  • ALIAS- Guest Star
  • THE UNIT- Guest Star
  • VIP- Guest Star
  • DEXTER- Guest Star

Theater

  • A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Stanley
  • THE STREETS OF LONDON - Thompson
  • DOCTOR & THE DEVILS - Dr. Knox
  • HAMLET - Ambassador/Sailor
  • THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS - Michael Earl
  • HATFUL OF RAINBOWS - Johnny Pope

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