Alex Hassell

Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor and co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. Born in Southend, England, he is the youngest of four children in a family headed by a vicar. Hassell attended Moulsham High School in Chelmsford, Essex, where he completed his GCSE and A-Level courses, before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Hassell has performed in several stage productions, most recently portraying Hal in *Henry IV Parts I and II* and Henry in *Henry V* for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first Hollywood role was in George Clooney's *Suburbicon* (2017). Later that year, he appeared in his first major television role in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton's *The Miniaturist*, which premiered on Boxing Day. He also portrayed Translucent in the first season of *The Boys* (2019) on Amazon Prime Video and played Vicious in Netflix's *Cowboy Bebop* in 2021.