Alex Waldmann

This play was once made into a movie of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock, and was said to be inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.

Alex Waldmann (born 1979 ) is an English actor from London.

He is married to director Amelia Sears.

After completing his training at LAMDA, Waldmann began his career in 2004 playing the role of Leto, in Fishbowl, directed by Paul Higgins, at Theatre 503.

Since that time he has played a large number of roles in regional theatre.

A break through came in Waldmann's career when he landed the role of Troilus, in Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida, with Cheek by Jowl, at the Barbican in 2008, directed by Declan Donnellan.

The play received positive reviews, and went on to tour in Europe after finishing its run in London.

Waldmann's greatest success so far came in 2009 when he played Sebastian in Twelfth Night; a Donmar West End production at the Wyndhams Theatre with, among others, Derek Jacobi, and directed by Michael Grandage.

It was for this role that Waldmann received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation.

That same year, Waldmann stayed working with Donmar on his next production, playing the part of Laertes, opposite Jude Law in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

During this production Waldmann had the opportunity to display his stage fighting skills during the lengthy sword play with Law.

Reviews for the play were excellent, and the play itself gained global attention even before moving to Broadway.

Next, Waldmann went on to play the part of Joe, in Shraddha, by Natasha Langridge, at the Soho Theatre.

The play was directed by Artistic Director Lisa Goldman.

The synopsis of this play states: "The Games spell eviction for the Romany Gypsies. 17 year-old Pearl Penfold is one of them. As the bulldozers close in, Pearl falls in love with Joe, a boy from the local estate. Can Joe prove himself to Pearl and her family before they are gone forever?"

In 2010, Waldmann then went on to shoot a 90-minute World War Two docu-drama 'First Light' for Lion Television.

He played the role of RAF pilot John Fraser Drummond.

'First Light' was broadcast on BBC2 in September 2010.

He then took on the guest lead role of 'Drew' in the Halloween Special of the second series of BBC comedy 'Psychoville'.

It was broadcast on the BBC in October 2010.

In early 2010, Waldmann worked with Blake Ritson and Bertie Carvel in Patrick Hamilton's Rope, at the Almeida Theatre in Islington, directed by Roger Michell.

He played the role of Charles Granillo, one of two young men who attempt to get away with the perfect motiveless murder.

In the summer of 2010, Waldmann played in 'Speechless' at the Sherman Cymru in Cardiff.

Prior to this the show played in Edinburgh.

Prior to this, Waldmann appeared in the role of Jonny in Ryan Craig's 'The Holy Rosenbergs' at the National Theatre.

Waldmann also starred in the BBC 2's adaptation of Sarah Waters' best-selling novel, 'The Night Watch', which aired in July 2011.

He played Alex Jennings.

In 2012 he played John Eustace in The Eustace Diamonds for BBC Radio 4 drama.

Since 2012, Waldmann has taken multiple roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company:

He starred in the afternoon drama, Julie, in 2014 playing Richard Kemp.

Later in 2014 he played Lancelot in The Once and Future King On 17 May 2015, the BBC broadcast the latest of their Shakespeare dramas, Macbeth, with Waldmann in the role of Malcolm.

In August 2015, Waldmann starred in the third episode of the BBC drama Series, The Great Scott, a series narrated by David Tennant.

The episode was called, 'The Talisman', and Waldmann played Richard.

In April 2016, Waldmann starred in the Shakespeare Live event, which was screened on BBC 2 to celebrate Shakespeare 400.

Here Waldmann was reunited with his As You Like It co-star, Pippa Nixon.

Together they performed a scene from As You Like It.

Waldmann has played numerous roles on radio.

In March 2016, the BBC Broadcast Three Sisters and Waldmann played Andrei.

Waldmann was cast as Brutus in Julius Caesar for the Royal Shakespeare Company 2017 Roman season.

Michael Billington said, "Alex Waldmann portrays Brutus as a troubled neurotic who masks his uncertainty by making a series of wrong-headed decisions: my abiding image is of him sitting alone, after the conspirators have departed, trembling with fear at the task ahead."