Kai Alexander

Kai Alexander is an actor known for appearing as Dante Gunnarsson in Netflix's The Stranger and Jeffrey in Catastrophe.

Kai Alexander
Born7 June
OccupationActor
Years active2015-present

Early life and education

He attended the Arts Educational Schools in London.

Career

In 2015, he was cast as the lead in the BBC Original Drama Short, Oakwood. In 2016, he joined the cast of Channel 4 and Amazon comedy Catastrophe in a recurring role playing Jeffrey, the on-screen child of characters portrayed by Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar.[1][2] He first appeared in season three, and reprised his role in the fourth and final season which was released in 2019.[3][4]

In March 2019 he began shooting The Stranger, a Netflix adaptation of the novel by Harlan Coben.[5][6] It was released on 30 January 2020.[7]

In 2021, he joined the cast of upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries, Masters of the Air. He will next be seen as Richard Branson, in the upcoming Danny Boyle miniseries, Pistol.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Roles Notes
TBA Masters of the Air Sgt. William Quinn Upcoming Apple TV+ Miniseries
2022 Pistol Richard Branson Upcoming FX Miniseries
2020 The Stranger Dante Gunnarsson Netflix, 7 episodes
2016–2019 Catastrophe Jeffrey Beasley Amazon & Channel 4 Recurring role (season 3 & 4)

Film
Year Title Roles Notes
2015 Oakwood William Oakwood BBC Short film

References
  1. McCarthy, Patrick (2004), "Why and how we read The Stranger: a guide to further reading", Albert Camus: The Stranger, Cambridge University Press, pp. 96–109, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511803062.007, ISBN 978-0-511-80306-2
  2. Chaplin, Jocelyn (June 2013). "Spectre of the Stranger: Towards a Phenomenology of the Stranger. By ManuBazzano. (2012). Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press. 144 pp". Psychotherapy and Politics International. 11 (2): 176–178. doi:10.1002/ppi.1296. ISSN 1476-9263.
  3. "Catastrophe: Rotting Bodies and Panic Attacks". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. Adams, Erik. "Catastrophe shifts gears to winningly crack wise about birth and death". TV Club. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. "Meet the cast of Netflix thriller The Stranger". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. "Netflix's The Stranger: Cast & Character Guide". ScreenRant. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. "To seem the stranger lies my lot, my life", The Poetical Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 30 August 1990, ISBN 978-0-19-811883-1, retrieved 31 January 2020
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