Alexander Russell (born 11 December 1987) is an Australian actor. He is best known for starring in the films Chronicle (2012) and Believe Me (2014). He recently played as Jim Street on CBS reboot series S.W.A.T..
Early life[]
Russell was born in Brisbane and grew up in Rockhampton, Queensland. He is the son of surgeon Dr. Andrew Russell and nurse Frances Russell. He has a younger brother, Dominic, and a younger sister, Georgiana. He graduated from Rockhampton Grammar School in 2004 and afterward attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.
Career[]
Russell made his debut in the 2010 film Wasted on the Young. In 2011, he appeared in two short films, The Best Man and Halloween Knight. He directed a short film as well, titled Love and Dating in LA!, which was featured on El Rey Network's Peoples Showcase: Horror Edition. In 2012, he starred in the science fiction film Chronicle. In 2013, he played Billy Nolan in the Carrie remake. In 2014, he played Sam Atwell in Believe Me.
Five years after making his TV debut as a guest star on NTSF:SD:SUV, in 2012, he joined the main cast of the 2017 reboot of the 1975 series S.W.A.T. as Officer Jim Street, the role played four decades prior by Robert Urich.
In addition to playing Street, Russell has also directed two episodes of S.W.A.T. as well.
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S.W.A.T., Season 1 | |||||||||
"Pilot": | "Cuchillo": | "Radical": | "Pamilya": | "Imposters": | "Octane": | "Homecoming": | |||
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"Miracle": | "Blindspots": | "Seizure": | "K-Town": | "Contamination": | "Fences": | "Ghosts": | |||
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"Crews": | "Payback": | "Armory": | "Patrol": | "Source": | "Vendetta": | "Hunted": | |||
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"Hoax": | |||||||||
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S.W.A.T., Season 2 | |||||||||
"Shaky Town": | "Gasoline Drum": | "Fire and Smoke": | "Saving Face": | "S.O.S.": | "Never Again": | "Inheritance": | |||
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"The Tiffany Experience": | "Day Off": | "1000 Joules": | "School": | "Los Huesos": | "Encore": | "The B-Team": | |||
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"Fallen": | "Pride": | "Jack": | "Cash Flow": | "Invisible": | "Rocket Fuel": | "Day of Dread": | |||
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"Trigger Creep": | "Kangaroo": | ||||||||
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S.W.A.T., Season 3 | |||||||||
"Fire in the Sky": | "Bad Faith": | "Funny Money": | "Immunity": | "The LBC": | "Kingdom": | "Track": | |||
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"Lion's Den": | "Sea Legs": | "Monster": | "Bad Cop": | "Good Cop": | "Ekitai Rashku": | "Animus": | |||
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"Knockout": | "Gunpowder Treason": | "Hotel L.A.": | "Stigma": | "Vice": | "Wild Ones": | "Diablo": | |||
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S.W.A.T., Season 4 | |||||||||
"3 Seventeen Year Olds": | "Stakeout": | "The Black Hand Man": | "Memento Mori": | "Fracture": | "Hopeless Sinner": | "Under Fire": | |||
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"Crusade": | "Next of Kin": | "Buried": | "Positive Thinking": | "U-Turn": | "Sins of the Fathers": | "Reckoning": | |||
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"Local Heroes": | "Lockdown": | "Whistleblower": | "Veritas Vincint": | ||||||
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S.W.A.T., Season 5 | |||||||||
"Vagabundo": | "Madrugada": | "27 David": | "Sentinel": | "West Coast Offense": | "Crisis Actor": | "Keep the Faith": | |||
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"Safe House": | "Survive": | "Three Guns": | "Old School Cool": | "Provenance": | "Short Fuse": | "Albatross": | |||
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"Donor": | "The Fugitive": | "Cry Foul": | "Family": | "Incoming": | "Quandary": | "Zodiac": | |||
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"Farewell": | |||||||||
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S.W.A.T., Season 6 | |||||||||
"Thai Hard": | "Thai Another Day": | "Woah Black Betty": | "Maniak": | "Unraveling": | "Checkmate": | "Sequel": | |||
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"Guacaine": | "Pariah": | "Witness": | "Atonement": | "Addicted": | "Lion's Share": | "Gut Punch": | |||
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"To Protect and to Serve": | "Blowback": | "Stockholm": | "Genesis": | "Bunkies": | "All That Glitters": | "Forget Shorty": | |||
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"Legacy": | |||||||||
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S.W.A.T., Season 7 | |||||||||
"The Promise": | "Peace Talks": | "Good for Nothing": | "Spare Parts": | "End of the Road": | "Escape": | "Last Call": | |||
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"Family Man": | "Honeytrap": | "SNAFU": | "Whispers": | "Allegiance": | "Twenty Squad": | ||||
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Episodes[]
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External links[]
- Alex Russell on Wikipedia
- Alex Russell on The Internet Movie Database