Alec Newman

Newman returned to the theatre recently, playing Astrov in Terry Johnson's production of Uncle Vanya at Hampstead Theatre opposite Alan Cox. He plays Pavel Kuragin in Season 7 of HBO/Cinemax show Strike Back: Revolution which aired in the US early 2019.

In 2018, Newman appeared in the Amma Asante film Where Hands Touch with Christopher Eccleston. He also played the lead role in the TV series Eullenia on IMDb.Written and directed by Paul Spurrier the project was filmed in Thailand. Newman's performance garnered acclaim at festivals worldwide winning a clutch of awards for Newman and Spurrier.

He had a role in Tomas Alfredson's thriller The Snowman, and appeared in Simon Evans' production of Tracy Letts' Bug at Found 111. This was followed by a second collaboration with Evans, this time in the World Premiere of Andrew Keatley's "Alligators" at Hampstead Theatre in June 2016. Newman returned to play Daniel Turner for a second time when the play was revived Downstairs at Hampstead Theatre in June 2017.

This was followed with a series role in Kurt Sutter's short lived FX show The Bastard Executioner, shot in Wales. He then returned to the Royal National Theatre, playing Ralph in the acclaimed Indhu Rubasingham production of The Motherfucker with the Hat at the Lyttelton Theatre. He also starred in Hampstead Theatre's 2015/16 production of the Tom Stoppard play Hapgood.

In early 2013, he became an ambassador for Blind Veterans UK , to help them reach 68,000 blind veterans unaware of the assistance the charity can provide. This was in conjunction with his portrayal of Mal Walker, a blind veteran of Afghanistan in the feature film Greyhawk, directed by Guy Pitt.

In August 2013, he began work on Season 2 of DirecTV's series Rogue. The series aired in 2014.

Other American television appearances include the 2013 NBC series Dracula, and a recurring role in 24: Live Another Day. He subsequently appeared in the BBC America/Netflix series The Last Kingdom.

In February 2013, Newman became engaged to Heather Stewart. They married in Ayrshire in June 2014.

Newman was born in Glasgow. His father is Sandy Newman, a member of Scottish band Marmalade. He has a brother, John James Newman, who appeared on The Voice UK in 2012. Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, Newman considered becoming a professional footballer. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

On 30 May 2011, it was announced that Newman had joined the cast of BBC One drama series Waterloo Road in the role of the new head teacher, Michael Byrne. He completed series 7 and 8 as the character, leaving the show in early 2013, after the school was handed over to the council in a show storyline, leading to Newman's character to step down as head teacher.

In 2010/11, he played Edmund in the Donmar Warehouse production of Shakespeare's King Lear. The production subsequently toured the UK and played a six-week engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Brooklyn, New York. This followed massive critical success in the National Theatre's production of Danton's Death, in which Newman portrayed the powerful, persuasive Louis Antoine de Saint-Just. Both productions were directed by Michael Grandage.

Newman starred in the short-lived BBC One series Hope Springs in 2008. He also played the recurring role of Robert Ludlow in Casualty for a run of 10 episodes in 2010 as well as guesting in a Silent Witness two-parter entitled "Run".

In 2004, he landed the role of Barnabas Collins in a pilot for a revival series of Dark Shadows on the WB Network.

On film in the UK, Newman played the lead role in Penny Woolcock's 2003 The Principles of Lust, nominated for a British Independent Film Award and selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Other British films include Long Time Dead for Working Title, G:MT produced by Taylor Hackford, and Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things.

Newman starred as Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune and reprised the role in its 2003 sequel Children of Dune. He has had guest appearances on U.S. television series Angel, Star Trek: Enterprise and Tru Calling. He also guested on the British spy drama Spooks and played the Rebus-inspired Jim Buchan in BBC 4's Reichenbach Falls. He took the title role of Victor Frankenstein in the 2004 Frankenstein US TV miniseries, opposite Donald Sutherland and William Hurt.

In 1997, Newman starred in Taggart, series 13 episode 2 "Apocalypse" as Stephen Burns, the stepson of cult leader David Burns.

Alec Newman (born 27 November 1974) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.