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Olly Alexander

Musician / Composer / Actor / Songwriter | * 07/15/1990 (33) | Yorkshire (United Kingdom (UK))
Oliver Alexander Thornton (born 15 July 1990) is an English singer, actor and LGBT+ activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the pop band Years & Years who achieved two number one albums on the UK Albums Chart, a number one single and five top ten entries on the UK Singles Chart. Between 2021 and 2023 he continued to release music under the name until their dissolution in 2024. As an actor, he rose to critical acclaim for his performance as Ritchie Tozer in the Channel 4 drama series It's a Sin (2021). For his portrayal he was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor. Alexander is set to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden with his song "Dizzy", which marked his first release under his own name. ()
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Olly Alexander (born Oliver Alexander Thornton, 15 July 1990), is an English singer, songwriter and actor. His music is released under the name Years & Years.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidiou ...

God Help the Girl

FSK: 6+ years

2014 | 3.3/5 | 1h 51min
Comedy, Drama, Music
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Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and go ...

Funny Bunny

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2015 | 2.9/5 | 1h 26min
Comedy, Drama
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Two wounded souls commiserate through drinking and aimless wandering while acting out the roles of the happy relationships that elude them in reality. Greta Gerwig and Olly Alexander deliver beautiful ...

The Dish & the Spoon

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2011 | 3.2/5 | 1h 30min
Drama
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In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of ...

Bright Star

FSK: 6+ years

2009 | 3.3/5 | 1h 59min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Movies with Olly Alexander as Actor(18)

as himself2021 An Audience with Adele
as himself2018 27: Gone Too Soon
as himself2018 Palo Santo
as himself2017 Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay
as himself2017 50 Years Legal
as Titty2015 Funny Bunny
as Toby Maitland2014 The Riot Club
as James2014 God Help the Girl
as Michael2013 Le Week-End
as Tom2012 Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Herbert Pocket2012 Great Expectations
as Boy2011 The Dish & the Spoon
as Prince August2010 Gulliver's Travels
as Victor2009 Enter the Void
as Elias2009 Dust
as Jason Banks2009 Tormented
as Tom Keats2009 Bright Star
as Ned2008 Summerhill

TV Shows/Series with Olly Alexander as Actor(11)

2023 George Michael: Outed
as Ritchie Tozer2021 It's a Sin
as himself2019 Celebrity Gogglebox
as Self - Judge2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as himself2011 The Jonathan Ross Show
2007 Lewis
as Jakob2007 Skins
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Musical Guest2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Star Guest Announcer2002 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self - Presenter1994 MTV Europe Music Awards

Movies with Olly Alexander as Crew(3)

Sound/Music2018 Palo Santo
Writing/Writer2018 Palo Santo
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 The Dish & the Spoon

Full Name: Olly Alexander
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 07/15 1990 (July) in Yorkshire (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 33 years + 279 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Hereford College of Arts
Member of: Years & Years
Record Label: Polydor Records
Other names for Olly Alexander (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Oliver Alexander Thornton"
Olly Alexander frequently works together with these people:
Alan Carr (7x, Actor)
Declan Donnelly (6x, Actor)
Joanna Lumley (5x, Actress)
RuPaul (5x, Actor)
Rob Brydon (5x, Actor)
Alison Bagnall (5x, Crew)
Ed Sheeran (5x, Actor)
Lorraine Kelly (5x, Actress)
Oti Mabuse (5x, Actress)
Simon Napier-Bell (5x, Crew)
Jade Thirlwall (5x, Actress)
Leigh-Anne Pinnock (5x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1009699, Added: 11/28/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024