Alex Saxon (actor)
Alex Saxon | |
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Born |
September 10, 1987 (age 31) Liberty, Missouri, United States |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2011–present |
Alex Saxon (born September 10, 1987) is an American actor best known for playing Wyatt in The Fosters and Max in Finding Carter. He has also had roles in other television series: Awkward (2011); Ray Donovan (2013–2015); The Advocates (2013); and The Mentalist (2015).
His work on big-screen productions have been in The Olivia Experiment (2012), Chapman (2013), and Compound Fracture (2013).
Early life
Alex Saxon grew up in Liberty, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City.[1]
Career
In 2013, it was announced that Saxon had been hired for a recurring role in The Fosters, a FreeForm drama created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg.[2] He also gained the recurring role of Max on the MTV drama Finding Carter.
Saxon was only initially hired for the pilot episode of Finding Carter, but was brought back on a recurring basis after show runner Terri Minsky was impressed by his first scene. He was later informed by Minsky that his character was to be killed off towards the end of the first season. But a month later, he was told that decision had been reversed as both Minsky and network executives found that Saxon as Max was so likeable.[3] Saxon appeared in MTV promotional footage alongside his Finding Carter co-star Anna Jacoby-Heron for the channel's Scream television series.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Awkward | Vampire guy | Season 1 episode 11 "I Am Jenna Hamilton" |
2013–2015 | Ray Donovan | Chloe | 2 episodes |
2013 | The Advocates | Young Henry Bird | TV film |
2013–2018 | The Fosters | Wyatt | Recurring character (27 episodes) |
2014–2015 | Finding Carter | Max | Recurring character, season 1 (all episodes) Series regular, season 2 |
2015 | The Mentalist | Gabriel Osbourne | Season 7 episode 11 "Byzantium" |
2016 | Shooter | Joey Richards | Season 1 episode 5 "Recon by Fire" |
2019 | The Fix | Main role |
Year | Film | Role |
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2012 | The Olivia Experiment | Ace #2 |
2013 | Chapman | Young Paul Holt |
2013 | Compound Fracture | Brandon |
2017 | Coin Heist[4] | Jason |
References
- ↑ "Crush Of The Week: Finding Carter Cutie Alex Saxon". Seventeen. July 18, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 29, 2013). "Gabourey Sidibe Joins 'American Horror Story', Alex Saxon Added To 'The Fosters'". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Thompson, Eliza (September 16, 2014). ""Finding Carter" Showrunner Terri Minsky Says Max Was Originally Supposed to Die". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Jarvey, Natalie (23 March 2016). "Sasha Pieterse, Alex Saxon to Star in 'Coin Heist' From Adaptive Studios". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
External links
- Alex Saxon on IMDb
- Alex Saxon on Twitter