Alexander Hanson

Acting

Alexander Hanson

Born 1961-04-28 · Oslo, Norway

Alexander Hanson is a British stage, film and television actor born in Oslo, Norway. He married actress Samantha Bond in 1989 and they have two children.

Acting credits

Pressure poster
7.8

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.

Pressure

2026

How to Make a Killing poster
7.0

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

How to Make a Killing

2026

The Black Candle poster
5.0

Lily Whitmore is the heir to a crumbling factory that she's determined to restore to its former glory. Unfortunately, Lily must instead turn her attention to the conniving Lionel Filmore who's determined to marry into the family no matter what.

The Black Candle

1991

The Stranger in Our Bed poster
5.7

A newly married woman leaves her wealthy husband for a lover who mysteriously disappears. Things start to unravel and become life-threatening on a trip to the husband's family estate.

The Stranger in Our Bed

2022

Fellow Traveller poster
4.2

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept into Tinseltown, it drove one out of the country and the other to suicide.

Fellow Traveller

1989

Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour poster
7.4

This contemporary re-imagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's legendary rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar presents the story of the last seven days of Christ leading up to his crucifixion as seen through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. Filmed as an arena rock opera, the performance features a star-studded line-up which includes award-winning musical comedian, Tim Minchin as the role of Judas Iscariot; pop icon and former Spice Girl Melanie C as Mary Magdalene; radio DJ Chris Moyles in his stage debut as King Herod; and Ben Forster, to take on the title role of Jesus.

Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour

2012

Papadopoulos & Sons poster
6.0

Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.

Papadopoulos & Sons

2012

The Merchant of Venice poster
9.0

Memorably set between the two world wars, this adaptation of Trevor Nunn's award-winning 1999 Royal National Theatre production of The Merchant of Venice features a superlative performance from Henry Goodman as Shylock.

The Merchant of Venice

2001

Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts poster
NR

Brought to the station after nicking some sweets, a waifish Eastern European girl refuses to give even her name. What starts out as a simple case of shoplifting turns into apparent murder, however, after Davies finds the girl's mother strangled. The trail leads to some surprising suspects from a video matchmaking service.

Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts

2004

Six Characters in Search of An Author poster
6.0

Adaptation of Pirandello's play.

Six Characters in Search of An Author

1992