Alexander Ian Sharp
,
Westminster, London, England
Birthday
1989-02-02
Occupation
Actor
Spouse(s)
Years Active
2014-
Biography
After graduating from the Juilliard School in the summer of 2014, he made his Broadway and acting debut in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the autumn. For his role as the autistic teenager Christopher Boone, he was awarded the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award. As of August 2015, he is the youngest winner of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Sharp's final performance of Curious Incident was 13 September 2015.
In 2017, he starred in John Cameron Mitchell's, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, alongside Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, and Ruth Wilson. Also in 2017, Sharp starred alongside Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves in To The Bone, directed by Marti Noxon. To The Bone was released on Netflix on 14 July 2017. The semi-autobiographical movie garnered some controversy regarding its depiction of eating disorders, to which Sharp responded, "I think controversy is an interesting thing in that it usually goes hand in hand with starting conversations that surround taboo or under-discussed topics that need to be discussed and need to be less in the shadows. I would hope that [To The Bone] just creates an awareness and encourages people to talk about [eating disorders]".
Sharp is set to star as an unspecified lead part in HBO's untitled Game Of Thrones prequel, alongside Naomi Watts. He will also star in Aaron Sorkin's feature film, Chicago 7, in 2019, alongside Eddie Redmayne, Micheal Keaton, Sascha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Seth Rogen and Jonathan Majors.
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