- Born
- Birth nameAlexander Richard Pettyfer
- Height5′ 11¼″ (1.81 m)
- Alexander Richard Pettyfer was born in Hertfordshire and raised in Windsor. His mother, Lee (Robinson), is an interior designer. His father, Richard Pettyfer, is a fellow actor. His parents divorced and Alex now has a younger half-brother, James, from his mother's re-marriage to a property developer, Michael Ireland. James is a junior tennis player.
At age 7, Alex started modeling for Gap's children range. He also appeared in TV commercials for other brands. When he was older, he modeled for Burberry to fund his traveling adventures.
Alex attended various private schools. During this time, he enjoyed performing in school plays. At age 13, he auditioned and won a role in the TV movie Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005). At age 15, he went to Los Angeles and was cast as "Alex Rider", the main character in Stormbreaker (2006) (aka "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker"). This was his breakthrough role and he was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for this role.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kad
- SpouseToni Garrn(October 2, 2020 - present) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenLuca Malaika Pettyfer
- ParentsLee Robinson
- RelativesJames Ireland(Half Sibling)Arthur Alexander Pettyfer(Grandparent)
- Admitted in an interview on Chelsea Lately (2007) that he does not drink alcohol.
- Was offered the lead in The Paperboy (2012), Seventh Son (2014) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) but turned them all down.
- Was in a relationship with actress Dianna Agron from 2010 to 2011. The two met while filming I Am Number Four (2011).
- Has seven known tattoos: a Celtic cross on his chest, Arabic script on the inside of his right arm, the words, "What Goes Around Comes Around" on his right shoulder, the initials "ER" inside interlinking hearts on his right wrist, a Kanji script on his lower waist, the word "emma" (dedicated to his ex-girlfriend Emma Roberts) on his ring finger and "little lamb" (dedicated to Dianna Agron) outside his left arm.
- Started modeling at the age of 7. He has modeled for such brands as Burberry and GAP.
- I think you have to be very secure as an actor to escape yourself - to revisit someone's past, whether you're portraying another person or creating someone, and then to come back to who you are and not bring those emotions with you.
- Parties don't thrill me. I like sitting at home with a tub of Chunky Monkey ice cream watching Big Brother (2000) or Friends (1994).
- I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my brother play at Wimbledon.
- (2011) Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career-and then you move to Paris.
- (2011) L.A. is growing on me a little bit, but it's still a shit-hole. I think it's this insidious pool where nearly everyone lives in fear. Geographically it's fantastic: in a half hour, you can be on the beach in one direction, go snowboarding in another, or go out into the desert. But socially it's disgusting. I wish they'd just run all the cunts out.
- I Am Number Four (2011) - $250,000
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