Keon Alexander
Alexander, 2011
Born
Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2009 – present

Keon Alexander, also known as Keon Mohajeri,[1] is a Canadian actor best known for his television roles as Marco Inaros in The Expanse, Rami Said in Tyrant and Dominick Baptiste in Impulse.

Biography

Alexander is of Persian heritage.[2] His early roles included a guest appearance in an episode of Flashpoint (2009) and a six-episode stint in the television adaptation of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010), playing the part of Sri. This was followed by his first film role in Circumstance (2011),[3] which won the Audience Award: Dramatic at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was ranked one of the 50 best movies of 2011 by Paste magazine.[4]

Keon was named one of Canada's Rising Stars by the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011.[1]

Over the next few years, Alexander appeared in many TV series—including Murdoch Mysteries (2012), Republic of Doyle (2012), Legends (2014), and Remedy (2015)—before landing the Recurring Role of Rami Said in FX's Tyrant, in which he appeared in the second and third Seasons from 2015 to 2016.[5]

Alexander has had recurring roles as Dominick Baptiste in the television series Impulse (2018)[6] and as Marco Inaros in the science fiction series The Expanse.[7][8][9] As of season 5, he became a series regular on The Expanse.[10]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Flashpoint John Martens TV series (1 episode)
2010 Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures Sri Mini-series (6 episodes)
2011 Circumstance Joey Film
2011 Good Dog Doctor Williams TV series (1 episode)
2012 Murdoch Mysteries Fouad Sharif TV series (1 episode)
2012 Republic of Doyle Holden Neely TV series (1 episode)
2013 The Resurrection of Tony Gitone Male Hipster Film
2013 Rewind[11] Charlie TV movie
2014 Taxi Brooklyn Arash TV series (1 episode)
2014 Legends Chief Abdel TV series (1 episode)
2015 Remedy Jason Kazemi TV series (3 episodes)
2015–2016 Tyrant Rami Said TV series (10 episodes)
2016 Killjoys Sam Romwell TV series (1 episode)
2016 Eugenia and John Carlos Film
2016 Pure Genius Bashir Masood TV series (1 episode)
2018 Impulse Dominick Baptiste TV series (5 episodes)
2018 NCIS Nazy Rickman TV series (1 episode)
2019 A Simple Wedding Kamran Film
2019–2022 The Expanse Marco Inaros TV series (18 episodes)

References

  1. ^ a b Jackson, Emily (9 September 2012). "TIFF 2012: Actors Sarah Gadon, Charlie Carrick discuss TIFF Rising Stars program". The Star. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ Sadri, Iman (3 February 2020). "Three Actors of Iranian Heritage Starring in the Amazon Series Expanse". The Persian Observer. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ Hachard, Tomas (2 January 2012). "'Circumstance' Shows Just How Desolate the View Can Be from the Ground". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ Dunaway, Michael (27 December 2011). "The 50 Best Movies of 2011". Paste.
  5. ^ Flook, Ray (23 May 2018). "Tyrant's Keon Alexander Jumping to Doug Liman Series 'Impulse' for YouTube Red". Bleeding Cool.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise (22 May 2018). "'Impulse': Keon Alexander Set To Recur In Doug Liman's YouTube Red Series". Deadline Hollywood.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (25 February 2019). "'The Expanse': Rosa Gilmore, Keon Alexander & Jess Salgueiro To Recur In Season 4". Deadline Hollywood.
  8. ^ Spencer, Samuel (13 December 2019). "'The Expanse' Season 4 Cast: Who Stars In The Amazon Prime Video Series?". Newsweek.
  9. ^ Church, Ricky (26 February 2019). "The Expanse season 4 adds Keon Alexander and Jess Salgueiro, Rosa Gilmore's role revealed". Flickering Myth.
  10. ^ Petski, Denise (21 January 2020). "'The Expanse' Ups Three To Series Regulars For Season 5 Of Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (11 April 2012). "Quartet of Actors Join Syfy Pilot 'Rewind'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

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