Alex Lanipekun was born on 7 April 1981 and is a British actor.
25 Facts About Alex Lanipekun
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Alex Lanipekun trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but left early to join the cast of the BBC drama Spooks as journalist-cum-spy Ben Kaplan, the role for which he is best known.
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Alex Lanipekun's father is Nigerian and his mother is of half Italian and half English descent.
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Alex Lanipekun attended Crowland Junior School, St Aidan's Primary School and then Rokesly Junior School, before attaining a financial scholarship to Christ's Hospital School in Horsham, West Sussex.
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Alex Lanipekun has A-Levels in English, Psychology, History, Drama and Religious Studies.
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Alex Lanipekun then obtained a Grant to study for a BSc in Anthropology at University College London.
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Alex Lanipekun was assisted financially by many Arts Charities and Foundations, including The Actors' Charitable Trust.
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Alex Lanipekun has a younger brother and sister who live with his father and stepmother in South London.
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At age thirteen, Alex Lanipekun auditioned for the National Youth Music Theatre and became a member, subsequently playing the part of Leroy The Boxer in the musical adaptation of the film Bugsy Malone.
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Alex Lanipekun was a member of the MOBO-nominated Hip-Hop Collective 'ONE'.
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Alex Lanipekun wrote reviews, and advertorials, as well as interviewing many of the Urban Division's roster of Artists.
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Alex Lanipekun was cast in his first professional acting role after school friend and actor Leo Gregory, suggested him to a casting director.
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Years later, Alex Lanipekun attended Drama School, but would end up leaving early after being cast in Spooks.
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In 2009, Alex Lanipekun played Danilo in Dimetos, by Athol Fugard, at the Donmar Warehouse with Jonathan Pryce, directed by Douglas Hodge.
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In series 2 of Jonathan Harvey's comedy Beautiful People, Alex Lanipekun guest starred as the Jamaican personal trainer Tiger.
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Alex Lanipekun then completed roles in the films Clash of the Titans, starring Sam Worthington and Ralph Fiennes, and the British film Blitz, starring Jason Statham and Paddy Considine.
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The production and Alex Lanipekun's performance were critically well received, earning 5 and 4 star reviews across all the major broadsheets.
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Alex Lanipekun then completed roles in the films Twenty8k alongside Parminder Nagra, Kirsten Wearing, Jonas Armstrong and Stephen Dillane, and the Tony Krawitz-directed Dead Europe alongside Ewan Leslie.
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Alex Lanipekun then completed filming on the Noel Clarke produced film Legacy.
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Alex Lanipekun returned to theatre, in Geraldine Alexander's play Amygdala, performing for the first time since 2011 on stage at The Print Room in Notting Hill.
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The reviews were generally positive, with Kate Bassett from The Times writing "Here's hoping that British theatregoers see more of Alex Lanipekun, who is both magnetic and mercurial, switching in a flash between real tenderness and explosive rage".
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Alex Lanipekun can be heard as the voice of the 'Use Sports' campaign for Nike Asia.
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Alex Lanipekun plays the regular role of DC Sean Armitage alongside Kenneth Cranham in the BBC Radio 4, show The Interrogation, written by Roy Williams and directed by Mary Peate.
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In 2017, Alex Lanipekun plays the voice of Nil in the PlayStation exclusive game "Horizon Zero Dawn".
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In 2018, Alex Lanipekun was part of the great ensemble cast, put together to tell the epic story of Homer's Iliad in Troy: Fall Of A City, playing the role of Pandarus.