Zaden Alexander

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Zaden Alexander
Born	Edgar Zaden Diogo de Morais (1989-06-25) 25 June 1989 Coimbra, Portugal
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	2003–present
Website
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2273354/

Zaden Alexander is an actor.

Personal life

Zaden Alexander was born Edgar Zaden Diogo de Morais in Portugal, to an antique restorer mother and a contractor father. He was raised in Lisbon, attending school at Professional Theater School of Lisbon, where he graduated in a carefully selected class of 16 students. At the age of eighteen Zaden attended the Ivana Chubbuck Studio in Hollywood.

Alexander speaks fluent English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.

Alexander lives in Los Angeles.

Film career

In 2007, while still in theater school, Alexander made his film debut in From Now On, directed by Catarina Ruivo (winner of the Audience Award at Rio de Janeiro Film Festival). In 2008 he starred as Dan in Coach Shane, directed by Drew Renaud.

Alexander was cast in the Luke Eberl-directed drama, Fault Line (2009), and as Jeremy in the hit NBC TV show CTRL, directed by Robert Kirbyson. In 2010 Aleander starred in Greece, directed by Sarah Deakins, and in Q'orianka Kilcher's (Terrence Malick's The New World) directional debut film, Saudade, and also appeared in Gossip Girl Taylor Momsen's band The Pretty Reckless music video for the single Miss Nothing, directed by Meiert Avis. Alexander was cast as Jaffa in Chasing Eagle Rock directed by Erick Avari (in post-production) and as Riley Jouda in The Monogamy Experiment directed by Amy Rider (in post-production).

Alexander co-wrote and stars in the forthcoming film The Movie, also starring Olivia Thirlby, Steven Weber, Oliver Muirhead and Richard Riehle.

Theater career

Alexander made his stage debut in William Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Mirita Casimiro Theater in Lisbon in 2006. He's appeared in many theater productions since including Moliere's A Rehearsal at Versailles, Brian Friel's Lovers, Jean Genet's Deathwatch and Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen.

Alexander is also known for his role as Lucius in the Golden Globe winning adaptation of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Luís Miguel Cintra, at the Municipal Theater Saint Luiz in Lisbon.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Other notes
2007	From Now On	Catarina Ruivo	Winner of the Audience Award at Rio de Janeiro Film Festival
2008	Coach Shane	Drew Renaud
2009	Fault Line	Luke Eberl	Audience Award Winner at NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival
2009	CTRL	Robert Kirbyson
2010	Greece	Sarah Deakins	Post-production
	Saudade	Q'orianka Kilcher	Post-production
	Miss Nothing (music video)	Meiert Avis	Single - The Pretty Reckless
2011	Chasing Eagle Rock	Erick Avari	Post-production
2011	You Are The Blood	Rafael Morais	Post-production
2012	The Monogamy Experiment	Amy Rider	Post-production
	The Movie	Luke Eberl	Filming

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References

Persondata
Name	Alexander, Zaden
Alternative names	Morais, Edgar Zaden Diogo
Short description	Portuguese actor
Date of birth	25 June 1989
Place of birth	Coimbra, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death

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