Alex Saxon (actor)
| Alex Saxon | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Alex Saxon is an American actor best known for playing Wyatt in The Fosters and Max in Finding Carter. He has also had roles in other television series: Awkward (2011); Ray Donovan (2013–2015); The Advocates (2013); and The Mentalist (2015).
His work on big screen productions have been in The Olivia Experiment (2012), Chapman (2013), and Compound Fracture (2013).
Early life
Alex Saxon grew up in rural Missouri.[1]
Career
In 2013, it was announced that Saxon had been hired for a recurring role in The Fosters, an ABC Family drama created by Nuyorican Productions.[2] His character, Wyatt, has a friendship with Callie played by Maia Mitchell. He also gained the recurring role of Max on the MTV teen drama Finding Carter. The two roles have been compared, with Margaret Lyons on Vulture.com calling them both "free-spirited" and "mostly kind", and explained that each of the characters Saxon portrayed in the two series both had an unexpected sexual encounter with a female character. But she added that this wasn't to downplay Saxon, instead she said that he had a "surfy-sweetheart charm" in both The Fosters and Finding Carter.[3]
Saxon was only initially hired for the pilot episode of Finding Carter, but was brought back on a recurring basis after show runner Terri Minsky enjoyed his first scene. He was later informed by Minsky that his character was to be killed off towards the end of the first season so as to be the show's version of Ned Stark. But a month later, he was told that decision had been reversed as both Minsky and network executives found that Saxon as Max was so likeable.[4] Saxon appeared in MTV promotional footage alongside his Finding Carter co-star Anna Jacoby-Heron for the channel's Scream television series, in which actors from various MTV series were seen dead on-screen.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Awkward | Vampire guy | Season 1 episode 11 "I Am Jenna Hamilton" |
| 2013–2015 | Ray Donovan | Chloe | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The Advocates | Young Henry Bird | TV film |
| 2013–present | The Fosters | Wyatt | Recurring character (17 episodes) |
| 2014–2015 | Finding Carter | Max | Recurring character, season 1 (all episodes) Series regular, season 2 |
| 2015 | The Mentalist | Gabriel Osbourne | Season 7 episode 11 "Byzantium" |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Olivia Experiment | Ace #2 |
| 2013 | Chapman | Young Paul Holt |
| 2013 | Compound Fracture | Brandon |
References
- ↑ "Crush Of The Week: Finding Carter Cutie Alex Saxon". Seventeen. July 18, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 29, 2013). "Gabourey Sidibe Joins ‘American Horror Story’, Alex Saxon Added To ‘The Fosters’". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Lyons, Margaret (June 17, 2015). "Why Is This Actor Playing the Same Character on Finding Carter and The Fosters?". Vulture.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Thompson, Eliza (September 16, 2014). ""Finding Carter" Showrunner Terri Minsky Says Max Was Originally Supposed to Die". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Lambe, Stacy (May 11, 2015). "‘Scream’ Slaughters MTV’s Biggest Stars in Bloody New Promo". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
External links
- Alex Saxon at the Internet Movie Database
- Alex Saxon on Twitter