Alex Kew

Alex Kew
Born	(1986-10-21) 21 October 1986 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Genres	Folk, pop, indie rock
Occupation	Actor/musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele, mandolin, bass guitar.
Years active	1995–present

Alexander Charles Kew (born 21 October 1986) is an English actor, musician, and singer-songwriter from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He is best known for his roles as Declan in 2point4 Children and as Josh Barker in My Parents Are Aliens.

Career

TV and film

He has appeared in ITV1's The Bill, as Oliver Sinclair (Ollie) in the pilot episode of BBC Three comedy Coming of Age and as Simon Cosgrove in the film About a Boy.

Theatre

Kew's first theatre role was in Stephen Daldry's production of An Inspector Calls at the Garrick Theatre. He also played the bell boy in David Lan's revival of Thornton Wilder's play Skin of our Teeth at the Young Vic in 2004.

He joined the stage show "Buddy Jolly and The Cricketers" in 2018 and has been touring with them ever since.

Music

Also a singer and guitarist, Kew joined a local rock band, The Wutars in 2009, making his onstage debut at the launch of their first EP at London's 100 Club. After the band's split in July 2011, he has continued to record and perform as a solo artist.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Sex & Chocolate	Lewis	TV movie
1999	Boyz Unlimited	Boy at Pool	Series 1, episode 1
1999–2005	My Parents Are Aliens	Josh Barker	Series 1–7 (main role, 92 episodes)
1999	Live & Kicking	Himself	Series 7, episode 8
1999	2Point4 Children	Declan	Series 8 (recurring, 4 episodes)
2000	The Wilsons	Boy	Series 1, episode 1
2000	Reach for the Moon	Simon Arroway	Miniseries
2000	The Strangerers	Boy with Ray Gun	Series 1, episode 4
2002	About a Boy	Simon Cosgrove	Feature film
2004	The Bill	Chris Tucker	Series 20, episode 12
2006	Brief Encounters	Teddy Browflowski	Series 1, episode 5
2007	Coming of Age	Ollie	Pilot episode
2007	Nearly Famous	Techie Boy 3	Series 1, episode 6