Alexander Harald St John Hanson (born 28 April 1961) is a Norwegian-English stage actor who has appeared in numerous plays and musicals in the West End, and also on Broadway.
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Personal life
Alexander Harald St John Hanson was born in Oslo, Norway. His mother, Ellen, was half-French, half-Norwegian, and his father was English. After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried George Akins, a Nottingham businessman. He initially prepared for a career in hotels and catering, but then decided on a career in acting, and entered drama school. Hanson is an alumnus of Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Hanson has been married since 1989 to actress Samantha Bond, and has two children with her, Molly and Tom.
Career
Hanson appeared in the West End production of An Ideal Husband in November 2010, opposite his wife Samantha Bond. He starred in the West End production of A Little Night Music, and also appeared in the transfer of that production to Broadway in 2009–2010.
Hanson starred in the high-profile West End revival of The Sound of Music in 2006 as Captain Georg Von Trapp. He was brought in to replace Simon Shepherd, who bowed out of the show during previews. Hanson originated the role of Khashoggi in London's We Will Rock You, leaving the production after seven months.
Hanson played Captain Macheath in the Royal National Theatre production of The Villain's Opera, Nick Dear and Stephen Warbeck's updating of The Beggars Opera in 2000.
in 1995, Hanson played Joe Gillis, the male lead in Sunset Boulevard, opposite Elaine Paige and then Petula Clark at the Adelphi Theatre. He played Pilate in the 2012 UK arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's popular musical Jesus Christ Superstar, and reprised the role in the 2013 leg of the tour.
In 2013, Hanson was cast in the title role in Stephen Ward the Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical telling the story of the Profumo scandal.
Theatre
Marguerite as Otto
The Sound of Music
Talking to Terrorists for Out of Joint and Royal Court Theatre
We Will Rock You (original cast) as Khashoggi
Enter the Guardsman and Brel
The Things We Do For Love
Shallow End
Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis
Cabaret as Cliff
Arcadia
Aspects of Love as Alex Dillingham
Valentine's Day
Copenhagen
The Villain's Opera
Troilus and Cressida
Candide
The Merchant of Venice and The London Cuckolds
Cracked and The Memory of Water
A Little Night Music as Fredrik Egerman (West End and Broadway 2009/2010 revival)
An Ideal Husband
Jesus Christ Superstar (The Arena Tour as Pontius Pilate)
Stephen Ward the Musical as Stephen Ward
Follies as Ben Stone
Film and television
How to Make a Killing
Party Animals
The Bill
Kidulthood
The Fugitives
Murder City
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
The Last Detective
Rosemary & Thyme
Heartbeat
Beech is Back
Relic Hunters
Casualty
The Merchant of Venice
The Escort
Unfinished Business
Peak Practice
Doctor Finlay
Poetry Readings
Ffizz
Father Brown
Fellow Traveller
Museums of Madness
The Black Candle
Taking the Floor
Boon
The Chief
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Lewis
Pressure