Alec Christie
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Alec Christie is a British actor.
Alec Christie started acting at the age of ten appearing on stage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
as young Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations
. At the age of twelve he was cast as Tolly in the BBC
adaptation of Lucy M. Boston
's The Children of Green Knowe
. He went on to appear alongside Richard Griffiths
, Frances de la Tour
and Tim Healy
in the situation comedy A Kind of Living.
After graduating with a BA Hons in Film and Literature from the University of Warwick
, Alec embarked on a career in film, television and theatre, beginning with the film East is East
, then on the Edinburgh Fringe
First award winning play BBA and Proud written and directed by BAFTA award winners Manoj and Maria Raithatha which went on to tour England.
After the tour he wrote and acted in the situation comedy pilot The Secret Life of a Nebbish for TAPS.
After working in the production arm of film financiers Screen Partners for two years Alec returned to Edinburgh
as Company Stage Manager on the Herald Angel award winning musical comedy Strictly Dandia for Tamasha Theatre Company
.
He went on to work as Production Manager on Pat Kelman's multi award winning début feature Encounters.
The following year Alec worked with Superman
producer Ilya Salkind
on Young Alexander shot on location in Egypt and Greece.
He later worked as Line Producer on the comedy feature Back in Business shot at Pinewood Studios
and Twickenham Studios. The film was directed by BAFTA and Academy Award winner Chris Munro and starred Martin Kemp, Chris Barrie
, Brian Blessed
, Dennis Waterman
, Joanna Taylor
, Stefan Booth
and Togo Igawa. Coincidentally Alec was at both the National Youth Theatre
and the University of Warwick
with Dennis Waterman
's daughter Hannah Waterman
.
In 2005 he produced the pilot episode of the sitcom No Skillz through his company Kayak Productions starring Stephen Merchant
(The Office
, Extras), Karen Taylor
(The Sketch Show
), Tony MacMurray (The Office
, Last Chancers) and Nicola Cotter (The Office
).
In 2007 he directed two short films for filmaka.com Ginger and SMS Kiss and the educational DVD Simply Pain.
Most recently he was commissioned by filmaka.com to write, produce and act in Christie; a comedy series for the internet.
His current projects include the comedy short Blackroom Management: On tour
Alec Christie started acting at the age of ten appearing on stage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is a theatre and theatre company based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England...
as young Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
. At the age of twelve he was cast as Tolly in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
adaptation of Lucy M. Boston
Lucy M. Boston
Lucy M. Boston was an English children's writer. She is best known for the six books in the Green Knowe series .-Biography:Boston was born in Southport in Lancashire in 1892 and died in 1990...
's The Children of Green Knowe
Green Knowe
Green Knowe is a series of six books written by Lucy M. Boston, published between 1954 and 1976. They feature a very old house, Green Knowe, which is based on Boston's then-residence, The Manor in Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. Some books in the series feature a boy called Toseland and his...
. He went on to appear alongside Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths, OBE is an English actor of stage, film and television. He has received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor...
, Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour is an English actress perhaps best known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the British sitcom Rising Damp, and as Madame Olympe Maxime in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.-Early life and family:De la...
and Tim Healy
Tim Healy (actor)
Timothy Malcolm Healy is an English actor. He is best known for playing Dennis Patterson in the television series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He is married to the actress Denise Welch.-Career:...
in the situation comedy A Kind of Living.
After graduating with a BA Hons in Film and Literature from the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
, Alec embarked on a career in film, television and theatre, beginning with the film East is East
East is East (film)
East Is East is a 1999 British black comedy/drama film, written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell. It is set in a British household of mixed-ethnicity, with a British Pakistani father and an English mother in Salford, Lancashire, in 1971...
, then on the Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August...
First award winning play BBA and Proud written and directed by BAFTA award winners Manoj and Maria Raithatha which went on to tour England.
After the tour he wrote and acted in the situation comedy pilot The Secret Life of a Nebbish for TAPS.
After working in the production arm of film financiers Screen Partners for two years Alec returned to Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
as Company Stage Manager on the Herald Angel award winning musical comedy Strictly Dandia for Tamasha Theatre Company
Tamasha Theatre Company
Tamasha is a British theatre company founded in 1989 by director Kristine Landon-Smith and actor / writer Sudha Bhuchar with a mission to bring contemporary drama of Asian influence to the British stage....
.
He went on to work as Production Manager on Pat Kelman's multi award winning début feature Encounters.
The following year Alec worked with Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
producer Ilya Salkind
Ilya Salkind
Ilya Juan Salkind Dominguez , usually known as Ilya Salkind, is a film and television producer, well known for his contributions to the live-action Superman films of the 1970s and '80s alongside his father, Alexander Salkind....
on Young Alexander shot on location in Egypt and Greece.
He later worked as Line Producer on the comedy feature Back in Business shot at Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, approximately west of central London. The studios have played host to many productions over the years from huge blockbuster films to television shows to commercials to pop promos.The purchase of Shepperton...
and Twickenham Studios. The film was directed by BAFTA and Academy Award winner Chris Munro and starred Martin Kemp, Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie is a British actor. He first achieved success as a vocal impressionist, notably in the ITV sketch show Spitting Image...
, Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed is an English actor, known for his sonorous voice and "hearty, king-sized portrayals".-Early life:The son of William Blessed, a socialist miner, and Hilda Wall, Blessed was born in the town of Goldthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England...
, Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman is a British actor and singer, best known for his tough-guy roles in television series including The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks.-Early life:...
, Joanna Taylor
Joanna Taylor
Joanna Taylor , is an English actress and former model.-Career:A former student of the Guildford School of Acting, Joanna Taylor's big break came in 1999, when she won the role of Geri Hudson in Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks. She left in 2001, and has since starred in BBC One police drama,...
, Stefan Booth
Stefan Booth
Stefan Booth is an English actor and singer currently starring in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Greg Jessop. He left the series in August 2011 and will return to the show.-Background:...
and Togo Igawa. Coincidentally Alec was at both the National Youth Theatre
National Youth Theatre
The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....
and the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
with Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman is a British actor and singer, best known for his tough-guy roles in television series including The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks.-Early life:...
's daughter Hannah Waterman
Hannah Waterman
Hannah Waterman-Groves is an English actress, daughter of Minder star Dennis Waterman and his second wife, actress Patricia Maynard.-Career:...
.
In 2005 he produced the pilot episode of the sitcom No Skillz through his company Kayak Productions starring Stephen Merchant
Stephen Merchant
Stephen James Merchant is an English writer, director, radio presenter, comedian, and actor. He is best known for his collaborations with Ricky Gervais, as the co-writer and co-director of the popular British sitcom The Office, as the co-writer, co-director and a co-star of Extras, and as the...
(The Office
The Office (UK TV series)
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
, Extras), Karen Taylor
Karen Taylor (comedian)
Karen Taylor is an English actress and comedian. She is a former finalist in the prestigious Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award and has fronted her own sketch show on BBC Three, entitled Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor.Taylor studied Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick 1994-1998, where she got to...
(The Sketch Show
The Sketch Show
The Sketch Show is a British television sketch comedy programme, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2003.A short-lived spinoff of the same title was produced in the United States.- Original line-up :...
), Tony MacMurray (The Office
The Office
The Office is a popular mockumentary/situation comedy TV show that was first made in the UK and has now been re-made in many other countries, with overall viewership in the hundreds of millions worldwide. The original version of The Office was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It...
, Last Chancers) and Nicola Cotter (The Office
The Office
The Office is a popular mockumentary/situation comedy TV show that was first made in the UK and has now been re-made in many other countries, with overall viewership in the hundreds of millions worldwide. The original version of The Office was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It...
).
In 2007 he directed two short films for filmaka.com Ginger and SMS Kiss and the educational DVD Simply Pain.
Most recently he was commissioned by filmaka.com to write, produce and act in Christie; a comedy series for the internet.
His current projects include the comedy short Blackroom Management: On tour