Alexander Richard Pettyfer, known as Alex Pettyfer was born on 10 April 1990. He is an British actor and model. He starts playing some roles in school but then, he starred Stormbreaker as Alex Rider. With this role, he was nominated for a Young Artist Awards and an Empire Award. Alex is doing some advertsing campaigns like, for example, Burberry.

Pettyfer was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, the son of Lee Ireland and Richard Pettyfer, an actor. He has an younger half-brother, James Ireland.

Alex started his career as a child fashion model when he was 7 years old, but his first advertising was when he was at age six.

Alex’s education was made in The Mall School, Lambrook Haileybury, Millfield School and Shiplake College. The last school was Sylvia Young Theatre School, the most important one.