{{Short description|Finnish-German actor (born 1978)}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Alexander Holtmann | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|19}} | birth_place = Bad Segeberg, West Germany | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2002–present | alma_mater = Stella Adler Academy | website = {{url|http://alexanderholtmann.com/}} }}
'''Alexander Holtmann''' (born 19 August 1978)<ref name="sc-1">{{cite web |url=https://www.sensacine.com.mx/actores/actor-723161/biografia/ |title=Alexander Holtmann |website={{ill|SensaCine|es}} |language=es |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> is a Finnish-German<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/83ab2634-9b99-43c8-91ef-7e240fc35274 |title=IL selvitti: He ovat tunnetuimmat elossa olevat suomalaiset ulkomailla |last=Kilpeläinen |first=Kia |date=5 December 2018 |website=Iltalehti |language=fi |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> cinema, television and theatre actor known for his characters in Humboldt in Mexico, The Chosen, Capadocia, El Señor de los Cielos, Qué bonito amor, Fortuna, La Patrona amongst others.
==Early life== Holtmann was born in Bad Segeberg, West Germany, to a Finnish mother and German father.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/mex/actualidad/-/asset_publisher/TV8iYvdcF3tq/content/meksikosta-kodin-loytanyt-suomalaisnayttelija-esittaa-roistoja-ja-rikollisia-valkokankailla-ja-televisiosarjoissa/384951 |title=Alexander Holtmann decidió hacer de México su hogar y ahora interpreta a malvados y criminales en la televisión mexicana |last=Pylvänäinen |first=Laura |date=22 June 2018 |website=Finland Abroad |publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland) |language=es |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref>{{r|sc-1}}
== Training ==
* Acting Technique - Irene Gilbert, Stella Adler Academy * Scene Study - Charles Waxberg, Stacy Ray * Script Analysis - Charles Waxberg * Stage Combat - Louis Roth * Improvisation - Dan Weisman, Pat Dade * Sketch - Kent Skov, L.A. Connection * Shakespeare - Debbie Wastling * Chekhov - Yevgeni Lazarev
== Special skills ==
* Languages - English, German, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish * Sports - PADI Rescue Diver, Paintball, Volleyball, Ping Pong, Biking, Squash, Horseback riding * Martial Arts - Jiu-Jitsu, Aikido, Stage combat, Fencing * Military Training - Field Medic, Ambulance Driver, Automatic and Semiautomatic Weapons * Drivers License C1E (Truck-European Union)
== Filmography == ===Film=== * Humboldt, the Gaze of the Explorer - Ana Cruz Navarro *''La gran promesa'' - Dir. Jorge Ramírez * ''The Chosen'' - Dir. Antonio Chavarrías * ''El sueño del Marakame'' - Dir. Federico Cecchetti * ''Quack'' - Dir. Eduardo Perea * ''Lalito'' - Contrabajo Films * ''The Boy Who Smells Like Fish'', ''Treading Water'' - Dir. Analeine Cal y Mayor * ''In Lak'ech Ala K'in: Code of the Heart'' - Dir. Catherine Cunningham * ''Toda la suerte del mundo'' - Dir. Alberto Allende * ''La Brujula la lleva el Muerto'' - Dir. Arturo Pons * ''Zeviathan'' - Dir. Iker Orozco * ''Los Trashumantes'' - Dir. Federico Cecchetti * ''Matriushkas'' - Dir. Luciana Solórzano * ''Los Pajarracos'' - Dir. Horacio Rivera, Héctor Hernández * ''Kiljusten herrasvaen uudet seikkailut'' - Polarfilms
===Television===
* El Dragón- Hans Prinket/ Lemon Studios * El Chema - Lesly Carrol / Telemundo * ''Señora Acero'' - John Floyd - Telemundo *''Grandes Transformaciones de México'' - Maximiliano de Habsburgo - Televisa *''El Hotel de los secretos'' - Sheamus Rangel - Roberto Gómez Fernández, Televisa *''Amor de Barrio'' - Walter - Roberto Hernández Vázquez, Televisa * ''Coleccionista'' - Maximiliano de Habsburgo - OPMA * ''Alguién más'' - Maestro Kanvar - Canana Films y Canal Once (Mexico) * ''Las trampas del deseo'' - Humberto - Argos Comunicación y MundoFox * ''Fortuna'' - Luka Gomorov - Argos Comunicación y Cadena Tres * ''El Señor de los Cielos'' - Randy Prescott - Argos Comunicación y Telemundo * ''Locked up abroad /Howard Marks'' - Patrick Lane - National Geographic Channel * ''La Patrona'' - Arthur Kelley - Argos Comunicación y Telemundo * ''Que Bonito Amor'' - Arnold Smith - Salvador Mejía Alejandre, Televisa * ''Capadocia 3'' - Carter - Argos Comunicación * ''Infames'' - Mayor Richard Davis - Argos Comunicación y Cadena Tres * ''La Teniente'' - Ambassador McKenzie - Azteca 7, TV Azteca * ''El Encanto del Aguila'' - Second Lt. Charles Copp - Canal de las Estrellas, Televisa * ''Los Minondo'' - Partner 1 - Canal Once (Mexico) * ''Drenaje Profundo'' - Michael Hudson young - TV Azteca * ''XY 2'' - Private secretary - Canal Once (Mexico)
===Theatre=== * ''Humboldt, México para los mexicanos'' - Ernesto Anaya Ottone/ Teatro sin paredes * ''Angustia''/ ''A puerta cerrada'' - Jean-Paul Sartre * ''Acreedores'' - August Strindberg * ''Güero en México'' - stand up ''Alexander Holtmann'' * ''Choros Criticos'' - stand up ''Alexander Holtmann'' / Blanca Salces * ''The Proposal'' - Anton Chekhov * ''The Jubilee'' - Anton Chekhov * ''The Bear'' - Anton Chekhov * ''Pygmalion'' - G.Bernard Shaw * ''Two Gentlemen of Verona'' - G.Bernard Shaw * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' - William Shakespeare * ''A Christmas Carol'' - Charles Dickens * ''The Nutcracker'' - E. T. A. Hoffmann * ''Platero and Me'' - Juan Ramón Jiménez * ''The Swan Lake'' - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky * ''Don Quijote'' - Miguel de Cervantes * ''Little Red Ridinghood'' - Charles Perrault * ''Cinderella'' - Charles Perrault * ''Sleeping Beauty'' - Charles Perrault * ''Pastorela'' - Cesar Chavez Belmont * ''Instant Comedy Soup'' - Stella Adler Theatre L.A. * ''A little bit of Improv'' - Studio Theatre L.A. * ''IMPROV!'' - Irene Gilbert Theatre L.A. * ''ImproVable Cause'' - Jewel Box Theatre L.A. * ''Sketch & Improv'' - L.A Connection, Dan Weisman
==References== * http://www.alexanderholtmann.com * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2319152/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 * https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderHoltmann.Actor * http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/cultura/2016/05/14/las-travesias-de-humboldt-en-mexico-al-cine * http://www.proceso.com.mx/408863/actualidades-teatrales-humboldt-mexico-para-los-mexicanos * http://www.e-xtension.com.mx/index.php/2016/06/01/desmitifican-multiculturalidad-contemporanea-de-mexico-en-el-escenario/ * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNihmOGRFq4 * https://web.archive.org/web/20160815231243/http://alairelarevista.com.mx/index.php/en/cinescopio/item/alexander-holtmann-rompe-paradigmas * http://www.imgrum.net/media/1005869051214949212_5813705 * http://docplayer.es/6289468-Entre-risas-anda-el-juego.html *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170824171839/http://www.humboldtenmexico.com/ Article title]}}
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== External links == * [http://www.alexanderholtmann.com Alexander Holtmann] Website * {{IMDb name|2319152}}
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