{{Short description|American actor (born 1999)}} {{Infobox person | image = River Alexander at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on the The Way Way Back panel.jpg | caption = Alexander at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|29}} | birth_place = Southwest Ranches, Florida, United States | years_active = 2010{{ndash}}present | occupation = Actor }}

'''River Alexander'''<ref name=Resume>{{cite web|title=Website Resume|url=http://www.riveralexander.com/?resume|accessdate=March 8, 2013}}</ref> (born November 29, 1999) is an American actor.

==Early life== Alexander was born in Southwest Ranches, Florida.<ref name=SouthwestRanchesWebsite>{{cite web|title=Southwest Ranches Website|url=http://southwestranches.org|accessdate=May 1, 2014}}</ref> He attended American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida.<ref name= RiverAlexanderWebsite>{{cite web|title=River's Website|url=http://riveralexander.com|accessdate=December 18, 2014}}</ref>

==Career== Alexander's first professional performance was on stage at the age of 11 in New York City at the Public Theater in the musical ''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson''. He then went on to perform in the Broadway national tour of ''Billy Elliot the Musical''. He has had several episodic roles on television. His first film role was in 2013's summer indie hit ''The Way, Way Back'' in the role of Peter.<ref name=MovieWeb>{{cite web|title=Movie Web Credits|url=http://www.movieweb.com/person/river-alexander/credits#acting|work=Movie Web|accessdate=February 26, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101040002/http://movieweb.com/person/river-alexander/credits/#acting|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also in ''Boychoir'', which was released in 2015.<ref name=Variety>{{cite web|title=Variety Article|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/debra-winger-eddie-izzard-josh-lucas-kevin-mchale-join-school-drama-boychoir-1201119347/|accessdate=February 24, 2014}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2013 ||''The Way, Way Back''|| Peter |- | 2014 || ''Boychoir'' || Rafael "Raffi" Abrams |- |2016 |''Teenage Cocktail'' |Nick Fenton |- | 2018 || ''Please Stand By'' || Sam |- |2021 ||''This Is the Night''||Dov Sabian |- | {{TableTBA}} || ''Slay'' ||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2025-05-19 |title=Zoey Luna & Aya Cash To Star In Genre-Bender ''Slay'' Penned By Jimmi Simpson |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/zoey-luna-aya-cash-to-star-slay-jimmi-simpson-1236404660/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2012 || ''Person of Interest'' || Young Elias || Episode: "Flesh and Blood" |- | 2012 || ''2 Broke Girls'' || Shmuley || Episode: "And the Kosher Cupcakes" |- | 2012 || ''Gibby'' || Flip || Unaired Pilot |- |2012 |''The First Family'' |Sam Barrett |Episode: "The First Crush" |- | 2013 || ''The Gabriels''|| Josh Gabriel || TV movie |- | 2013 || ''Sam & Cat'' || Dilben || Episode: "#NewGoat" |- | 2013 || ''Mob City'' || Young Mickey Cohen || Episode: "Reason to Kill a Man" |- |2014 |''Good Luck Charlie'' |Paul |Episode: "Accepted" |- | 2014 || ''Family Guy'' || Kid (voice) || Episode: "Peter Problems" |- | 2014 || ''Rake'' || Louis Goodman || Episode: "Mammophile" |- |2015 |''Hot in Cleveland'' |Lance |Episode: "The Young and the Restless" |- |2015 |''Married'' |Griffin |Episode: "The Sandwich" |}

===Stage=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2010 || ''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'' || Lyncoya || The Public Theater |- | 2010 || ''A Christmas Story: The Musical'' || Schwartz || 5th Avenue Theatre |- | 2011 || ''Dani Girl'' || Marty || New World Stages |- | 2011 || ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' || Tall Boy || Broadway National Tour |}

==Discography==

===Cast albums=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2010 || ''A Christmas Story: The Musical'' || Schwartz |- | 2010 || ''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'' || Lyncoya |- |}

==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year!!Award!!Category!!Work!!Result |- |2014||Young Artist Award||Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor||''The Way, Way Back''||{{nom}} |}

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.riveralexanderonline.com/}} * {{IMDb name|3788762}}

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