# River Alexander
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{{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](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|29}}
| birth_place = [Southwest Ranches, Florida](/source/Southwest_Ranches%2C_Florida), United States
| years_active = 2010{{ndash}}present
| occupation = Actor
}}
'''River Alexander'''[{{cite web|title=Website Resume|url=http://www.riveralexander.com/?resume|accessdate=March 8, 2013}}] (born November 29, 1999) is an American actor.
==Early life==
Alexander was born in [Southwest Ranches, Florida](/source/Southwest_Ranches%2C_Florida).[{{cite web|title=Southwest Ranches Website|url=http://southwestranches.org|accessdate=May 1, 2014}}] He attended [American Heritage School](/source/American_Heritage_School_(Plantation%2C_Florida)) in [Plantation, Florida](/source/Plantation%2C_Florida).[{{cite web|title=River's Website|url=http://riveralexander.com|accessdate=December 18, 2014}}]
==Career==
Alexander's first professional performance was on stage at the age of 11 in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) at the [Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) in the musical ''[Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson](/source/Bloody_Bloody_Andrew_Jackson)''. He then went on to perform in the [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) national tour of ''[Billy Elliot the Musical](/source/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](/source/The_Way%2C_Way_Back)'' in the role of Peter.[{{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}}] He was also in ''Boychoir'', which was released in 2015.[{{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}}]
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 2013 ||''[The Way, Way Back](/source/The_Way%2C_Way_Back)''|| Peter
|-
| 2014 || ''[Boychoir](/source/Boychoir_(film))'' || Rafael "Raffi" Abrams
|-
|2016
|''[Teenage Cocktail](/source/Teenage_Cocktail)''
|Nick Fenton
|-
| 2018 || ''[Please Stand By](/source/Please_Stand_By)'' || Sam
|-
|2021
||''[This Is the Night](/source/This_Is_the_Night_(2021_film))''||Dov Sabian
|-
| {{TableTBA}}
|| ''Slay''
||[{{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](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)}}]
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2012 || ''[Person of Interest](/source/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series))'' || Young Elias || Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
|-
| 2012 || ''[2 Broke Girls](/source/2_Broke_Girls)'' || Shmuley || Episode: "And the Kosher Cupcakes"
|-
| 2012 || ''Gibby'' || Flip || Unaired Pilot
|-
|2012
|''[The First Family](/source/The_First_Family_(TV_series))''
|Sam Barrett
|Episode: "The First Crush"
|-
| 2013 || ''The Gabriels''|| Josh Gabriel || TV movie
|-
| 2013 || ''[Sam & Cat](/source/Sam_%26_Cat)'' || Dilben || Episode: "#NewGoat"
|-
| 2013 || ''[Mob City](/source/Mob_City)'' || Young Mickey Cohen || Episode: "Reason to Kill a Man"
|-
|2014
|''[Good Luck Charlie](/source/Good_Luck_Charlie)''
|Paul
|Episode: "Accepted"
|-
| 2014 || ''[Family Guy](/source/Family_Guy)'' || Kid (voice) || Episode: "[Peter Problems](/source/Peter_Problems)"
|-
| 2014 || ''[Rake](/source/Rake_(U.S._TV_series))'' || Louis Goodman || Episode: "Mammophile"
|-
|2015
|''[Hot in Cleveland](/source/Hot_in_Cleveland)''
|Lance
|Episode: "The Young and the Restless"
|-
|2015
|''[Married](/source/Married_(TV_series))''
|Griffin
|Episode: "The Sandwich"
|}
===Stage===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2010 || ''[Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson](/source/Bloody_Bloody_Andrew_Jackson)'' || Lyncoya || [The Public Theater](/source/The_Public_Theater)
|-
| 2010 || ''[A Christmas Story: The Musical](/source/A_Christmas_Story%3A_The_Musical)'' || Schwartz || [5th Avenue Theatre](/source/5th_Avenue_Theatre)
|-
| 2011 || ''Dani Girl'' || Marty || [New World Stages](/source/New_World_Stages)
|-
| 2011 || ''[Billy Elliot the Musical](/source/Billy_Elliot_the_Musical)'' || Tall Boy || Broadway National Tour
|}
==Discography==
===Cast albums===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 2010 || ''[A Christmas Story: The Musical](/source/A_Christmas_Story%3A_The_Musical)'' || Schwartz
|-
| 2010 || ''[Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson](/source/Bloody_Bloody_Andrew_Jackson)'' || Lyncoya
|-
|}
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year!!Award!!Category!!Work!!Result
|-
|[2014](/source/35th_Young_Artist_Awards)||[Young Artist Award](/source/Young_Artist_Award)||[Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor](/source/35th_Young_Artist_Awards)||''[The Way, Way Back](/source/The_Way%2C_Way_Back)''||{{nom}}
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.riveralexanderonline.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|3788762}}
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Category:Male actors from Broward County, Florida
Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Living people
Category:People from Southwest Ranches, Florida
Category:1999 births
Category:American Heritage School (Florida) alumni
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