Alex Roe

Alex Roe (born Alexander Michael Roe-Brown; 18 June 1990) is an English film and television actor, best known for playing Jay Keaton in the series The Fugitives and Elliott Baden in The Cut. He is also a football player. Life and career Roe was born in Westminster, London. He made his acting debut in 2000 with the horror film The Calling along with Laura Harris, Richard Lintern, Francis Magee, and Alice Krige. In 2005, Roe played the lead role of Jay Keaton in the children's science fiction drama series The Fugitives. In 2010, Roe played Elliott Baden, a popular sportsperson in the BBC Two's teen drama The Cut. In 2011, Roe appeared in the series including Holby City as Connor Lane, Doctors as Matt Goonan, Hollyoaks as Toby, and The Jury as Schoolboy. In 2014, Roe played the male-lead role of Luke Holt in the ABC Family's television tennis drama film Unstrung along with Chanel Celaya. Jay Karas directed the pilot. Roe played one of the lead roles, Evan Walker, in the science fiction thriller film The 5th Wave, along with Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, and Maika Monroe. J Blakeson directed the film, which was released on 22 January 2016, by Columbia Pictures. Roe starred as Holt Anthony in the horror film Rings, along with Matilda Lutz, and directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez. The film was released on February 3, 2017, by Paramount Pictures. Roe has filmed the coming-of-age drama film Hot Summer Nights along with Maika Monroe and Timothée Chalamet, scripted by Elijah Bynum, who also directed.