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Alec Newman
Newman as Paul Atreides in the Dune miniseries (2000).
Born	November 27, 1974 (age 32) Glasgow, Scotland

Alec Newman is a Scottish stage and television actor. He was born in Glasgow on November 27, 1974. Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, he considered becoming a professional footballer.

His highest profile appearances are tied to science fiction works. In 2000, he starred in the role of Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. Three years later, he reprised the role for Children of Dune. He has also had guest appearances on US television series Angel, Star Trek: Enterprise and Tru Calling. He has recently had a guest appearance on the British spy drama Spooks.

He was most recently seen in the title role of "Victor Frankenstein" in the 2004 TV miniseries version of Frankenstein.

Alec played the lead role in the award winning short film Staring at the Sun which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, went on to play at over twenty other festivals around the world and won "Best Horror Short" at Stan Winston's "Screamfest LA" in 2005.

Newman plays the role of Christian, in Pearry Teo's upcoming Movie The Gene Generation (2006) with Bai Ling and Faye Dunaway .

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Selected filmography 3 References 4 External links

• His father, Sandy Newman was a member of the 1970s Scottish rock group, Marmalade.
• His favorite book is Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes.

• The Gene Generation (2006) - Christian
• Constellation (2005) - Kent
• Four Corners of Suburbia (2005) - Benjamin Winters
• Staring at the Sun (2005) - Clay Roberts
• Frankenstein (2004) - Victor Frankenstein
• Bright Young Things (2003) - Tiger La Bouchère
• Children of Dune (2003) - Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib
• The Death of Klinghoffer (2003) - Young Benjamin
• The Principles of Lust (2003) - Paul
• Long Time Dead (2002) - Liam
• Night Flight (2002) - Young "Flash" Harry Peters
• Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) - Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib
• Murder Rooms (2000) - Thomas Neill
• Greenwich Mean Time (1998) - Charlie
• Catherine Cookson's The Moth (1997) - Ben
• Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph (1997) - Ben

• "10 Questions: Alec Newman, IGN FilmForce, March 11, 2003.

• Alec Newman at the Internet Movie Database
• Alec-Newman.com - Fan site
• AlecNewman.net - Fan site
• Staring at the Sun official site of short