Alex Wyndham

Biography

Wyndham was educated at Winchester College and has a degree in history from the University of Oxford where he appeared in a number of student plays. During his studies he did a lot of stage performance, including touring Japan with an OUDS production of Love's Labours Lost. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 2005. Wyndham augmented his formal education by completing programmes such as: a camera acting course at BBC Elstree Centre; earning the BASSC Certificate 1st class (distinction) armed and unarmed combat; and achieving the level of black belt (1st Dan) Shotokan Karate. He has many skills including period and Flamenco dancing, and sings baritone. His special interests include: athletics, films, travel, guitar, and graphic design.

His first job as a professional actor was playing Silvius in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of As You Like It while he was still at drama school. His other credits include an appearance in T4's girl-band soap Totally Frank as Ben, The Line of Beauty and Henry Gowan in Little Dorrit. He also appeared as a "louche surgeon" in the BBC World War One medical drama The Crimson Field.

For BBC radio he has appeared in the title role in an adaptation of Forster's Maurice (2007), Rory in The Dig (2008), Clarence in Fortunes of War (2008), Robert in Lady Audley's Secret (2009), Captain Lombard in Christie's And Then There Were None (2010) and Lt. Maberly Dunster in Tommies (2014).

Wyndham narrates the historical romance novels of Bliss Bennet (The Penningtons) and Stella Riley (The Rockcliffe series and The Roundheads and Cavaliers series).

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

References

1. [http://www.hbo.com/rome/cast/character/season2/maecenas.html] HBO Rome Official Site
2. [http://www.rada.org/grad05/wyn.html Profile] {{Webarchive. link. (28 November 2007 , Royal Academy of Dramatic Art website; accessed 13 May 2014.)
3. Cambridge-News: "Adaptation shot the way Branagh likes it," Cambridge-News.co.UK, 9 July 2007
4. [[BBC]]: "The Line of Beauty," BBC.co.UK, May 2006
5. [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1422067/credits.html BFI Screenonline page for Little Dorrit (2008)], accessed 1 January 2026.
6. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5vy4p3rJGJW1SXzb9j9vcrk/captain-miles-hesketh-thorne BBC One The Crimson Field - Captain Miles Hesketh-Thorne], accessed 1 January 2026.
7. [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=is_radio&q=%22alex+wyndham%22&after=2005-01-01T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=2023-12-31T23%3A59%3A59.999Z#top BBC Genome search for Alex Wyndham / radio], accessed 1 January 2026.