Alex McSweeney is a British actor, best known for playing Graham Foster in EastEnders from 2003 to 2004.
He also played David Radford in The Bill in 2004. Amongst others, programmes he has appeared in include Silent Witness and Holby City. He also appeared in Lewis in 2007. He is currently portraying Captain Wilder in the 3rd series of the ITV show Primeval.
Alongside his acting career he also freelancers at Universities and Drama Schools such as Kingston University.
In the summer of 2011, while performing in Stephen Berkoffs "Oedipus" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Alex directed a cast of young actors in the play "A Hero of Our Time". The play, written by Alex was a take on the Russian Novel by Mikhail Lermontov and was generally received well by critics.
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“My smiling child
Named for a noble ancestor
Great hunter or warrior
You will be one day.
Which will give your papa pride
But always I will remember you thus.”
—African Lullaby. As quoted in Roots, by Alex Haley (1976)
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—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)