Physical Appearance
Alex Rider is described as a strikingly attractive 14-year-old boy, with fair hair, and a handsome, slender face that "would attract plenty of girls". He has serious dark-brown eyes and a slightly hard, narrow mouth. Alex is well-built and slim, and has a tan. He is also mentioned to have a birthmark on his left shoulder. He is very fit, being described as having "the body of an athlete." Alex is 5' 7" tall and weighs 140 lbs although this conflicts with the data presented in the film. He sometimes wears casual clothing (such as jeans, T-shirts), but mostly wears sportier clothing such as tracksuits. Alex is occasionally described as wearing a wooden bead necklace.
In the later novels, even though Alex stays fourteen (until the end of Crocodile tears) he is described as looking older - due to the emotional and physical stress he endures because of his missions. Also, his injuries gradually accumulate. After the novel Scorpia, he has a bullet wound, as well as several scars and bruises from previous assignments. In the last book, Alex is described with longer hair, being 5'10", with broader shoulders and that, through the years, he had lost his "little-boy looks that had been so useful to Alan Blunt and Mrs, Jones".
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