Alex Rider (character)
Alex Rider is a title character and the protagonist of the popular Alex Rider novel series by British author Anthony Horowitz. He has also been featured in three short stories written by Horowitz based in the same canon as the series; Secret Weapon, Christmas at Gunpoint and Alex Rider: Incident in Nice.
Alex is a young agent for MI6, the British international intelligence service. At no more than fourteen years of age, Alex was forced into this occupation after MI6 noticed Alex's many talents. He has not only worked for MI6 but also the CIA, Scorpia and, in Snakehead, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service.
In the film adaption of Stormbreaker, Alex Rider was portrayed by Alex Pettyfer.
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