Alexander Robert Frost (born February 17, 1987) is an American

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

best known for his roles in ''

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'' and ''

Drillbit Taylor ''Drillbit Taylor'' is a 2008 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Steven Brill, produced by Judd Apatow, Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth with screenplay by Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen based on an original story by John Hughes ( ...

''.

Early life

Frost was born in Portland,

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

. He attended high school at the

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, in

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Career

He had a starring role in

Gus Van Sant Gus Green Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, producer, photographer, and musician. He has earned acclaim as both an independent and mainstream filmmaker. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultu ...

's film ''

'', in which he played a high school student who commits a

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. Since ''Elephant'', Frost has worked on a number of films, including ''The Queen of Cactus Cove'', ''The Lost'' and ''The Standard''. He appeared in a Season 3 episode of '' NCIS'' entitled "Ravenous". He played the primary antagonist in the

Owen Wilson Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for ''Bottle Rocket'' (1996), '' Rushmore'' (1998), and '' The Royal ...

movie ''

'', released on March 21, 2008, by

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. He appeared in two films in 2009, ''

Calvin Marshall ''Calvin Marshall'' is a 2009 coming of age- comedy film written and directed by Gary Lundgren and starring Alex Frost as the title character, a determined but talentless college baseball player, and Steve Zahn as his coach. After two years of rai ...

'' and ''

The Vicious Kind ''The Vicious Kind'' is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Lee Toland Krieger. The screenplay was originally set in a small town in Rhode Island, but the film was shot in Norfolk, Connecticut, which also became the characters' hometown. T ...

''. He appeared in ''The Wheeler Boys'', premiered in the 2010 LA Film Festival.

Personal life

Frost lives in

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. He is married to British actress Mem Kennedy.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* Living people American male film actors Male actors from Portland, Oregon American expatriates in England 21st-century American actors 1987 births {{US-film-actor-1980s-stub