Alec Christie is a British actor. He started acting at the age of ten, appearing on stage at the

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as young Herbert Pocket in ''

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''. At the age of twelve, he was cast as Tolly in the

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adaptation of Lucy M. Boston's ''The Children of Green Knowe''. He went on to appear alongside

Richard Griffiths Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. For his performance in the stage play '' The History Boys'', Griffiths won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk A ...

, Frances de la Tour and Tim Healy in the situation comedy ''A Kind of Living''. After graduating with a BA Hons in Film and Literature from the

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, Christie embarked on a career in film, television and theatre, beginning with the film '' East is East'', then on the

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First award-winning play ''BBA and Proud'', written and directed by BAFTA Award winners Manoj and Maria Raithatha, which went on to tour England. After the tour, he wrote and acted in the situation comedy pilot ''The Secret Life of a Nebbish'' for TAPS. After working in the production arm of film financiers Screen Partners for two years, Christie returned to

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as company stage manager on the Herald Angel award-winning musical comedy ''Strictly Dandia'' for

Tamasha Theatre Company Tamasha Theatre Company is a British theatre company founded in 1989 by director Kristine Landon-Smith and actor-writer Sudha Bhuchar. ''Tamasha'' ( mr, तमाशा) is an Indian word meaning "spectacle". The company has brought contemporary ...

. He went on to work as production manager on Pat Kelman's début feature ''Encounters''. The following year, Christie worked with '' Superman'' producer

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on ''Young Alexander'', shot on location in Egypt and Greece. He later worked as line producer on the comedy feature ''Back in Business'', shot at

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and

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. The film was directed by Chris Munro and starred

Martin Kemp Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English musician and actor, best known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in '' EastEnders''. He is the younger brother of Gary Kemp, who is also ...

Chris Barrie Chris Barrie (born Christopher Jonathan Brown, 28 March 1960) is a British actor, comedian, and impressionist. He worked as a vocal impressionist on the ITV sketch show '' Spitting Image'' (1984–1996) and as Lara Croft's butler Hillary i ...

Brian Blessed Brian Blessed (; born 9 October 1936) is an English actor, presenter, writer and mountaineer. Blessed is known for portraying PC "Fancy" Smith in ''Z-Cars'', Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of ''I, Claudius'', King Richard IV ...

Dennis Waterman Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', '' Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the ...

, Joanna Taylor,

Stefan Booth Stefan Booth (born 4 October 1979) is an English actor and singer, best known for playing Greg Jessop in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1 October 2010 to 21 October 2011. Background Booth went to school at Monkton Combe School in Bath, ...

and

Togo Igawa , known professionally as , is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television. In recent years, he has had roles in major films such as '' Revolver'', ''Memoirs of a Geisha'', ''The Last Samurai'', and '' A Matter of Size ...

. Coincidentally, Christie was at both the

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and the

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with

's daughter Hannah Waterman. In 2005, he produced the pilot episode of the sitcom ''No Skillz'' through his company Kayak Productions, starring

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( ''The Office'', ''Extras''), Karen Taylor ('' The Sketch Show''), Tony MacMurray (''The Office'', ''Last Chancers'') and Nicola Cotter (''The Office''). In 2007, he directed two short films for filmaka.com, ''Ginger'' and ''SMS Kiss'', and the educational DVD ''Simply Pain''. Most recently, he was commissioned by filmaka.com to write, produce and act in ''Christie'', a comedy series for the internet. He went on to write the comedy short ''Blackroom Management'' and the short films ''American Dream'' and ''Elephant Boy''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Christie, Alec Living people British writers British film producers Year of birth missing (living people) British male child actors British male stage actors British male television actors Alumni of the University of Warwick National Youth Theatre members