Keon Alexander is a Canadian actor best known for his television roles as Marco Inaros in ''

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'', Rami Said in ''

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'', Dominick Baptiste in ''

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'' and as Javad Rahmani in the Netflix series '' The Night Agent''.

Career

Alexander's early roles included a guest appearance in an episode of '' Flashpoint'' (2009) and a six-episode stint in the television adaptation of ''

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'' (2010), playing the part of Sri. This was followed by his first film role in '' Circumstance'' (2011), which won the Audience Award: Dramatic at the

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and was ranked one of the 50 best movies of 2011 by ''

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'' magazine. Alexander was named one of Canada's Rising Stars by the

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in 2011. Over the next few years, Alexander appeared in many TV series—including ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2014), and ''

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'' (2015)—before landing the Recurring Role of Rami Said in FX's ''

'', in which he appeared in the second and third seasons from 2015 to 2016. Alexander has had recurring roles as Dominick Baptiste in the television series ''

'' (2018) and as Marco Inaros in the

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series ''

''. He became a series regular on ''The Expanse'' in Season 5. Alexander joined the Netflix series '' The Night Agent'' as a regular for its second season. His role Javad Rahmani drew much attention and the series' showrunner

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lauded it as a "tremendous" performance.

Filmography

References

External links

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