Alexander Calvert

{{short description|Canadian actor}}

{{About|the Canadian actor|the early settler|Alexander Calvit}}

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| caption = Calvert at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con

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| birth_place = Vancouver, Canada

| nationality = Canadian

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2005–present

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Alexander Calvert is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of Jack Kline on the CW show Supernatural and The Winchesters.

Early life

A native of Vancouver, Calvert studied musical theatre and hip hop dancing until the age of 15, when he became interested in acting.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a14382532/supernatural-jack-alexander-calvert-interview/|title=Supernatural's Alexander Calvert Has the Greatest Cat Instagram on the Internet|date=December 8, 2017|last=Tannenbaum|first=Emily|access-date=November 9, 2018|work=Elle|archive-date=April 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420124129/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a14382532/supernatural-jack-alexander-calvert-interview/|url-status=live}}

Career

He has appeared in several films and television series, including the Nickelodeon series The Troop, To Be Fat like Me, and The Dead Zone, and was young Justin in Kickin' It Old Skool. On July 17, 2015, it was announced that Calvert was cast as Lonnie Machin for season 4 of the CW's Arrow.{{cite news | last=Fitzpatrick | first=Kevin | title='Arrow' Season 4 Casts Alexander Calvert as Batman's Villain Anarky | url=http://www.screencrush.com/arrow-season-4-anarky-alexander-calvert | date=July 17, 2015 | publisher=Screen Crush | access-date=November 5, 2018 | archive-date=June 17, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617173905/http://screencrush.com/arrow-season-4-anarky-alexander-calvert/ | url-status=live }}

In 2017, Calvert was cast as Jack, a nephilim fathered by Lucifer and raised by Dean and Sam Winchester and the angel Castiel in Supernatural. He debuted in the season 12 finale, and was a regular cast member for seasons 13, 14 and 15.{{cite magazine |last=Highfill |first=Samantha |url=http://ew.com/tv/2017/08/09/supernatural-alexander-calvert-series-regular-season-13/ |title=Supernatural: Alexander Calvert upped to series regular for season 13 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 9, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526192044/https://ew.com/tv/2017/08/09/supernatural-alexander-calvert-series-regular-season-13/ |url-status=live }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

2007

| Kickin' It Old Skool

| Young Justin Schumacher

|

|

2008

| Lost Boys: The Tribe

| Grom

| Direct-to-video

|

2012

| Flicka: Country Pride

| Jesse

| Direct-to-video

|

2013

| Homesick

| Greg

| Short film

|

2013

| If I Had Wings

| Vince Bernard

|

|

2015

| Lost After Dark

| Johnnie

| Direct-to-video

|

2015

| data-sort-value="Blackburn Asylum, The" | The Blackburn Asylum

| Luke

|

|

2016

| data-sort-value="Edge of Seventeen, The" | The Edge of Seventeen

| Nick Mossman

|

|

2018

| data-sort-value="Package, The" | The Package

| Chad

|

| {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ryan-reynolds-stoned-alone-comedy-fox-1202886227/|title=Ryan Reynolds Developing 'Home Alone'-Esque Comedy 'Stoned Alone'|date=July 25, 2018|last=McNary|first=Dave|access-date=February 25, 2019|work=Variety|archive-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225105146/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ryan-reynolds-stoned-alone-comedy-fox-1202886227/|url-status=live}}

2019

| Good Boys

| Daniel

|

|

2024

|Lowlifes

|Deputy White

|

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2025

|Double Exposure

|Peter

|

|{{Cite news |agency=EIN Presswire |date=2025-02-18 |title=Freestyle Digital Media Releases Supernatural Thriller "Double Exposure" |url=https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/786790299/freestyle-digital-media-releases-supernatural-thriller-double-exposure/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |work=CBS 42 |language=en-US}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2005

| data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" | The Dead Zone

| Greg Stillson (age 12)

| Episode: "Broken Circle"

2006

| Psych

| Jiri Prochazka

| Episode: "Spellingg Bee"

2007

| To Be Fat like Me

| Robbie

| TV movie

2007

| Devil's Diary

| Teenage Boy #2

| TV movie

2010

| data-sort-value="Troop, The" | The Troop

| Evan

| Episode: "Wrath of the Wraith"

2010

| Human Target

| Sean

| Episode: "The Other Side of the Mall"

2012

| Virtual Lies

| Tyler Sanderson

| TV movie

2013

| Bates Motel

| Ra'uf

| 2 episodes

2014

| Motive

| James Dent

| Episode: "Angels with Dirty Faces"

2015

| data-sort-value="Returned, The" | The Returned

| Hunter Gibbs

| Recurring role

2015–2016

| Arrow

| Lonnie Machin / Anarky

| Recurring role

2016

| Unser Traum von Kanada

| Josh

| Miniseries

2016

| Scream

| Alex Whitman / Tom Martin

| 2 episodes

2017–2020

| Supernatural

| Jack Kline / Belphegor

| Episode: "All Along the Watchtower" (season 12);
Main cast (seasons 13–15)

2023

| data-sort-value="Winchesters, The" | The Winchesters

| Jack Kline

| Episode: "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye"

2023

| Gen V

| Rufus

| Recurring role

References

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