Keon Alexander

Alexander's early roles included a guest appearance in an episode of Flashpoint (2009) and a six-episode stint in the television adaptation of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010), playing the part of Sri. This was followed by his first film role in Circumstance (2011),{{cite web |first=Tomas |last=Hachard |url=https://www.popmatters.com/152229-circumstance-2495907723.html |title='Circumstance' Shows Just How Desolate the View Can Be from the Ground |website=PopMatters |date=2 January 2012|access-date=2020-01-23}} which won the Audience Award: Dramatic at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was ranked one of the 50 best movies of 2011 by Paste magazine.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/12/the-50-best-movies-of-2011.html?p=2 |title=The 50 Best Movies of 2011 |first=Michael |last=Dunaway |date=27 December 2011|magazine=Paste}}

Alexander was named one of Canada's Rising Stars by the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2012/09/09/tiff_2012_actors_sarah_gadon_charlie_carrick_discuss_tiff_rising_stars_program.html |title=TIFF 2012: Actors Sarah Gadon, Charlie Carrick discuss TIFF Rising Stars program |first=Emily |last=Jackson |work=The Star |date=9 September 2012|access-date=2020-01-23}}

Over the next few years, Alexander appeared in many TV series—including Murdoch Mysteries (2012), Republic of Doyle (2012), Legends (2014), and Remedy (2015)—before landing the Recurring Role of Rami Said in FX's Tyrant, in which he appeared in the second and third seasons from 2015 to 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/05/23/impulse-keon-alexander-youtube-red/ |title=Tyrant's Keon Alexander Jumping to Doug Liman Series 'Impulse' for YouTube Red |first=Ray |last=Flook |date=23 May 2018|website=Bleeding Cool}}

Alexander has had recurring roles as Dominick Baptiste in the television series Impulse (2018){{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/impulse-keon-alexander-recur-doug-liman-youtube-red-series-1202396073/ |title='Impulse': Keon Alexander Set To Recur In Doug Liman's YouTube Red Series |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=22 May 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} and as Marco Inaros in the science fiction series The Expanse.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/the-expanse-rosa-gilmore-keon-alexander-jess-salgueiro-recur-season-4-amazon-1202563247/ |title='The Expanse': Rosa Gilmore, Keon Alexander & Jess Salgueiro To Recur In Season 4 |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=25 February 2019|website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/expanse-season-4-cast-who-stars-new-cast-returning-amazon-prime-video-burn-gorman-steven-strait-1476958 |title='The Expanse' Season 4 Cast: Who Stars In The Amazon Prime Video Series? |first=Samuel |last=Spencer |date=13 December 2019|magazine=Newsweek}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2019/02/the-expanse-season-4-adds-keon-alexander-and-jess-salgueiro-rosa-gilmores-role-revealed/ |title=The Expanse season 4 adds Keon Alexander and Jess Salgueiro, Rosa Gilmore's role revealed |first=Ricky |last=Church |date=February 26, 2019|website=Flickering Myth}} He became a series regular on The Expanse in Season 5.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-expanse-promoted-keon-alexander-nadine-nicole-jasai-chase-owens-lily-gao-season-5-amazon-series-1202836158/ |title='The Expanse' Ups Three To Series Regulars For Season 5 Of Amazon Series |first=Denise |last=Petski |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 21, 2020|access-date=2020-03-28 }}

Alexander joined the Netflix series The Night Agent as a regular for its second season.{{cite magazine|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/night-agent-season-2-michael-malarkey-keon-alexander-navid-negahban-rob-heaps-1235898953/|title="The Night Agent" Season 2 Adds Stars From "Vampire Diaries," "The Expanse," "Homeland," "Station 19" (Exclusive)|date=16 February 2024|magazine=Variety|access-date=2025-02-06}} His role Javad Rahmani drew much attention and the series' showrunner Shawn Ryan lauded it as a "tremendous" performance.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

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