Alex Ferris
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| Age: | 29 | ||||
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Alex Ferris (born April 23, 1997) is a Canadian actor born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He portrayed John in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. He subsequently earned a B.F.A. in Drama and an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and has worked as an Adjunct Instructor in the Open Arts program at Tisch.[external 1]
Career
Ferris began his professional acting career around the age of seven.[external 2] His earliest credited work includes an uncredited appearance in the 2004 television film The Five People You Meet in Heaven.[external 3] He accumulated his first recurring live-action television credit on Terminal City (2005), followed by a guest appearance as Andy Spencer on Stargate SG-1 that same year, and voiced Milkie the ice cream truck in the animated series Firehouse Tales from 2005 to 2006.[external 3]
His first theatrical credit was the 2006 road comedy RV, in which he played Billy Gornicke alongside Robin Williams.[external 3] Also in 2006, Ferris appeared in the superhero film X-Men: The Last Stand and the horror anthology series Masters of Horror, and began a recurring role as Wilson Mann-Peabody on the Showtime drama The L Word, which he continued through 2007.[external 3] He also portrayed Young Sam Winchester in the Supernatural episode "Something Wicked" in 2006.[external 3]
In 2007, Ferris played Victor Newton in the thriller The Invisible.[external 3] This performance earned a nomination at the 29th Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor.[external 4]
Beginning in 2008, Ferris voiced T.D. Kennelly in the first four seasons of the PBS Kids animated series Martha Speaks, which aired through 2014, Charlie Brown in Peanuts Motion Comics (2008–2010), and Paulie the Pliosaurus in the PBS Kids series Dinosaur Train.[external 3] Also in 2008, Ferris appeared in two episodes of the CBC comedy-drama series jPod as Connor Lefkowitz.[external 3]
In 2009, Ferris played Young Henry DeTamble — the childhood incarnation of Eric Bana's character — in the drama film The Time Traveler's Wife,[external 3] a role for which he received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor at the 31st Young Artist Awards.[external 5] That same year, Ferris appeared as Young Davis Bloome in the Smallville episode "Eternal",[external 3] and appeared as Young Henry in the horror series Harper's Island.[external 3]
Ferris also won the 31st Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Supporting Young Actor for the 2009 film Living Out Loud.[external 5][external 6]
Ferris was also cast as John in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009), the television film directed by Edward James Olmos and written by Jane Espenson.[external 7] According to the DVD commentary, Olmos used a production still of Dean Stockwell from The Boy with Green Hair (1948) when auditioning actors for the role; he sought a strong physical resemblance to the young Stockwell, and Ferris's likeness to that image was a factor in his casting.[production 1] Olmos had also intended for the character's hair to be dyed green in homage to the 1948 film, but this was overruled by the producers.[1]
In 2010, Ferris played Collin Lee in the family comedy Diary of a Wimpy Kid[external 3] and appeared in the fantasy comedy Tooth Fairy.[external 3] The Diary of a Wimpy Kid cast shared a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast at the 32nd Young Artist Awards, and Ferris received an individual nomination in the Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor category for the same film.[external 8]
In 2012, Ferris appeared as Jared in the Canadian home invasion thriller In Their Skin (also released as Replicas), directed by Jeremy Power Regimbal and co-starring Selma Blair and James D'Arcy.[external 9] This role brought a nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor at the 34th Young Artist Awards.[external 10]
Education and playwriting
Ferris earned a B.F.A. in Drama and an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, completing the M.F.A. program in 2021.[external 11] His M.F.A. thesis play, Pigeon Play, concerns a man named Milton who wakes one morning transformed into a pigeon and must adapt to his new existence from a fire escape outside his former apartment.[external 11] Following his graduation, Ferris joined the Tisch faculty as an Adjunct Instructor in the Open Arts program, where he teaches the course Green World, focused on environmental issues for artists.[external 1][external 12]
As a playwright, Ferris's short play I Killed Penelope Cruz: An Unproduced Screenplay was produced at the New York Theater Festival in February and March 2025, performed at the Hudson Guild Theatre in New York City.[external 12]
Documentary work
Ferris has collaborated with documentary filmmaker Douglas Keeve — director of the 1995 fashion documentary Unzipped — on the in-progress documentary Polly, a biographical film about the late Vogue fashion editor Polly Mellen.[external 11][external 12]
References
Production history
- ↑ Battlestar Galactica: The Plan – Trivia (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). IMDb. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
External sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alexander Ferris – Tisch School of the Arts (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). New York University. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ Alex Ferris – Biography (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). IMDb. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Alex Ferris – Filmography (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). IMDb. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ 29th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations (content archived on Archive.org) (in English). Young Artist Association (2008). Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 31st Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations (content archived on Archive.org) (in English). Young Artist Association (2010). Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ It's a Full House At The 31st Annual Young Artists Awards! (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). Hollywood Mom Blog (12 April 2010). Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009) – Full Cast & Crew (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). IMDb. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ 32nd Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations (content archived on Archive.org) (in English). Young Artist Association (2011). Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ In Their Skin (2012) – Full Cast & Crew (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). IMDb. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ 34th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations (content archived on Archive.org) (in English). Young Artist Association (2013). Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Alex Ferris – 2021 Graduate Playwriting Showcase (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 I Killed Penelope Cruz: An Unproduced Screenplay (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). New York Theater Festival. Retrieved on 25 May 2026.
- ↑ Charlie Jane Anders (October 26, 2009). Olmos Talks BSG's Unanswered Questions, And What You Won't See In "The Plan" (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). Gizmodo. Retrieved on May 25, 2026.