Birth Date: | 25 July 1990 |
Birth Place: | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Years Active: | 2017–present |
Brice Bexter (born 25 July 1990) is an actor. His films include Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) and Redemption Day (2021). He was named a 2020 Screen International Arab Star of Tomorrow.[1]
Bexter was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to a French-Moroccan mother and a British father with paternal Czech-Jewish roots.[1] He is the grandson of painter Hassan El Glaoui, and the great grandson of Pasha Thami El Glaoui.[2] Bexter and his brother grew up in Rabat with their grandparents.[3] He attended the French school Lycée Descartes, where he participated in theatre.[4]
In 2007, at the age of 17, Bexter worked as stand-in on the set of Ridley Scott's Body of Lies. The following year, he worked as an extra on the set of the film Green Zone. After completing his baccalaureate,[5] Bexter took acting courses at the New York Film Academy and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Regent's University London in 2013 and a Master of Science from University College London (UCL) in 2016, both in Management.[6]
In 2018, Bexter was cast as Captain Templeton in the 1920s-set Australian mystery film Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, a spinoff of the ABC series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and adaptation of the novels by Kerry Greenwood. The film premiered at the 2020 Palm Springs International Film Festival and had a theatrical release later that year. Bexter also appeared in the independent film Greetings from ISIS opposite Ouidad Elma.[7]
Bexter went on to star as ambassador and counter-terrorism agent Younes Laalej in the 2021 action thriller film Redemption Day alongside Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, and Andy Garcia.[8] [9] This was followed by further film roles in the biopic Fatema, La Sultane Inoubliable as well as The Moderator in 2022.[10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Carlos Gustavo | Justin | |
Leaving Legacy | Kaiss | Short film | |
2018 | L'effort d'Aimer | Jéam | Short film |
2019 | Greetings from ISIS | Abu Youssef | |
2020 | Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears | Captain Templeton | |
2021 | Redemption Day | Younes Laalej | |
2022 | Fatema, La Sultane Inoubliable | Mohamed | |
The Moderator | Jawad | ||
2023 | Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes | ||
TBA | Atoman | Mokhtar | |
Dancing in the Wind | Oliver Miller | ||
The Lost Princess | Omar | ||
A Song for Juliette | Mephistopheles | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Good Omens | Secret Service Agent | Episode: "In the Beginning" |
2022 | The Eight | Miller | Episode: "Adnan Al Kayal" |
2023 | Ghosts of Beirut | Topher | Miniseries |
TBA | Glow & Darkness | Humphrey of Toron | Series |